magentawave said..
In the image of the Starboard Hypernut it says the rail is inverted. By "inverted" do they mean that the outline tucks in a little bit kind of like a peanut shell? If so, how much does rail tuck in and what is the purpose of it?

I would like to read Marco about
As I think, the purpose of inverted outline what I call the depression curve is to make bite the rail like wingers or extra width at hips height.

Just noticed Briskites has them on there website for pre order for July delivery.
$1859 for wood.
$2999 for carbon
Was going to seriously consider a carbon but not at that price.

Anybody know the weight of the different constructions?

i pre ordered the 7´2 x 28 Wood, but here in uruguay i will pay US dollars 2300 for it!!! ouch!! CARBS79 is that in AUD dollars? if so ist worth picking up a plane and bring it my self!!

Yesterday there was a beatiful sunny day here, warm wáter, no wind and perfect head high faces in a friendly line up.

first sessión in the moring i went out with my friend´s PROwave 8´5 x 28plus @109 liters.

IS NOT THAT SIMPLE !!! whole new technique, manage to stand still in the board, but had to arrange the timming again to catch any waves. Once in the wave, beatiful board, but, i was not i my best day at all.

In the evening i went out with my hokua gt 9´5 @ 140 liters. i felt it so slow, so big, so not the rigth board for the conditions.

I know that the hypernut is going to be a good challenge. Hopping a "doable" one

because:

1-rocky Balboa said "no pain, no glory" hehehehehe
2-don´t want wider than my actual hokua
3-only been in the 8.5 pro for 3 hours in my life in 3 different conditions, so with practice i know i can.
4-at first its going to be part of a quiver, and for less than head high perfect glassy days.
5-i think that 15-20 liters is not a big gap, is actually more or less the same board. 30-35 is something that will need some work


thanks a lot for your 2 cents. i will take the risk

anyone coming to uruguay and wanting to bring the to me???

I too was put off at the price tag on the carbon so I have gone the wood. cant wait to get it now

t457118 said..
Kia ora Bender what size have you ordered, 7'2" x 28 ? I've ordered this size in carbon, should be here in a few weeks, I'm intermediate skiils wise, wrong side of 50 and 80 kegs so crossing fingers it will be handlable, even in wind affected swell we get here most of the time. From the countless minion, slate, vbox, raptor threads on here it would seem this size is about right and would allow for some comfort when its a bit soupy but interested in your thought process and what you've ordered as you are a similar weight (although doubtless much more handy on a surf SUP judging by your quiver!). Chur

7'2 x 28

Carbs79 said..
Just noticed Briskites has them on there website for pre order for July delivery.
$1859 for wood.
$2999 for carbon
Was going to seriously consider a carbon but not at that price.

Anybody know the weight of the different constructions?

I'm interested in this too. A thousand bucks extra....small boards with little swing weight in the nose....the 8x29 is 1.5kg heavier in wood at 105 litres but also has a bit extra glass etc around the foam than a 7'2"....perhaps it'll be 1-1.5kg heavier...?

After frothing over all these vanguard / minion/MPH threads for ages now I finally got to get an up close look and a couple cheeky waves on one of them. The starboard guys were out in mandurah today with the full set of sizes (or at least i think the full set).

The boards look awesome, I first got to paddle the 7'8 x 30 which me being 6'3 and 105kgs was a bit too small for me but actually quite do able (my usual board is a JP surf 9'2 136lt) the volume on the 7'8 is 115lt so most of it was under the water but I could still paddle around ok i was quite surprised at how stable it was and how well it tracked for such a short board.

