River Surfing on a Windsurfing Board????
I have been having fun surfing a few green waves in my kayak and been interested in river surfing with a board. I own a 7’3 43 liter mini Malibu, I took it out once and after some trial and error I could keep the board in the wave and go side to side on my stomach. I haven’t been able to get up on the board yet. I’ve started looking for a shorter, higher volume board. I weigh 240, so I feel like I need as much volume as possible.
The river specific boards seem to be a small niche and not mass produced, therefore a little out of my price range. I also haven’t seen any river specific boards in the used market near me. I’m leaning towards the right mix of length and volume being a soft top fishtail.
All that being said, I saw this board on Marketplace and it seems like it might work on a river wave. It seems to be pretty short and extremely high volume. Not sure how I would fit fins onto it. Has anyone tried surfing a board like this??
I was intrigued by this find that I saw on Marketplace.