Looking for advice on this board. I surf from 1 years and a half with a 7’ foam board (60l) and I am Looking forward to pick up a midlenght with decent volume to surf in every conditions. Here I usually surf waves from 0.5m to 1.5m. Do you think it will work? I was Looking for the 7’6 so i have enough volume
Hi mate. Yeah I think the 7'6" would be a good call if you want to catch plenty of waves and keep your surfing progressing. I dont know your weight etc but you probably struggle to duck dive 7'6" but that's fine that's really more of a short board progression. The chopper will be a nice board to ride and keep your surfing moving forward. Good to see people being sensible and not dropping too much volume too quickly. You really do progress more if your still catching lots of waves. I haven't surfed as much as usual lately and already missing a lot of waves even on my 7'0" mids. Cheers.
Thanks for your review. I can´t decide between a chopper 7´2 and a bigboy23 6´10, both have a smilar volume. The bigboy is a bit wider.What are your thoughts on these two? Paddle, speed, duck dive and so on? thanks mate
Hard to say mate there similar but different. The big boy has wider more balanced profile and wider tail so I guess it would be speed generation through turns vs a little more glide feeling on the chopper but really hard to say without having ridden both. In principle if you understand the differences between a midlength and a big guy shortboard and know what you want that should be the answer but the Torqs both have a fairly mellow looking rocker. If it were say the lost smooth operator vs the crowd killer if you hear what Matt has to say about the two in theory its the similar decison. Concaves etc could be different and have a different effect too. Have a look at this should help czcams.com/video/AA5SJBj8eJY/video.html See what sounds like your style more. Hope that helps.
Midlengths generally designed with a little more glide and cruisy style in mind and more wide point forward parallel rails. Big guy shortboards are more based around scaled up shortboard features for a bigger rider. Have a look at my midlength crisis video too that might help differentiate a little clearer cheers
@@lawson45uk tanx mate, I mght go for the chopper. Looks way better than the big boy. Since the bigboy has more volume on the chest, it seems to me that it is also harder to duck dive on any beach break.
Hi Guillaume. Yeah been changing from board to board a bit lately as just got a Sunday too. Getting the fins right on that and this has taken a wee while. The chopper paddles well for it's volume. Tail shape is quite pulled in and volume is quite refined for our local waves which are pretty sloppy and yet to get it into stellar conditions but I can duck dive it easily it's got decent hold pretty responsive, lovely rails changed direction nicely pretty stable for how refined it is. I would say a decent intermediate that this board is in their volume range would have a lot of fun in a wide variety of waves. Hope that helps. I lent if to a friend that's lighter than me too and they really enjoyed it. I need a little more than just a small wave to get time to get to my feet and start to work it. Being a bit heavier at 86kg. Super well made nice shape good price nice to ride though so well worth a look. Cheers
@@lawson45uk Thank you so much for the feedback, it helps me a lot because I have the same weight and I was wondering what board size to choose. So the 6'10 seems OK for sloppy conditions but with not too small waves. That's exactly what I'm looking for.
Only ridden the Chopper but have a friend that's loving the M2 and the multiplier is a nice design though quite pulled in at the tail if you are riding poor waves. I think it's probably not too difficult to see what your going to get and not in each board and again only my opinion but Multiplier is more of a hybrid shortboard design then the chopper is a more more midlength design so a little more glide orientated but will also need a half decent wave. The M2 looks more like short version of The Don longboard that's also got nice refined rails and fairly performance tail but it's more nose area like a mini mal or mal design so less likely to be able to duck dive it but good for that glide and paddle power. Hope that helps. Cheers
Yeah I did mate took it out a few times. Nice board actually. Paddles good and really responsive for the size. Found it just a little low in volume and a tony bit pulled in tail for the weak waves we get locally. Actually sold it to a mate that's a much better surfer than me and he's really enjoying it ironically for the exact same waves I find it a little more work on so just goes to show. Think he's even gone twin fin now. He usually rides 38 Litre boards around that 6-6'2" mark and he's catching waves easily and says you can still go hard on turns in the right place so yeah if it's the volume shape and rocker you were looking for I suspect you will like it.. After riding this and the Sunday i'm now looking at the OVA to try to land in the middle of this volume range in a 7'0" Cheers.
Yeah the Moe looks awesome. I like like a certain length and literage for boards in intend to be able to duck dive and the smaller one is a little on the plus side for that but I nearly bought an 8. Suspect they would be an excellent board for the average guy in average waves it's a fantastic looking design.
Haven't ridden the old one but the tail was a little more pulled in little less rocker in the tail more pulled in nose wide point a little further back and fin placement more quad suitable than the newer version. I would say the old one would like a slightly better wave but not too much in it. Older one is more like a big guy shortboard. Obviously all depends on the size your looking at too if your going over 7'0" they all get a bit more generous on volume and dims anyways
Just picked up a firewire gem and your old reviews on the tj board helped me pick it out
Cool mate, hope your enjoying it. Great board.
Thanks for showing us your chopper
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Looking for advice on this board.
I surf from 1 years and a half with a 7’ foam board (60l) and I am Looking forward to pick up a midlenght with decent volume to surf in every conditions.
Here I usually surf waves from 0.5m to 1.5m.
