Tips for Choosing a Fun Board Surfboard

Video Transcript

"BRIAN FIELDS: Hey, how's it going? I'm Brian Fields here at Aussie Island in Wilmington, North Carolina. We're here on behalf of Expert Village, here to talk to you about picking out a surfboard and what you can do to help take care of it in the meantime. Right here we have a fun board. This is one of the boards we put a lot of beginning surfers on. Also, here on the East Coast, a lot of days, we don't have a really big wave, it's a good day also for small waves. The key to a fun board is, this is kind of your board that's in between a short board and a long board. You have a, say, the thickness of a heavier board and also the width of something like a long board, not quite as much but a little closer. But, usually a little softer glass job, more like a short board, and then, like I say, it's kinda in between your short board and a long board. A board like this is going to still allow you to paddle into that wave easier, it's going to float you really well, but it's going to be more maneuverable like a short board. Fun boards range from, thruster, you have your 3 fins, so you can still get a kinda an old-school single fin, too--they make quad fins, all kinds of things. Main thing though is a fund board, like I say, it's your kinda middle ground between a short board and a long board. You have your width, thickness, some length, it's going to allow you to get into that wave easier, but be more maneuverable than, say a long board, not as much as a short board, though."