Thanks to Ekul for his review on the Sunova Speeed 7'11" I have adopted his terminology.

I am 5'10" tall, weigh in at 77 to 80 plus kilos. But 77kg at this stage. 55 years old & fairly fit & agile.

So here I am going to rate the Sunova Soul 8'3" recently purchased from Jon at Surffx. Thanks heaps Jon for your quality service & a great deal as well as your own opinions & recommendations.

So for the Soul after surfing it for the first time after surfing my previous JP Wide Body 8'2" Wood SUP.

Board Quality 9/10 or 10/10 at this stage.

Stability 8/10 without having to paddle.

Paddling into Waves 8/10

Speed 8/10

Manoeuvrability 8/10

Board quality is great so see for yourself.

Stability was exceptional for my beach break where there was a rushing outgoing tide at the lakes entrance causing some severe chop similar to an on shore 20 knot plus wind! I was very impressed. The stability was slightly under my JP Wide. So all good.

Speed blew me away! Quicker than my JP Wide. Was easy to get past close out whitewash & back onto the wave face! Screamed effortlessly along the wall of the wave. Absolutely loved it! I only rated it 8/10 compared to what I have heard about the Sunova Speeed.
Paddle speed was good to catch waves and what I liked the most was that I was able to paddle at speed effortlessly to position myself quick & effortless to set up to catch a wave. My home break has waves that pop up & break in different areas due to side swells from an island as well as a breakwall.

Manoeuvrability Well I am not a wave shredder but wish I could. And if I could then this board would easily do it. I found it sooooo light under foot that it felt like I was riding a thin hollow board with no weight seriously. Compared to my JP Wide there was absolutely no effort in turning the board where I wanted it to go. Launching it off the wave before it closed out was effortless & wouldn't be hard to get airborn if wanted. Lol!! I also hit a few steep sections that I would normally nose dive my JP Wide & came out OK. But it is still early days yet as they both are similar in rockers, nose & tail, but the Soul may be better in the nose kick but not much.

Wave catching was better than the JP Wide in my opinion due to speed & sweet spot stance. Facing forward whilst paddling & not in the surf side stance I didn't have to compensate as much to keep the nose above water. Also it tracked very straight & not sideways if I was slightly off balance as the wave took hold. Something I will appreciate when going for the wave of the day! Lol!!














Summing up comparing performance against my JP Wide I would rate the Sunova Soul as an exceptional all round board that just may well be my board of choice for those big wave chargers & getting past those scarey hairy moments that a big gnarly wave can produce. I just loved the control, smooooth ride & ease of carvy turns it produced.
Better than I expected. And I am saying it as I experience it.
Oh and that is a crap pic of me! Lol! Ignore it! Lol!