Do you think it will work? I was Looking for the 7’6 so i have enough volume
Hi mate. Yeah I think the 7'6" would be a good call if you want to catch plenty of waves and keep your surfing progressing. I dont know your weight etc but you probably struggle to duck dive 7'6" but that's fine that's really more of a short board progression. The chopper will be a nice board to ride and keep your surfing moving forward. Good to see people being sensible and not dropping too much volume too quickly. You really do progress more if your still catching lots of waves. I haven't surfed as much as usual lately and already missing a lot of waves even on my 7'0" mids. Cheers.
Thanks for your review. I can´t decide between a chopper 7´2 and a bigboy23 6´10, both have a smilar volume. The bigboy is a bit wider.What are your thoughts on these
two? Paddle, speed, duck dive and so on? thanks mate
Hard to say mate there similar but different. The big boy has wider more balanced profile and wider tail so I guess it would be speed generation through turns vs a little more glide feeling on the chopper but really hard to say without having ridden both. In principle if you understand the differences between a midlength and a big guy shortboard and know what you want that should be the answer but the Torqs both have a fairly mellow looking rocker. If it were say the lost smooth operator vs the crowd killer if you hear what Matt has to say about the two in theory its the similar decison. Concaves etc could be different and have a different effect too. Have a look at this should help czcams.com/video/AA5SJBj8eJY/video.html See what sounds like your style more. Hope that helps.
Midlengths generally designed with a little more glide and cruisy style in mind and more wide point forward parallel rails. Big guy shortboards are more based around scaled up shortboard features for a bigger rider. Have a look at my midlength crisis video too that might help differentiate a little clearer cheers
@@lawson45uk tanx mate, I mght go for the chopper. Looks way better than the big boy. Since the bigboy has more volume on the chest, it seems to me that it is also harder to duck dive on any beach break.
any feedback on how this chopper performs in the surf ?
Hi Guillaume. Yeah been changing from board to board a bit lately as just got a Sunday too. Getting the fins right on that and this has taken a wee while. The chopper paddles well for it's volume. Tail shape is quite pulled in and volume is quite refined for our local waves which are pretty sloppy and yet to get it into stellar conditions but I can duck dive it easily it's got decent hold pretty responsive, lovely rails changed direction nicely pretty stable for how refined it is. I would say a decent intermediate that this board is in their volume range would have a lot of fun in a wide variety of waves. Hope that helps. I lent if to a friend that's lighter than me too and they really enjoyed it. I need a little more than just a small wave to get time to get to my feet and start to work it. Being a bit heavier at 86kg. Super well made nice shape good price nice to ride though so well worth a look. Cheers
@@lawson45uk Thank you so much for the feedback, it helps me a lot because I have the same weight and I was wondering what board size to choose. So the 6'10 seems OK for sloppy conditions but with not too small waves. That's exactly what I'm looking for.
How would you compare the chopper to the M2 (7.0) or the multiplier in 7.0?
Only ridden the Chopper but have a friend that's loving the M2 and the multiplier is a nice design though quite pulled in at the tail if you are riding poor waves. I think it's probably not too difficult to see what your going to get and not in each board and again only my opinion but Multiplier is more of a hybrid shortboard design then the chopper is a more more midlength design so a little more glide orientated but will also need a half decent wave. The M2 looks more like short version of The Don longboard that's also got nice refined rails and fairly performance tail but it's more nose area like a mini mal or mal design so less likely to be able to duck dive it but good for that glide and paddle power. Hope that helps. Cheers
@@lawson45uk Thank you for your answer 😊✌🏽
@@Neto-3377 All good mate. Sorry for the delay responding. Hope you find the right one for you.
@@lawson45uk Yeah....I have ordered a midlenght similar to the chopper🙌✌🏽
Did you ever get to wax this board up and give it a good surf?
Yeah I did mate took it out a few times. Nice board actually. Paddles good and really responsive for the size. Found it just a little low in volume and a tony bit pulled in tail for the weak waves we get locally. Actually sold it to a mate that's a much better surfer than me and he's really enjoying it ironically for the exact same waves I find it a little more work on so just goes to show. Think he's even gone twin fin now. He usually rides 38 Litre boards around that 6-6'2" mark and he's catching waves easily and says you can still go hard on turns in the right place so yeah if it's the volume shape and rocker you were looking for I suspect you will like it.. After riding this and the Sunday i'm now looking at the OVA to try to land in the middle of this volume range in a 7'0" Cheers.
Have you had a look at the Thunderbolt Moe?
Yeah the Moe looks awesome. I like like a certain length and literage for boards in intend to be able to duck dive and the smaller one is a little on the plus side for that but I nearly bought an 8. Suspect they would be an excellent board for the average guy in average waves it's a fantastic looking design.
Has anyone tested the old chopper yet and I'd able to give a little review?
Haven't ridden the old one but the tail was a little more pulled in little less rocker in the tail more pulled in nose wide point a little further back and fin placement more quad suitable than the newer version. I would say the old one would like a slightly better wave but not too much in it. Older one is more like a big guy shortboard. Obviously all depends on the size your looking at too if your going over 7'0" they all get a bit more generous on volume and dims anyways