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Summary: Learn how to choose a short board surfboard and some pros and cons of this type of surf board in this free online video on how to care for a surfboard.

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Brian Fields Brian Fields has been surfing for eight years. He's surfed waves on the North Carolina coast, the California coast and off Costa Rica. He currently teaches Mi... read more

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Tips for Choosing Short Board Surfboard

BRIAN FIELDS: Hey how's it going, I'm Brian Fields here at the Aussie Island in Wilmington North Carolina. We're here on behalf of Expert Village. I'm here to talk to you about picking out a surfboard and what you can do to help take care of it in the meantime. Okay now we're talking about shortboards. Shortboard is kinda--I guess what a lot of people think of is your stereotypical surfboard. The key here with shortboard is it's not going to be like talking about fish, it's not going to be quite as wide as a fish board. Shortboard pretty much always has a pointier nose to it and it's not going to hold near the volume, not as much foam as any of your other boards from fish to a fun board to a longboard. You have different tails, you can have squashtails, swallowtail, pin tail, fan tail different things like that but your shortboard is more of your maneuverable board, your board that a lot of people who are trying to get into tricks things like that are going to be doing, lightweight surfboard that's very maneuverable, getting down the line. Depending on the size of the wave will depend on the size you--size of a shortboard you ride. Also it depends on the build, the weight of the person will depend. Shortboard can you know--it all starts with how small you are. A bigger guy of course is going to ride a bigger shortboard and they have boards for all sizes of people no matter how big you are or how small.

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