The coast has changed. Rode my first Bradbury (8'1") at UCSB in 1969 and bought an Andreni (7'6") in 1977. Sticks got small quick and I ended up joining the military in the summer of 78' vice heading to UCLA on a partial grant. Not a bod move. Spent 320 years overseas and learned there's a huge world out there many Americans will only read about in books. What a blast!