This was my first real surfboard that I purchased about 15 years ago. A 7’6″ Town and Country funshape by Stu Sharpe (excellent local shaper). I had been learning to surf on a softtop for about 6 months or so at that point, so I decided to take the leap into the real deal.
My first surfy love
I bought this down in Melbourne, Florida at Longboard House. Like a total surfer girly girl, I will totally admit I saw it in the window, and it was going to be mine. Granted, I probably wasn’t quite ready for a funshape, but it had a lot of rocker (curve) in the nose and tail, which avoided a lot of nosedives on waves. The downside was, I needed to paddle a lot harder for waves because of the short size and the rocker, and I had to learn to “pop-up” much more quickly.
Lots O’ nose rocker
Kept me from pearling a lot
This board is fairly wide, which helps stability, but the narrower tail does help it to turn well. The true turning ability of this board is only something I found out MUCH later, after I learned to turn. Somewhat.
21 3/4″ wide!
Of course, the paint job is gorgeous. The pictures don’t show the purple iridescence, and the hibiscus motif is just eye catching.
A beautiful surfboard is a joy forever
I’m truly not a materialistic person, but I know how Wayne felt seeing his Fender Stratocaster in the shop….
It DID become MINE
I haven’t take my funboard out this summer!
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This one is a fun board when it’s 3 ft and glassy here (rarely)
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Gotta make it out to Santa Cruz sometime 😊
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I gotta get over my complete disdain of flying 😬
I was so terrified when I went to Costa Rica a few years ago, my husband had to help me through Customs after a couple of Cuba Libres on the flight. It was the only way to fly….😂😂😂
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Road trip it instead! Then you can bring your boards 🏄♀️
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That might be the only way! I would NEVER trust an airline with any of my boards 😬
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