Step Up Surfboard Volume

What is surfboard volume.

Step up surfboard volume. We all know our standard surfboard dimensions. When the waves get a little bigger or powerful but you don t quite need a gun this is the board. A standard shortboard is normally glassed with two layers of 4 oz on the deck and one on the bottom. Beef up the glassing on your step up.

Length width and height or in the case of surfboards thickness. Tail rocker is measured at the stringer. Step up intel from john john gabriel owen. Find a good volume that suits your fitness ability and comfort level in the surf and see what boards you can find in that range.

Knowing the right volume for you a subjective combination of personal preference body weight experience age fitness skill level. Coastalwatch reviews cover photo by jackson o brien. You can use the volume filter on our boards page to display the board sizes that will suit you across our range. A step up surfboard is also referred to as a semi gun.

Volume is not the be all and end all of surfboard design but it is the most accurate way to compare the huge range of boards that are now on the market. This should go without saying but i will say it anyway. It comes out when your regular board is feeling a little bit loose and skatie and you need something a little bit bigger to handle the speed and power of the wave. Welcome to the 2016 step up board guide.

Use the matrix above of our surfboard volume calculator to see what volume board you should ride. Volume is fundamentally important in a world where surfboard shapes have become more and more diverse. A 6 6 good wave shortboard surfboard may easily have less volume than a 5 6 groveler surfboard. Gf measures the ratio between the surfers body weight and the volume in cubic liters of a surfboard.

If a surfer knows his weight he can scroll up and down the scale to find his recommended volume keeping in mind skill and fitness. The terms relaxed and aggressive also take into account rail rocker and acceleration of the exit curve.