Taboo Rocket 115 or 125 as first board

[gvogelsang]

I vote for the 125. They changed that board for this year to make it skinnier and wider. Skinnier and wider will make that board plane a bit earlier, and be more controllable in higher wind conditions.

They didn't do that to the 115.

I have the 125, and have had a couple of days way over powered ( I weigh 200, and the winds were 25 gusting over 33). I have a Firemove 122, and the Rocket 125 is just about the same board - which is to say that it is a really good board for 6.5 to 7.5 conditions.

I like my Rocket 125.

[Jama]

I also weigh 160 lb and bought a 125L Rocket 5 years ago when I was at your skill level. I've learned to water-start, sail in the straps, and make my first carve gybes with it and it is still the board I use the most. I'm not sure how things would have worked out if I bought a 115L instead but things worked out great with my 125L.