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winwin
Billy Hamilton status
Reged: 07/11/07
Posts: 1739
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Looking for a small wave summer board. Anyone ridden the quad version of these? Which has a lower/higher end in terms of wave height? Thoughts on the ride please... 
I am interested in these 2, plus mannkines chum lee  ....too many choices.
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retodd
Tom Curren status
Reged: 02/22/09
Posts: 11190
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gh pill has a pretty high end , rode one at creek when it was 4-6 foot .
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sofradis
Nep status
Reged: 08/18/08
Posts: 554
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gh is more performance
slingerland is more authentic closer to the original mini-sims.
how about firewire's sweet potato 
i'd go with the pill 
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kooky
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 05/29/12
Posts: 194
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My understanding is that the pill boards are much more performance oriented than a mini-Simmons. That's why I got a FW sweet potato. Having said that, I happen to get it super super cheap so I couldn't pass it up. I do have a GH quad fish and I absolutely love that board and enjoyed the process of working with Gary, so if I were doing it all over without my deal, would get the GH over the FW.
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Dudebro
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 07/17/07
Posts: 480
Loc: Oceanside
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Have ridden both a 5'4" x 20 1/4" x 2 1/2 Slingerland Spacebar and a 5'5 x 21" x 2 3/8" GH Pill. Both are on the higher end performance wise when it comes to this style of board with the GH Pill performing better in the smaller stuff because it had more volume and planing area. I believe if you were to compare two similar sized Spacebar and Pill surfboards the Pill will have more volume because of the design intent of the board. At least when I have done the comparisons it always worked out that way. Another thing I think is the Pill is very similar to a Sweet Potato but performs way better. Demoed a Sweet Potato and after riding both boards on the same day the Pill was much better for me.
Both boards are excellent at making small days fun so it will just depend on what you think will work better for you.
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winwin
Billy Hamilton status
Reged: 07/11/07
Posts: 1739
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Quote:
Have ridden both a 5'4" x 20 1/4" x 2 1/2 Slingerland Spacebar and a 5'5 x 21" x 2 3/8" GH Pill. Both are on the higher end performance wise when it comes to this style of board with the GH Pill performing better in the smaller stuff because it had more volume and planing area. I believe if you were to compare two similar sized Spacebar and Pill surfboards the Pill will have more volume because of the design intent of the board. At least when I have done the comparisons it always worked out that way. Another thing I think is the Pill is very similar to a Sweet Potato but performs way better. Demoed a Sweet Potato and after riding both boards on the same day the Pill was much better for me.
Thank you Dudebro for the great input. That's pretty cool that you got to try all those boards in the same day.... Definitely leaning towards the gh pill, because gh is so easy to work with.
By any chance you've ridden a lost bottom feeder?
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Oleson
Grom
Reged: 06/12/12
Posts: 36
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Nice one thank you
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sublime74
Billy Hamilton status
Reged: 01/13/10
Posts: 1742
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I have a 5'2 pill now, my 2nd 1, same dimension, you can tell how much i missed and regret selling 
Mr gary is very easy to talk to, 4-5 weeks and its yours for very reasonable price 
Cant comment on the other cuz never had a chance to ride it b4
Edited by sublime74 (06/15/12 08:10 PM)
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