Size by weight · DHD

What size DHD MF Lightning should I ride if I weigh this much?

At 170 lb, everyday surfers start near 35.5L — closest stock size 6'4" at 34.5L. Other weights are in the table. This is a starting size, not the only size that works.

By the Quivr team · Published

DHD MF Lightning

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 DHD MF Lightning 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 lb6'2" · 32.5L5'8" · 26.5Lchart starts at 26.5L — more foam than 21.8L
130 lb6'4" · 34.5L5'9" · 27L5'8" · 26.5L
140 lb6'4" · 34.5L5'11" · 29.5L5'8" · 26.5L
150 lbchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 40.8L6'1" · 31L5'9" · 27L
160 lbchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 43.5L6'3" · 33.5L5'11" · 29.5L
170 lbchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 46.3L6'4" · 34.5L6'1" · 31L
180 lbchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 49L6'4" · 34.5L6'2" · 32.5L
190 lbchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 51.7Lchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 39.6L6'4" · 34.5L
200 lbchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 54.4Lchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 41.7L6'4" · 34.5L
210 lbchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 57.2Lchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 43.8L6'4" · 34.5L
220 lbchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 59.9Lchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 45.9Lchart tops out at 34.5L — less foam than 39.9L

Common questions

What size DHD MF Lightning 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 DHD MF Lightning stock size is 5'11" at 29.5 liters.

What size DHD MF Lightning 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 DHD MF Lightning stock size is 6'1" at 31 liters.

What size DHD MF Lightning 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 DHD MF Lightning stock size is 6'3" at 33.5 liters.

What size DHD MF Lightning 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 DHD MF Lightning stock size is 6'4" at 34.5 liters.

What size DHD MF Lightning 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 DHD MF Lightning stock size is 6'4" at 34.5 liters.

What size DHD MF Lightning 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 biggest DHD MF Lightning on this chart is 34.5 liters, which is less foam than that.

What size DHD MF Lightning 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 biggest DHD MF Lightning on this chart is 34.5 liters, which is less foam than that.

Stock chart

Length, width, thickness, and volume as published for DHD MF Lightning in the Quivr catalog. Nothing here is estimated.

LengthWidthThicknessVolume
5'8"18.63"2.38"26.5L
5'8"18.63"2.38"26.5L
5'8"18.63"2.38"26.5L
5'8"18.63"2.38"26.5L
5'9"18.75"2.38"27L
5'9"18.75"2.38"27L
5'9"18.75"2.38"27L
5'9"18.75"2.38"27L
5'10"18.88"2.38"27.5L
5'10"18.88"2.38"27.5L
5'10"18.88"2.38"27.5L
5'10"18.88"2.38"27.5L
5'10"19.13"2.44"28.5L
5'10"19.13"2.44"28.5L
5'10"19.13"2.44"28.5L
5'10"19.13"2.44"28.5L
5'11"19"2.44"28.5L
5'11"19"2.44"28.5L
5'11"19"2.44"28.5L
5'11"19"2.44"28.5L
5'11"19.38"2.5"29.5L
5'11"19.38"2.5"29.5L
5'11"19.38"2.5"29.5L
5'11"19.38"2.5"29.5L
6'0"19.25"2.56"30.5L
6'0"19.25"2.56"30.5L
6'0"19.25"2.56"30.5L
6'0"19.25"2.56"30.5L
6'0"19.63"2.63"32L
6'0"19.63"2.63"32L
6'0"19.63"2.63"32L
6'0"19.63"2.63"32L
6'1"19.38"2.56"31L
6'1"19.38"2.56"31L
6'1"19.38"2.56"31L
6'1"19.38"2.56"31L
6'2"19.5"2.63"32.5L
6'2"19.5"2.63"32.5L
6'2"19.5"2.63"32.5L
6'2"19.5"2.63"32.5L
6'3"19.75"2.63"33.5L
6'3"19.75"2.63"33.5L
6'3"19.75"2.63"33.5L
6'3"19.75"2.63"33.5L
6'4"19.88"2.69"34.5L
6'4"19.88"2.69"34.5L
6'4"19.88"2.69"34.5L
6'4"19.88"2.69"34.5L

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.

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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.