donut4u said..

copperdog1 said..
I got into SUP mid last year (after 45 years of short boarding). Following research, 10ft seemed to be the length for my weight, so I got one. I now realise I could have gone shorter (8.6 or 9), but that hasn't stopped me having heaps of fun both in waves and flatwater cruising with my 10ft Waterborne Evoke

so would you say you've become more woke because of your evoke?



(sorry)

That's a really bad pun - how about 'reborn on my waterborne'?

rgmacca said..
I've just reduced my fleet of boards.
The only hard board left is the 10' stylemaster.
This is the board that works best in most conditions, means wave count is high, can have fun turning and walking it.
I have done the lowest volume poss with windsurfing, but it just reduces your days on the water.
The 10' sup fir me just works ??

are you sailing the stylemaster?

rockmagnet said..
I just bought 10' Sunva Steeze and a 10' Smik Stylelord cause at 71 I just want to catch the damn wave

Hi Rocky, please let us know how each of them goes. At 71and 11 months, I just wanna catch waves too and NOT get the ****s trying to balance while I'm waiting.

Not sure how popular they are. Had mine in buy and sell for a while not even a sniff. Everyone is going foiling obviously.

Bighugg said..

hilly said..
Not sure how popular they are. Had mine in buy and sell for a while not even a sniff. Everyone is going foiling obviously.

There's no Bali delivery on your advert ...

Sorry, retract that . Just saw your Red rocket has Futures.

Hi rockmagnet,

I just took delivery of a 9.2 Steeze so slightly off topic but also found the nose would dig if my front foot was forward of the handle. However, as soon as I moved back slightly the board found a beautiful balance and surfed really well.
I needed to be forward to catch the wave but as soon as momentum was achieved a step back paid dividends. When I wasnt forward on the board in the initial stage the waves passed underneath me.

Maybe the same would apply to the 10 footer?

I'm also wondering about the Placid. It seems wide to me, but early days of reviews so time will tell.

Haven't tried a Style Lord or Hipster Twin Longboard but the reviews on this forum are definitely positive.

ghost4man said..
I like the challenge of the much shorter SUPs which are plenty fun once you dial them in.

At my weight, 80 kg and below, I find the bigger boards corky which throw me around without the extra weight.

I'm also used to the convenience factor with shorter SUPs - easier to carry, easier to store, easier to travel with overseas and I prefer the idea of having a mishap with a 7 foot board over a 10 foot one.

I get the convenience factor for travel and storage but longboard does not mean big and heavy. You can get a 90l 26" super light longboard SUP which will challenge you like a 7 foot short board. Even production one.

infinity-sup.com/pages/surf

ghost4man said..
I like the challenge of the much shorter SUPs which are plenty fun once you dial them in.

Me too, I sold my 9'3" x 27" x 118 liters (for my 100kg) noserider, I prefer my 6'10" (x 125 liters) for small waves for the acceleration, but I reckon most people have more fun on longer boards.

This said, I also sold my noserider because I found a 6kg 8'4" with a fast rocker and semi-pulled in nose & tail provided me nearly as much glide as a 10', and paddling speed to roam the coast, but still have fun if stumbling on a quality peak. A quiver is a nice concept, but in practice it can be a pain to get back to the car and change boards, so the more versatile boards are the ones getting more water time. Also since I surf beach breaks with 3 meters tides, peaks change totally by the hour, so I am a bit biased towards versatile boards.

10' boards are quite specialized tools, just like 7' boards. 8'x" seems like the "magic lengths" to have fun in all conditions.

IanInca said..
Colas, out of interest what was the 8'4 board? Karmen?

Yup. Kind of a quiver killer :-)

find the term "quiver killer" offensive. People suggesting just having one board? Just wrong.