FishFace
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 08/07/09
Posts: 2946
Loc: Del Mar, CA
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My quiver's so big:
I could surf a different board everyday for a month and never use the same board twice.
I keep an excel spreadsheet on my pc that details my boards becuase I dont really remember all that I have.
My GF recommends that I go on the show Hoarders.
It takes me 30 min to decide what board to take because there's so much overlap.
Anyone else share these issues? 
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stu dog
Duke status
Reged: 01/15/03
Posts: 21761
Loc: CA
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pass on the stock to someone else. little blood letting feels good sometimes. refocuses things.
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fdb_23
Nep status
Reged: 06/08/10
Posts: 853
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doesn't seem like the worst problem to have 
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adam33
Gerry Lopez status
Reged: 02/23/05
Posts: 1039
Loc: Long Beach, NY
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I need a grovel board. I think u should start purging from the smallest wave board and work your way up. 
I am down to 5 boards and I sometimes think that's overkill (especially comin from the east coast)
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sublime74
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 01/13/10
Posts: 1863
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30 minutes to decide which board? 
life is Guuud  let's see that Excel Spead sheet, I also have that sheet, want to see how you listed 'em.
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kellsmith
Miki Dora status
Reged: 04/18/11
Posts: 3857
Loc: South Bay
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small quiver of diverse boards. i love my DD so much that the others barely get used anyway. huge quivers are fun for me to drool over, but i would rather just try all those boards than own them.
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airboy808
Nep status
Reged: 05/22/09
Posts: 931
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Spreadsheet swap. Google doc share time
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alpharon
Grom
Reged: 06/07/11
Posts: 135
Loc: San Diego, CA
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I have a spreadsheet, too. But my quiver's only 6 boards deep and I sometimes think I have too many boards.
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Alex_AJ
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 01/03/12
Posts: 332
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small quiver of diverse boards. i love my DD so much that the others barely get used anyway. huge quivers are fun for me to drool over, but i would rather just try all those boards than own them.
That. Plus, too many boards kill the spontaneity that you need when you go surfing (like 30mn to choose a board... ). And then you spend your time in the water second guessing yourself about your board choice and if you have a bad session you end up blaming your board, and that's not good. You should try to narrow it down to 5 and surf those for a while. It really helps focus on your surfing. You're probably always surfing the same 5 or 6 boards at the moment anyway.
On another end, you might just be a passionate board collector.
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ReefTeef
Gerry Lopez status
Reged: 04/28/11
Posts: 1212
Loc: north county
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I have a spread sheet too.
In the last month I have sold 4 boards. A twin fish, 2 thrusters and a 7'2 semi gun that got wet once.
Had to do it with 3 boards on order with only one that wifey actually knows about
If you have a board for everyday of the month you have a problem. When I have 10 boards I feel a little guilty.
Selling the thrusters was difficult due to memories, how well I took care of them and the fact that I know I sold them to guys I don't think could surf them.
Selling the Semi-gun was hard because it never got used, I sold it for less than half of what I paid and I think the dude who bought it didn't understand what type of waves it was intended for. He was taking it to CR and I could picture him flopping around in the water with it.
I told all three it was hard for me to bring myself to sell these and they said "don't worry I'll take good care of it" as they bounced the tail off the asphalt.
I didn't tell my wife I was selling boards either, although I know I'll end up giving her some cash to cool her off once I bring home three new boards.
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Timtom
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 01/24/10
Posts: 376
Loc: South OC
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I had a similar problem and ended up back to a 3 board quiver that pretty much keeps me covered around here. White Diamond,Black Diamond, and a Lost Black Sheep/RNF Mutant. I loved having a ton of boards but felt guilty buying these boards and riding them once a quarter.
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nrthcty
Nep status
Reged: 06/30/09
Posts: 942
Loc: N.S.D
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i have 9 boards and I regularly ride 2 of em, and sometimes a 3rd - Even though I dont need them I want to get more
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000
Tom Curren status
Reged: 02/20/03
Posts: 14882
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part of me does hate having a quiver, cuz i'll often wish i was on my other board. i prefer to have that 1 magic board thats good in 90% of my local conditions
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FishFace
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 08/07/09
Posts: 2946
Loc: Del Mar, CA
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I cant show my excel spreadsheet... its top secret!
the columns are:
date, name, dims , price paid/sold, notes & opinion, fins used
I have a section off to the side to remind me:
"SIX BOARDS ONLY!"
1. log
2. hpsb
3. quad fish
4. keel/twinzer fish
5. bonzer
6. all rounder
I put my 'keepers' in that section...
Obviously I am 500% of my personal rule but my goal is six.
The problem for me is that I love all of them. I listed my Christenson fish for sale and that was a really tough thing to do.
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ifallalot
Duke status
Reged: 12/17/08
Posts: 18413
Loc: Carlsbad, CA
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First World Problems
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FishFace
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 08/07/09
Posts: 2946
Loc: Del Mar, CA
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Quote:
part of me does hate having a quiver, cuz i'll often wish i was on my other board. i prefer to have that 1 magic board thats good in 90% of my local conditions
This was my point of view before I started browsing the erbb.
