After much thinking and daydreaming, and a bit of practicing on an old kite foil board in the surf, I am getting very enthused about going foil surfing.

The questions for me are, what boards can I buy? Brands, models, custom shapes, sizes. Any suggestions? It needs to have a deep Tuttle mast fitting.

I would happily get a custom board, but I would want a shaper with a bit of a track record, preferably near Melbourne

So far the only candidate boards I can find are the Sunova 2in1, and possibly the Starboard Hypernut. Starboard have no useful information on their web pages.

Naish and many others only seem to offer tracks for plate mounts. That seems odd given the GoFoil appear to be a market leader that only offers deep Tuttle mounts.

I already have my kite foils and masts so I need a deep Tuttle fitting so I can use them. I have a spare 70cm mast and a low speed surf foil so the gear is fine. The fittings are compatible with the GoFoil cassette, but the top is angled so the fitting needs to be the full depth.

I want to store and travel with only one board so it needs to be a convertible so I can get out for a surf.

My foil guy says the shorter the better so 7' to 7'6" sounds good.

My current surf SUP is a custom 8'11"x30"x4". It's a bit of chubby, so very stable. I'm guessing it's about 130l. I am happy to trade performance for comfort and ease of use. I weigh 75kg and 185cm tall.

The heavier weight of production boards is a bit of a worry. Swing weight is death in foiling so lightness is desirable, although not a deal breaker.