Hey guys,

Thanks so much for all the info on this forum. My first board last year was the Starboard Drive 10'5. It was a great beginners board but I've got into the surfing and want to get something more performance orientated.

I live in Tanzania and we get some pretty good swell 6 months of the year. Mostly waist to chest height with a few amazing overhead days. The Drive has been great in the smaller days but I need something smaller and faster to advance.

Getting boards here is quite tricky so most guys bring them up from South Africa where Starboard is quite big, so I was looking at Starboard Surf Pro 9'. Then I started reading here all the reviews about the Sunova Speeed 8'5 and was thinking that might give me more options. I guess the direct Sunova equivalent to the surf pro would be the soul but haven't read much about that.

So any thoughts on what would be a bettet option to move to the next level? I'm 90kg 178cm and 37yo.

Cheers
Chris