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ReefTeef
Gerry Lopez status
Reged: 04/28/11
Posts: 1212
Loc: north county
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Quote:
First World Problems
Friggin Americans!
Poor me, which of my 15 sports cars will I drive today. 
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Dawn_patrol
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 04/17/06
Posts: 2414
Loc: HB
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This place certainly doesn't help
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cconstandse
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 02/05/09
Posts: 179
Loc: Mazatlan, Mexico.
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I never had this problem before, i always had 2-3 boards tops.
Now that i have 6 i struggle each night trying to figure out which board to pack... and since most of them have 5 fin plugs choosing the best fin setup for the day is another struggle.
Blunt
Black sheep
White Diamond
Subdriver
Round pin Driver
Double Blunt
They might seem similar but each of these boards work so diferent on specific conditions that i just dont want to get rid of any of them, the fact that here in town we have very diferent breaks (points, reefs, beach breaks) makes it harder to find a do-it-all board.
The problem is that i always end up at the beach with the wrong board anyhow.
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b.r.
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 12/19/03
Posts: 3423
Loc: Leucadia
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I pared down my selection with craigs list, but I always have 2 or three in the back of my truck and three or four left in the garage to make sure no matter what the conditions i can paddle out and have fun. rode the 5'8 kenson keel twin this morning, that board is the mush buster.
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rowjimmytour
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 02/06/09
Posts: 2459
Loc: GOLETATHEGOODLAND
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I have a spreadsheet, too. But my quiver's only 6 boards deep and I sometimes think I have too many boards.
+ minus sometimes think I have to many boards but my wife sure does I plan to add a number 7 by the end of the year which is going to be a mini bonzer light vehicle (3 fin I think) or a superbuzz  I try to keep my quiver interesting by having no over lap and no thrusters.
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Won't hide my liquor try to serve me tea
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Mooobs
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 07/07/10
Posts: 1806
Loc: No. LA County
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This board preaches the following tenets:
1) if you don't have at least 3 boards (and closer to 5), you can't surf
2) if any of your boards is taller than 3 inches below your height, you can't surf
3) anything longer than 6'2" is, by definition, a longboard
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airboy808
Nep status
Reged: 05/22/09
Posts: 931
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Wish... 99 boards but a bitch ain't one
Instead
I work with 9 bitches and one board in the office
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Alex_AJ
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 01/03/12
Posts: 332
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Quote:
This board preaches the following tenets:
1) if you don't have at least 3 boards (and closer to 5), you can't surf
2) if any of your boards is taller than 3 inches below your height, you can't surf
3) anything longer than 6'2" is, by definition, a longboard
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volcom415
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 01/10/11
Posts: 327
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Quote:
This board preaches the following tenets:
1) if you don't have at least 3 boards (and closer to 5), you can't surf
2) if any of your boards is taller than 3 inches below your height, you can't surf
3) anything longer than 6'2" is, by definition, a longboard
And thrusters are sooo passe
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kooky
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 05/29/12
Posts: 196
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Recently went from 9 boards to 6. Always felt like when I have too many boards and overlap, I sit in the water and always wish I was on another one "if I just would have brought the XYZ board out". I remember when I was a kid and only had 1-2 boards I never had those feelings and just enjoyed surfing what I had. Could easily go to 4 boards, but one I did the color on and the other I had custom made and is the first board I bought when I got back into surfing. They actually both have their place in my quiver, but very rarely ridden, more just keep for sentimental value and know that if I ever did sell them, I would be pissed later.
Another reason I like the idea of just buying used stuff, I don't get as attached to it and have to keep it.
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20W-50 and blood
Duke status
Reged: 02/04/04
Posts: 16857
Loc: SOCAL
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i think that a ton of boards is aweome...he who dies with the most baords IS KING...however...i think it seemed all the more fun when they were all random pieces i picke dup instead of custom made gigs
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sakana_kid
Nep status
Reged: 02/24/09
Posts: 722
Loc: da aloha state
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part of me does hate having a quiver, cuz i'll often wish i was on my other board. i prefer to have that 1 magic board thats good in 90% of my local conditions
Even with a 4 board quiver I get that feeling too often... I miss the days when I made 1 board work for anything I could ride. My 6'4" McCoy 80's thruster. Can't stop wanting new boards when I hang around here. 
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Deepism
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 07/06/08
Posts: 289
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Funny stuff. I like to keeP it under 5. Right now have six but one is a step up that I have never used.
East coast lean quiver-
Log
Step up (daughter uses)
Shadow
Keel
Simmons type board
I want a mini driver/slayer type board and a pulled in long fish quad.
Selling 2 boards right now (not listed). One of them used to be FF's!
