Best Board for Epic Waves? JS Schooner - Wooly TV Surfboard review #38

[@surfgeek]

Please Santa Wooly I have wanted a schooner since it first came out .I mean there is a beer right on the board . I have been good all year , please put a 6’6” under my board rack tonight 🙏

[@WoolyTV]

I will send Santa 🧑‍🎄 a message for ya 🤙

[@kevintyrer45]

That was really nice... I like that

[@WoolyTV]

🙏 Glad you liked it 🤙

[@wesleychapman9001]

I never muck around with JS boards but damn this one looks unreal for good surf. Not much though on offer here in San Diego in the summer time haha. thanks for this one Wooly. Love your reviews, especially because I'm a bigger guy like you at 193cm at 97kgs

[@WoolyTV]

Yeah mate this one is amazing! Also really hard to go past a Xero Gravity for a daily driver. The Easy Rider DIMs suit us larger lads 🤙

[@arronhillyer7255]

Good stuff mate it is a beauty that’s for sure 🤩

[@WoolyTV]

Yes it is!

[@jhargraves100]

Board looks sick. Great video.

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks 🙏

[@joewaterman5216]

Great review, board looks nice. Thanks

[@WoolyTV]

🙏🤙

[@starsurftv6968]

Love this one

[@WoolyTV]

Course ya do

[@MarcRademacher]

Hell yeah! Brought this board a few months back. Such great fun! Took it with me to off-season indonesia 🇮🇩. Paddels really well as long as the waves are steep. As soon as you place your feet it knifes through everything! No wave too steep, no section too wide!! Perfect precision! It feels like a surgeon’s scalpel. At the same time it is very whippy or holds rail really well on drawn out turns. …only problem: Know I want the same feeling in smaller surf. Does anyone has a recommendation for a board that has the same knifieness while paddeling like small wave board? Any recommendations?? Looking for a 5’10/5’11 that paddles well and has a thin pulled in tail with low nose, but plenty off tail rocker??

[@MarcRademacher]

Any suggestions?

[@holymackeral23]

You could like the channel islands happy, the original one, you have to work for it in the small waves but it rewards you for the work

[@Joshhybee]

This board is epic, I whacked a set of MR power twins 2 + 1 just to loosen up that tail a tad … in love! No need for PU squash tail in my quiver - 2 boards in one with a change of fins

[@WoolyTV]

Glad you like it! You could also try a smaller set of thruster fins to free it up a bit.

[@wesleyrichardson2171]

Always ripping and the edit is quality 👌

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks mate! 🤙

[@supaflip87]

This video has got me stoked! The Schooner seems to have a quite a few characteristics with the Pyzel Ghost. Do you have any thoughts to help me compare and contrast the two board models?

[@WoolyTV]

Hi mate, Ive only every had a quick surf on a Ghost but they are similar. I like the nose outline and the rail shape more on the Schooner. This board has staying in my quiver for the good days.

[@rctrix9063]

Looks good on you.

[@WoolyTV]

Def one of my favourite boards this year

[@freedom_Jesus]

Not sure about the board. But that music had me feeling groovy at the start

[@WoolyTV]

😂

[@danluis1418]

Hey mate, Love the reviews! I am an intermediate surfer and have been going round and round trying to choose a good wave board. I live in Sydney but want to do a my first Fiji trip next year and don’t know if the Schooner would go better than say a Forget me not, over there? I am 178cm and 73kg. My normal short board is 5”10 at 29.5L so was thinking perhaps a 6’0 schooner? Any help would be much appreciated 🎉

[@FrankTankFlinns]

good stuff, can see where Board Acel's...the Barrelooooo..s

[@WoolyTV]

Loves a good wave 🤙

[@surfmist4748]

Is this too high performance for a long time keen surfer but prob good intermediate. I use to own a 6’2 raging bull and liked that but keen to try something different . Looks like it has lower rails and a lot more rocker than the bull . Only buying to use on surf trips and good waves

[@WoolyTV]

@@surfmist4748 it will be a bit more sensitive compared to the Raging Bull but you should be fine.

[@surfmist4748]

Got a 6’4 on the way . Cheers for the repl

[@andys1755]

Would Schooner & Gravity make a good travel pair with the big transitions in width from one surf to the next? What pair would u travel with? Thanks

[@WoolyTV]

Hi mate Yes I think they are a great travel pair. The Gravity will do from waist height to over head and where that starts to feel too small then the Schooner will take over.

[@trestlesrocks]

Charging!! 🤘

[@WoolyTV]

🙏

[@samowhamo]

Great review, you rip on that board…I’m trying to decide what size I should get (I’m 6 foot 4, 210lbs) and was wondering what you thought?

[@WoolyTV]

What size/volume is your normal everyday board?

