I need a long board. Which one?

[87SunSportMikeyD]

I think having several boards really adds to the variety and fun of surfing. Wakeboard I just want one perfect, consistant board.

I'm trying to think how long out Broadcast is, I think maybe 5'4"?? From 2008.

[dusty2221]

I've got the broadcast also, I have the shorter version from 08 I believe. I know it's white and yellow. I've had a lot of fun on it, and we have taught several people that have never been behind a boat before on it.

[ScottnAz]

shorter 08' Broadcast


I picked up an 05' Broadcast 5.6 on Craigslist at the beginning of last summer for like $25 to add as a boat board. Nobody rides it except when I'm riding doubles with my 6 year old daughter. She says it's her board because there's a mermaid on it.

[dusty2221]

^That 08 Broadcast is exactly what I have.

I didn't realize it was such a learners board though...what is a recommended step up that stays surf style?

[ScottnAz]

It's almost over whelming how many options are out there for surf boards. I'd say that I'm surf style too, and pretty aggressive.

I'll say it again, I really like the CWB RAZR. When I occasionally ride the Broadcast, it just feels a little slow and unresponsive to me now. I think it's a great board to learn and progress on, but there comes a time when you're looking to do a little more. The Razr, to me, was a couple steps up. It's a faster board, and you can really dig-in and slaysh the wave aggressively. There have been many people riding this board on my boat that have had the board just slip out from under them because they weren't expecting the speed of the board.


Inland Surfer came out with a new board this year called the Squirt, that looks to be a very good board. While I haven't seen it in person, or ridden it, the specs look to be very similar to the Razr. The main difference, to me, is the fact the Razr is made a little more like a traditional surfboard with a more progressive edge because it's a hand shaped surf core board. While the Squirt has a compression edge that'll be more like a wakeboard edge.


The progressive edge will hold the board to the wave without creating drag. The compression is probably a little more durable, but, may be a little more like the edge of a broadcast. I'd say the Squirt is a step up from the Broadcast, and the Razr is a couple steps up. I surfed the Razr until I was ready to pickup a Walker board, if that means anything.

There are some other great boards from Inland that I'd love to ride. The Swallow looks to be a good board, although, I think it'd be a little too long and not as fast as I'd like. There's also the Sweet Spot that looks to be a very fast and responsive board. I was actually torn between the Sweet and the Walker board last summer when I was ordering a new board.

There's a new board out this summer that I was looking at last week at the dealer. Seems to be a good surf style board, although, the price point wasn't impressive. The name will come to me, I don't recall right now.

What's the weight range of your riders, and how aggressive are you?

[dusty2221]

The lightest is my wife and her friends all around 115. I'm 175, with the absolute heaviest person to potentailly surf, he is 205. I'm sure he's stick with the Broadcast. Most likely, myself and one other friend would be the only ones one the new board. I think everyone else is happy just "riding the wave"

[ScottnAz]

Here's some ride shots of the Razr, I'm usually around 195-210 (depending on what beer I have on tap), and my buddy in the 1st picture is probably 165-170(?), and an ocean surfer.
A couple things to consider about this board, it's more delicate than a traditional mass produced board because it is made more like a surfboard. After a couple seasons, it did start to show some stress cracks and impressions from the rack. And that leads me to a second point. It's too thick for most wakeboard racks, so you'd need a surf specific rack. The more vertically you can store the board, the better, as that will put less pressure/stress on the board from the rack forks. I didn't know/do this until I ordered my Walker board, but is what I am attributing the minor blems on my CWB board to.