Advantages: Cheaper and stronger than a custom. High re-sale value. Disadvantages: Heavy, Un-manouverable. Too much float.
A Bic board is an obvious choice as you have probably seen a lot of them about. However, it really is a beginner's board- and that's it. It's great when you are learning as it is indestructible (made of plastic) and sturdy but if you surf regularly, you will quickly find that the board is too heavy and un-manoeuvrable. You will out grow the board as soon as as you start going down the line (catching and surfing the wave before it breaks by going ... ...the family holidays then a Bic is perfect as it will be easy to learn and have fun on becuase it is hard to turn (and is therefore quite sturdy) big (so it picks up waves more easily (generally the bigger the board the easier it is catch waves) and hard to break. It is also roughly 100 pounds cheaper than a custom board.
Cheap perfect beginer boards to also consider are NSP boards (also cheap plastic boards-but a little more sylish than BiC's) and ...
pannell2612 10.11.2006 (11.11.2006)
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