Hello, I live in the center of Spain and I ve been suping for around one year. My first board was a Starboard 12,6 astro touring, after a SB 14 astro touring, I recently sold both and I bought a SB astro 14 race 26" wide, and this is the board that I use almost everyday on lakes and flatwater paddling.

Well the last two weeks Ive for the first time Suping on the sea, with a lot of wind and small waves with my touring 12,6 x 31 inflatable touring board, and was pretty difficult for me to stand on the board, so I dont want to imagine how would be on the 26" race board. Anyway, I really enjoy paddling on the sea, so that's why I am considering purchase a hard board for flatwater 90% of time, and sea downwind maybe 10%.

As my budget is no so big I have only a few options right now... Starboard 2014 14' 30" touring wood construction or SB allstar older models, as I am going to use in different spots and transport it on the car I want to stay away from carbon, and have something more durable.

Could someone recommend me any other board to consider? 12,6 or 14? Its pretty difficult to store a 14'board. In anycase I am going to keep the inflatable board, as its quite fast and I use it daily for fitness. So does it make sense to downwind on the sea with an inflatable?

Thanks a lot.