Size by weight · Christenson

What size Christenson OP4 should I ride if I weigh this much?

At 170 lb, everyday surfers start near 35.5L — closest stock size 6'2" at 35.04L. Other weights are in the table. This is a starting size, not the only size that works.

By the Quivr team · Published

Christenson OP4

The catalog range runs head-high to double-overhead+, with a moderate power midpoint, and a intermediate to advanced skill window.

If you weigh this much

Everyday means an intermediate surfer. Newer to hardboards gets more liters. Advanced gets fewer. A cell names a stock size only when that size is close to the starting volume. Otherwise it names the liters and stops.

Closest Christenson OP4 stock size for each weight. A cell that only names liters means no row on this chart is close enough.
If you weighNewer to hardboardsEverydayAdvanced
120 lb6'1" · 33.36L5'7" · 24.57L5'6" · 21.49L
130 lb6'2" · 35.04L5'11" · 27L5'8" · 23.31L
140 lb6'4" · 38.59L6'1" · 29.6L5'10" · 25.75L
150 lb6'4" · 38.59L6'2" · 30.96L5'9" · 27.34L
160 lbchart tops out at 38.59L — less foam than 43.5L6'1" · 33.36L5'10" · 28.82L
170 lbchart tops out at 38.59L — less foam than 46.3L6'2" · 35.04L6'2" · 30.96L
180 lbchart tops out at 38.59L — less foam than 49L6'4" · 38.59L6'1" · 33.36L
190 lbchart tops out at 38.59L — less foam than 51.7L6'4" · 38.59L6'2" · 35.04L
200 lbchart tops out at 38.59L — less foam than 54.4L6'4" · 38.59L6'3" · 36.11L
210 lbchart tops out at 38.59L — less foam than 57.2Lchart tops out at 38.59L — less foam than 43.8L6'4" · 38.59L
220 lbchart tops out at 38.59L — less foam than 59.9Lchart tops out at 38.59L — less foam than 45.9L6'4" · 38.59L

Common questions

What size Christenson OP4 should I ride if I weigh 140 pounds?

If you weigh 140 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 29.2 liters. The closest Christenson OP4 stock size is 6'1" at 29.6 liters.

What size Christenson OP4 should I ride if I weigh 150 pounds?

If you weigh 150 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 31.3 liters. The closest Christenson OP4 stock size is 6'2" at 30.96 liters.

What size Christenson OP4 should I ride if I weigh 160 pounds?

If you weigh 160 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 33.4 liters. The closest Christenson OP4 stock size is 6'1" at 33.36 liters.

What size Christenson OP4 should I ride if I weigh 170 pounds?

If you weigh 170 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 35.5 liters. The closest Christenson OP4 stock size is 6'2" at 35.04 liters.

What size Christenson OP4 should I ride if I weigh 180 pounds?

If you weigh 180 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 37.6 liters. The closest Christenson OP4 stock size is 6'4" at 38.59 liters.

What size Christenson OP4 should I ride if I weigh 190 pounds?

If you weigh 190 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 39.6 liters. The closest Christenson OP4 stock size is 6'4" at 38.59 liters.

What size Christenson OP4 should I ride if I weigh 200 pounds?

If you weigh 200 lb and surf at an everyday intermediate level, start near 41.7 liters. The closest Christenson OP4 stock size is 6'4" at 38.59 liters.

Stock chart

Length, width, thickness, and volume as published for Christenson OP4 in the Quivr catalog. Nothing here is estimated.

LengthWidthThicknessVolume
5'6"18"2.13"21.49L
5'6"18.5"2.25"23.2L
5'7"18.25"2.13"22.2L
5'7"18.75"2.31"24.57L
5'8"18.38"2.19"23.31L
5'8"19"2.38"25.96L
5'9"18.5"2.25"24.52L
5'9"19.25"2.44"27.34L
5'10"18.63"2.31"25.75L
5'10"19.5"2.5"28.82L
5'11"18.75"2.38"27L
5'11"19.75"2.56"30.12L
6'0"18.88"2.44"28.28L
6'0"20"2.63"31.78L
6'1"19"2.5"29.6L
6'1"20.25"2.69"33.36L
6'2"19.13"2.56"30.96L
6'2"20.5"2.75"35.04L
6'3"20.75"2.75"36.11L
6'4"21"2.88"38.59L

A shop chart that says “up to this weight” can point at a smaller size than the closest liter match. Their band is wide. This page picks the row nearest the starting volume. Fitness, and whether the waves are soft or punchy, still move it a size.

More on the number itself: what surfboard volume means. All weights: what size to ride for your weight.

Other Christenson boards

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Open the same board in Quivr. The size pick uses this chart and your weight. The wave range on the card still has to fit the days you actually surf.