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silentbutdeadly
Tom Curren status
Reged: 09/26/05
Posts: 11831
Loc: Tower 13
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I don't think it's a problem you can really solve. I've been trying to simplify and downsize my quiver after a lot of experimentation but that didn't last long at all. I have a mini log on order and I want a twinzer this year. Good thing is, besides the mini log, I'm only replacing boards with others, not adding to the collection. What's great about a large quiver is that you can always drive down with two boards suited for the same wave size but you can pick the one that best suits the way the waves are breaking or how you want to surf them. You never get board with a large quiver and you can get excited to surf anything from ankle high +
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WarrenC
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 11/30/08
Posts: 2763
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a board for every day of the month...I get it, and love boards, but at this point they become trophies that sit on the shelf, not unlike mounted game on the wall.. they are a "collection" and tend to be admired and looked at more than ridden, nothing wrong with that, you sit back and admire your rack full of boards, then pull the same 3-5 from the rack while pulling the remaining 20+ on occassion (if you're lucky).. at these numbers you could go 12 months+ and not ride 15 of your boards in your collection...but you have the Precious and thats what matters.
but surfboards are about more than their function, thats the point I guess, so many reasons to own them, from i want it, to I need it, to I simply can, to buying them for art's sake in some cases, to buying them because they remind you of a point in your life
I have 3 boards with 2 on the way and I've had 8-9 boards, anything more than 5, maybe even 4 where I live, is overkill, but its still fun trying all the different stuff, keeps it interesting, thats the problem, I want to try it all but can only get away with owning so many at a single time..to be honest, no matter where you live and how much you surf I see no need for more than 5 boards, as you break them or simply wear them out or get bored with them, you rotate or you replace them
beyond that, if I had the coin, I'd have a double master bedroom and one of them would be for nothing but boards, and my cot that I would happily sleep on when in the doghouse...
but 30 mins to choose a board to go surf, that might drive me a bit nuts...then of course you have to choose the fins from your fin collection..I just want to go surf, please just put the f'in board in the car and lets go surf for Christ's sake..this is the current motto I live by, as fun as this place is, it confuses your surfing on so many levels.
nobody said anything about surfing needing to make sense.
I like that much of it makes no sense.
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Oleson
Grom
Reged: 06/12/12
Posts: 36
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I think u should start purging from the smallest wave board and work your way up
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enframed
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 04/11/06
Posts: 2421
Loc: Del Boca Vista, Phase III
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the XYZ board
Pics? Dims? Who shaped it? What kind of fins do you run in it? Quad, thruster, 5-fin convertible? I'm jonesing for a new board and I've never heard of this one!
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enframed
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 04/11/06
Posts: 2421
Loc: Del Boca Vista, Phase III
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It takes me 30 min to decide what board to take
Really?
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ghostshaper
Billy Hamilton status
Reged: 01/22/05
Posts: 1674
Loc: 1134
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Necessity and want aren't the same.
Four boards max without too much overlap:
Daily driver (groveler) for waist to head high;
Hpsb for head/head +;
Step up for OH; and
Tiny wave longboard alternative for under waist high.
Everything else is just confounding and unnecessary.
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They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time.
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20W-50 and blood
Duke status
Reged: 02/04/04
Posts: 16857
Loc: SOCAL
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dude......its not overkill...its liek having different women...different curves different feels different push back...different sounds....different tastes.......
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Jesus was Mexican, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9-11.
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FishFace
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 08/07/09
Posts: 2946
Loc: Del Mar, CA
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30 minutes to choose a board is an exaggeration for comedic purposes but its no where near a 'grab and go'... Yeah, I've had to look at my quiver list to see whats going on, what board has been neglected, fits the conditions, etc..
What has happened is that there are way too many shapes out there with way too many fin setups. I want to try them all and unfortunately, want to keep em all.
I have learned not to jump on the latest koolaid board anymore. ... wait it out for them to hit the secondary market.
Crap. I just picked up a FW Sweet Potato this morning off CL 
If I had a garage, it would look like Bird's Shed.
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FishFace
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 08/07/09
Posts: 2946
Loc: Del Mar, CA
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dude......its not overkill...its liek having different women...different curves different feels different push back...different sounds....different tastes.......
yes... this is the way i see it.
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backyard_hack
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 03/11/08
Posts: 491
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Necessity and want aren't the same.
Four boards max without too much overlap:
Daily driver (groveler) for waist to head high;
Hpsb for head/head +;
Step up for OH; and
Tiny wave longboard alternative for under waist high.
Everything else is just confounding and unnecessary.
This is my current approach to downsizing, although I would add a nice LB to the mix, and make sure all the boards have removable fins, and preferably 5 boxes, to maximize the tinkering.
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Retropete
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 01/20/06
Posts: 1811
Loc: Sunny Coast Qld Australia
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Put Futures controllers in the sweet potato and have fun.
In the unlikely event (considering quiver size) that you ride it in larger waves than it's designed for, put a rakier rear in with the controller fronts for more hold.
Now back to big quivers.
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Caution: Excessive Kool aid consumption may result in a bitter aftertaste.
Edited by Retropete (06/23/12 03:15 PM)
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