I just had a real quick paddle on the 7'8 and then swapped over to the 8'0 which is 31.5 wide and 133lt, I was immediately at home on this board and found it to be probably a fair bit more stable than my JP, it also tracked very well and got into waves really easy. I consider the JP 9'2 surf to be a board which paddles really well, has good glide and gets into waves very easy and early. the hyper nut was only just marginally behind this board in terms of tracking, glide and getting into waves early and i found it easy to paddle and catch waves straight away which considering it is 14 inches shorter and it was my first few minutes on the board is incredible. The way that it picked up the wave and took off with immediate speed was very impressive. I was at avalon reef in the south of mandurah which is a pretty fat open wall wave and the few waves I got were only just breaking and reforming a bit but the board generated a lot of speed and stayed with the wave really well. I only got 3 quick waves on it and didn't get a chance to line up a good section to throw in a turn so I can't really comment on that side of things but as far as stability, tracking and getting into waves it was spot on.
(conditions were pretty glassy with a couple tiny bumps)

They also had the 8'6 there which is 140lt another local guy who is quite a big bloke and usually rides a starboard avanti was on that looking pretty comfy.
One thing that was noticeable across the range of sizes is that the bigger sizes have a fair bit more of a hip to them (more nutty) than the smaller sizes.

Thanks to will from starboard for letting me have a go and thanks to mike from stand up surf shop for letting me pry the 8'0 off him for a little while

frothing

CAUTION said..
be interesting to know if the smaller sizes, say the 7"4 has reasonable glide and ability to get onto waves earlier for say the 80-85kg fellow, and what sort of board size in regular shape it would be comparable to.
there is a demo day next weekend i believe at mandurah, wonder if they will have them testing that day? be worth a run down there.

They say the 7'4" is probably similar to the 8'5" Pocket Rocket or 7'10" Airborne

Hi Caution,

Unfortunately none of the Hypernuts will be down at the demo day in Mandurah, they are all heading over east for a promo tour over the next 4 weeks. We do not expect them to come back to WA until the second week of June.

The 7'4 is similar to the 7'10 Airborne in balance point but more like the 8'5 - 9'0 Pro in terms of stability. I would say that the 7'8 is more like the pocket rocket for float and feel.

Wave entry is surprisingly good for such small shapes, with the more parallel outline the boards track straighter and once you get a little push from a wave they get on and going pretty quick.

As we spent several hours testing all sizes at Avalon the other day, I was surprised at how well the larger sizes glide and turn even with a light weight riding them. I think the larger sizes turned some heads as to how well they performed considering they are longer / wider than what was earlier perceived as doable in this style of board.


Cheers,
Marco

Hi do you know about the smallest hypernut (the 7'2") - what starboard is it similar to ? (at present I ride the 7'4" x 28.5" x 3.4" =85Lt AB?:-)
thanks regards John :-)

Sorry for crappy pics , hope to get nut wet tomorrow.

Mmmmmmmm......looking forward to seeing the production models in the flesh.
The protos looked good but the finish on the production models looks great.

marco gribi said..
Hi Caution,

Unfortunately none of the Hypernuts will be down at the demo day in Mandurah, they are all heading over east for a promo tour over the next 4 weeks. We do not expect them to come back to WA until the second week of June.

The 7'4 is similar to the 7'10 Airborne in balance point but more like the 8'5 - 9'0 Pro in terms of stability. I would say that the 7'8 is more like the pocket rocket for float and feel.

Wave entry is surprisingly good for such small shapes, with the more parallel outline the boards track straighter and once you get a little push from a wave they get on and going pretty quick.

As we spent several hours testing all sizes at Avalon the other day, I was surprised at how well the larger sizes glide and turn even with a light weight riding them. I think the larger sizes turned some heads as to how well they performed considering they are longer / wider than what was earlier perceived as doable in this style of board.


Cheers,
Marco

no rush Marco, got to get thru the financial adviser first anyhow.
Im sure yoiu will have them at mettams early am when they are here.
Ill ask you bout it then and hopefully jump on for a test.
Rohin

I wish Starboard would go back to leaving the deck pads off the Carbon models!! Let the consumer decide what kind of pad they want to ride. Maybe include the one they are now using but leave it to the store or customer to apply.

But on the topic of the HyperNut...I can't wait to get a go on the 7'2