[@samowhamo]

@@WoolyTV about 36-38 liters 6 2 for small waves 6 4 for bigger

[@doomymcdoom1498]

You review a lot of JS boards. What would your 3 board JS quiver be? Im in the market for one, thinking sub Xero, Xero Gravity, Schooner.

[@WoolyTV]

Ok depends on how small/big waves you want to surf. Absolutely the Xero Gravity. I would choose the Xero Fusion over the Sub Xero but only if you don’t want to super grovel, if you want to surf tiny crap then it’s the Flame Fish. Monsta, Schooner or FMN will depend on what size and type of waves you want to surf your step up on - pretty hard to go past the Schooner as it’s so versatile. 🤙

[@longturn99]

hey Wooly great work!! where does 19 1/2 sit in relation to your usual width

[@WoolyTV]

Hi mate Most of my ‘normal’ boards are 19 7/8” or 20” so it’s 1/2” narrower

[@longturn99]

@@WoolyTV if you had no intention of groveling you think its forgiving enough to be used as daily driver. thanks

[@WoolyTV]

@@longturn99 only if you surf overhead waves everyday!

[@longturn99]

@@WoolyTV point taken lol. Still might get on though. thanks heaps !!

[@TH-nc1gj]

That barrel !

[@WoolyTV]

🤙

[@danielreid7138]

Lovin your reviews mate. I’m a similar size guy, 86kg 6ft3 I’ve ordered a 6’5 schooner with the 6’4 width and thickness. You mentioned medium fins, I always run large. Would you run medium fcs if you were me? Which do you recommend. I normally run fanning L Thanks wooly in advance

[@WoolyTV]

Just try a set of mediums and see how they feel for you. In most of my pintails I ride mediums because the tail shape holds you in.

[@MikeOno-h8d]

Hi Wooly, I love my 5’10 Monsta2020 easy rider, 30L. Would you recommend something about 31.5L? Was thinking about either 5’11 or 6’0 X 19.5 X 2 1/2 or 2 9/16 What do u think?? Thank you Mike ono

[@WoolyTV]

Hi mate You could go as small as the Monsta’s volume but I would probably aim for a touch more. Really depends on what size of waves you want to ride it in. For me it’s a good quality wave board so the extra length and volume is good.

[@campermfg]

Would u ride this 2+1 small trailer? Or as a twin upright?

[@WoolyTV]

I wouldn't in the type of waves that I ride it in BUT that would free the tail up in smaller waves as a 2+1. I dont think it would work as a pure twin as the front plugs a positioned for a thruster, not a twin

[@terenceingram7786]

Charging 🔥

[@WoolyTV]

🙏

[@andreabordoni2665]

💪🏽🔥

[@WoolyTV]

🙏

[@MikeOno-h8d]

Did this board feel long?

[@WoolyTV]

Not at all. I only rode it in good quality waves and it felt perfect

[@sam.stoked]

Hey Wooly, sick barrels! I'm a lower intermediate(not a beginner nor ripping) 84kg, usually ride a PU holy grail 33.6L(maybe a little under volume) to 3ft. Tossing up between schooner/ghost 6'3/4 and raging bull 6'2 for good wave board 3-6ft. Leaning toward RB, Got any thoughts?

[@WoolyTV]

Hi mate All of those 3 are good options. I have never ridden a Raging Bull but they are super popular. The Schooner wins for me and if I was you I would grab the 6’3”.

[@sam.stoked]

@@WoolyTV thanks heaps! 🤙

[@Vonksta]

@@WoolyTVsick review, always wondered why you hadn’t done the Raging Bull. I got a RB in PU while waiting on a custom Hyfi Monstabox roundtail and it went so good i kept it and sold the monstabox. Even like it as quad, with the pulled in tail the quad rears seem to be straightened and clustered so you have your heal and ball of your foot each over a fin which provides such an amazing mix of speed and control in a wide range of conditions. I’ve never had a bad JS, they all go sick.

[@WoolyTV]

@@Vonksta thanks 🙏 for watching. I don’t really have an good answer why I haven’t had a RB! I know they go sick. We sell heaps of them in the shop, one of our best selling boards!

[@jcmalbuquerque]

@WoolyTV Guess what, I was about to ask why you haven't reviewed the Raging Bull yet! I am 1.92m 81Kg. Because of my weight I normally use smaller boards compared to my height, but because of my height I prefer boards with the wide point forward as my stance is wider. At the moment I have a JS Red Baron 5'5" 31.3L and a JS Black Box 3 5'9" 29L. I am thinking of adding a board that would hold better on bigger surf and was considering the Raging Bull 5'10", Monsta 10 Easy rider 5'10" or even the Pyzel Shadow XL 5'10". They are all around the 29~30L range. I wish the Schooner had an easy rider version so it could pack 29~30 L in a 5'10" as well!!! Love your reviews BTW - they have been helping me a lot!

[@catinthehat8412]

larger bombs 😂

[@WoolyTV]

💣 😂