Comments on: Review: Stretch F4 Quad Surfboard

By: oxygen energy

oxygen energy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:23:54 +0000

Hey Mann I love your site! Your reviews on different surfing gears are really great! They’re very useful to starters like me. Thank you for posting!

By: Nautilaus

Nautilaus — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:46:13 +0000

Ive been riding a stretch 6’1 f4 tuflite for the last couple of years in 2-8ft surf. Had H2 and MRTX fins on it as quad setups and it rips. Its had its nose broken, rails dinged, tail chipped and repaired and still goes as new…. tough fast snappy and stable. Im trading it in for a stretch f4 half moon 6’3 tl2 cause ive gained weight and would like the extra couple of inches for stability when it goes into the 6-8ft range cause the smaller size board does bounce like a skipping stone on fat wedge like waves when taking off and hitting steps. I cant fault this board and Ive ridden a shitload of different designs. Buy one you wont regret it!

By: gammatravels

gammatravels — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:29:46 +0000

got the 5.11″
i love it
i’m 5.9″x140lbs (172cmx72kg)
small, fast and furious!!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:29:04 +0000

I bought the 6’10′ F4 and love it. Not too bouyant and turns great.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:27:15 +0000

I am 6’2″ and weigh over 230lbs (105kg) and have been riding a 6’6″ Mark Richards Rocket Fish (21″ wide and 2.75″ thick) and have been really struggling to catch waves on it and it feels too loose. I have a friend who weighs around 198 lbs (90kg) and has a 6’5″ Stretch and loves it. I am concerned that I will not get enough of an advantage by only going to 6’5″ but the F4s next size jumps up to 6’10″. I am also approaching 48 and feel that maybe the 6′ 10″ might really be good for catching waves and still loose enough with the quad fin set up. I am an Aussie and ride points and beachies from 2′ to over 6′. Any comments or suggestions?

By: DAG

DAG — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:06:29 +0000

I have heard from some the board wanted to go straight. Huh??

I have been surfing for 26 years now. I grew up in Hawaii surfing with Dave Wassell when we were groms at Zombies and graduated to suring on the marine base with the miller bro’s and jason bogle. THis other review I read makes it sound like this board is retarded. If you can surf it, it will definitly turn. My other board is a Merrck Flyer 2 and they do feel very different.

I demo’d the Stretch F4 board and was rippping big off the lips at Ala Moana bowls. I was amazed at the stability off the top. I don’t surf straight so I am not sure what this guy is talking about when he says that the board wants to go straight. The going straight has more to do with the rider.. The word I would use to describe this board is stable. . It is uper quick in transition from the bottom to the top. Tons of speed for sure. I rode a Rusty quad the day before I tried this board and the Rusty was a freeking rail bucket. The F4 is super snappy and fluid. The transition point on the round house is in a little different position of the rail but I surfed it a gain today and it felt really good. I am 6′ 1″ and about 200 to 210 lbs so I ride the 6’5″. It does have a difeernt feel of teh top but is has plenty of pop of the white water.

This board tuns really snappy if you have the power to apply it it turns just fine. I hit one big overhead section with ease and one of the boys at bowls was all over this board, “wow brah is that a quad?” I didn’t want to go into a long winded explanantion about Stretch and the develoment of the board. Yes it is a quad but whern you look at what the tow in guys are surfing and most tof the kitesurfers, I beleve these boards will be well established as a high performance bord for the future. I was a skeptic and now I am a beleiver. I never pictured my self on one of these but Here I am the proud owner of a Stretch F4 an I really love it.

By: PB in San Diego

PB in San Diego — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:56:54 +0000

I’m an intermediate sufer – and have a F4 TL2 6’3″ half mooon and I am 160/165 lbs & 6ft tall and use this as my larger wave board without getting into my 6′ 6″ pintail. The quad fins hold well but don’t slow you down in big waves especially cause im below 1175lbs, this thing flys, i feel confident on this board in overhead+.

Hope that helps anyone.

Latas

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:22:11 +0000

HIya, just wondering, I have just snapped a 5’6 randy french tufflite (can you believe it), it was a twin fin and heaps of fun in anything up to about 4ft. Looking for something that will hold in up to 6ft swell, the F4 sounds great. My shortboart is a 6’3, I weigh 65kgs and am 170 cm tall. I am an intermediate surfer and was wondering if as an all round board people would think the 5’11 or 6’1 would suit me best? Cheers for your comments and great review.

By: Saltwater

Saltwater — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:08:54 +0000

Thanks for noticing that Marc, i ordered a tl2 5’11 but didnt realise it was a different shape. It says on the surftech advert that its 27cc and the 5’11 tl1 is 24cc. is that the same as Litres? if its very similar than the tl2s seem to be more bouyant ev

By: marc

marc — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:40:31 +0000

I was wondering what the difference in the tufflite and the tl2 shapes are…the tl2 are quite a bit narrower… i am around 90 kg…have a 5´8 merrick fishcuit ad a 6.2 ksmall…(which is a little too small) so i am a bit unshure about the right size, 6.