Hi guys!
I have only had experience with a twin tip (shinn monk) and I am now considering adding a directional (north nugget) to my quiver.
What hardships can I expect? And what are the main differences that I'll have to get used to?
Obviously some transitions won't be possible..
Do you need a certain skill level to ride a directional on flat and choppy waters?
Any advise is appreciated!
Twisted bowel if you don't switch!!!!!!!
And you need a lobotomy if you intend to ride a directional on flat water.......
TT to surfboard - expect a much bigger smile on your face - Ok so you'll look a bit like the joker for a few days and your friends will bag you out heaps.
Beyond the broad smile - there will be some tears !! Jibing a surfboard for the first time for a tea bagger is a life changing experience - even a baptism !!
That aside - position the board a bit down wind, drop your feet onto the board and then dive the kite downwind - let the kite pull you up and wala your up!! - Jibing the board is another chapter!! but in the mean time just drop off the board turn it around and water start away in the reverse direction!
Two runs later you will forget what a twin tip is and why they were ever invented!!
Enjoy!!
Lambie
Hmm just realised you are considering a North Nugget - not a true directional aka surfboard - nugget is a skim board thingo??
Not sure I should have chipped in here... never ridden a skim board ( and not sure why i would ever consider it !!)
Well I use a sector for light winds, a CB wave for waves and big winds if mod winds I just use it TT style if no waves and the shinn monk for balls to the walls days, looping mega boosts and hard core speed a recent addition I love.
Tried out and out SBs, don't see the point in Perth. I can jibe, switch feet, do the ****in chicken dance, but again too limiting in my mind. And yet I got mates that wouldn't go anything but a SB, horses for courses.
Now the nugget is not really a straight out SB. Mate of mine just bought one. Wouldn't use it in anything above 3 to 4 foot. Bit below this, it is a damn good machine and wouldnt be a bad option to learn ya jibing to its width. It does have a slight slippy, sliddy feel, which is damn fun in the mush Perth gives up. Might be a good transition board for you actually, also give ya some good bottom end.
Then you could follow the majority down the big smiling SB path. Baaaahhhhh
I found riding down the line on the wave face better on a surfboard.
But everything else about the sb I find limiting.
Dudes consumed with down the line action will be drawn to a sb and not use anything else.
Me i'm more a boost and ride upwind on the wave face kinda guy. The mutant fits that bill perfectly.
No doubt in good surf down the line action cannot be beat on a SB. Then again a small nugget can also be fun in the mushy stuff. And yeh agree plummet everything else, I'm all for a mutant and a TT. Ask yourself how much perfect down the line surf do we get in summer here?
yeh you are overall correct. But you'd be surprised how well my Sector 54 V3 goes in the waves, and I'm not the best surfer with a kite. Don't do enough of it as there is little in summer...hence my points above.
I admit I haven't tried the 54. It's a fast slalomy board, right? The Nugget is a specialised light wind surfboard, won't handle too much speed, but will carve up a wave & drive off the fins. I reckon they're 2 completely different boards.
Col
Have a look at the 2013 north rebel video. You can see Sky Solbach riding the north nugget from 3:45 onwards.
