l would love to hear what you surfers prefer. Personally, l prefer long board surfing because they are easier to ride and l feel more relaxed when l surf. How 'bout you?

SHORTboarding because you can just slice through the wave and get tons of speed and do tricks. but once in a while longboardings fun cause you can just cruise on the wave.

l started surfing in '66 on a 9'6 but that is what we all rode back then. Like most of the guys l surfed with during the 'short board revolution' we traded in for shorter boards every summer. l ended up with a custom made 6'4' twin fin (that is as small as l went, but l had lots of friends riding boards in the 5' range). Today l four have boards from 9'4'' to 7'6'' that l ride all the time. l change up depending on conditions or my mood.

There r good things about both long & short boards. l ride both (one at a time , of course). In the mid sixties, like almost everybody else, l started on a longboard. l went shorter & shorter every summer, during the 'short board revolution.' After getting out of the service, l had a few years of sporadic surfing, before l got back to surfing as much as possibly could. (I've driven 650 miles to go surfing!). l found some days that were just too small anything but a longboard. Just riding one size board is very limiting, conditions change daily in most places.

l am old, & fat & slow, so even my shortboard is 7'6''. My 6'4'' is a collectors' item now. Not every break has ripper, head high waves every day. A longboard is great for plenty of glide in that knee high stuff. One more reason to surf every chance l can.

l am a bodyboarder, but overall, l prefer shortboarding. It may sound odd coming from a bodyboarder (since we're steriotypically kooks), but I've met more kooks on longboards who have cut me off than on shortboards. Besides, shortboarding is more difficult, & when l used to surf l shortboarded (before l saw how completely awesome bodyboarding was, how fun drop-knee could be, how every wave was overhead- no matter how small, & how many sick barrels l could get) Longboarding is alright for being relaxed, but I'd rather get aggro & be able to work the wave a little more.

l like short board because l am 4' 10''

l love longboarding because you can just cruise nice and smooth down a wave. Sure you cant maneuver as much as a shortboard, but you can really pick up speed shooting down the line. Some shortboarders really piss me off because they have a ''hardcore'' attitude and can be jerks to others out in the surf (not all but some). Ive been ridin my 9'2'' Harbour single fin since l was 9 and l love it!