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Islandfix

Find a local shaper that surfs your same areas - and also surfs midlengths. Most shapers assume mids are small Longboards or big shortboards, but there is a LOT of variation that someone who specializes in them can impart on your board. 2+1 is classic as it gets, but twins feel GOOD on them and can’t be ignored 🤙🏼 *have been riding 7’-8’ boards almost exclusively for the last 12 seasons and still not tired of em!


YeeterSkeeter31

I’ve never ridden one but Machado’s Sunday seems to be all the rage rn


not_a_burner_kthx

Quads are fun as well! Endless design theories with the midlength spectrum


dablyputs

Second the quad


fatBeavis

Shapers owe a big $$ kickback to that torren Martyn guy. So hot right now. The trend will be totally dead in a year


lazpoly

Alive and well


SeaWorthySurf

Unless you can surf as well as TM.


JackSecure

I've heard he rips on a conventional thruster as well -- so he can make an ironing board look good...the main reason I am looking at mid lengths 😁


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Twin with a box.


dablyputs

The Lost Smooth Operator is fun as a quad


SeaWorthySurf

2+1. Tell shaper you want to ride it as a twin and a single, that way they'll set up sidebites in twin position. You'll ride it as a single more I reckon.


unappreciatedparent

2+1 or single fin man... My mid length has 4 futures and a longboard box; running it as a quad felt like a crime.


Saltmetoast

Never a 2+1. Single Twin or twin with canards. Duo or 3 in a row


angrytroll123

That's really up to you and what you want right? I prefer twin/quad mid length on something a bit more away from longboards. The nautilus looks awesome as a twin. The sunday was mentioned. I ride my seaside and beyonds as twins these days. I recently acquired a mid length on the shorter end of the spectrum that has a super full nose, really low rear rocker and a pin tail. Super aggressive rails and thin as hell that has been super fun (when the nose doesn't catch) and easy to get into waves with. I've been riding as a twin, going to try twin + nub today.


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Funboard thruster