Check out Starboard's blurb on their Kode - seems like they've tried to keep them wave friendly right up to 122 litre. Then again, they seem to admit that the greater the volume, the more you're compromising wave performance.
SO = significant other.
I was making the point that forums tend to abound with answers that can be a little detached from reality, though this forum is really not too bad for that.
If you have not ridden in the open ocean for a while, then a board with soft rails that planes and turns easily and goes upwind well will be better than a board that bottom turns well.
As I said, I found the FSW an ideal platform for regaining my mad ocean skillz.
I get bored typing **** out sometimes.
Ordinez's boards freakin rock - im lucky enough to have a 82 Rf, custom 80 classic & 98custom rocket ( though it weighs over 20# now)..
that said at 205->210 # i use an old rw 270 xl (130 L board-- can ya freakin believe it?!) for very light winds --9--> 13 knotts--just enough to waterstart w/ considerable effort w/ a 5.6. switched the fins so that the center fin is a sanded down 7inch fin to 6 inch and 2 x 4.125 surf fin side biters..works surprisingly well in very light wind conditions but admitingly requires 1-2 foot overhead (+) waves that stay peaked up (as opposed to quick close outs) to work well... beats the h'll out of sitting on the beach while the light weight 130-140 #'er's are out killin it..!
). Wind was <10kts, but huge swell got me a bit excited!
