How's it going folks?
Just thought I'd jump in with my two bobs worth. After a fair amount of thought and one or two beverages I made the purchase on a 10'6 Sunova Style XL and have to say I've been grinning like a Cheshire cat for about the past month!
Man - these things are incredible.
For a bit of context, I now reside in the warmer climes of Darwin up here in the Top End after (mis)spending my youth in southern Vic.
Grew up surfing both east and west coasts (Vic) and up the east coast.
Ended up in Darwin (still not sure how that happened!) but anyway here I am and as anyone who's spent 5 minutes up here knows - there's not many waves but heaps of things that don't mind havin' a crack - whether it's a chew or a sting.
Not to be deterred, (christ knows I needed to get in the water) I have lashed out and picked up the 10'6 Style and am completely stoked.
First day I took it out for a spin, it was lucky to be double over-knee (apologies Nozza) BUT it was super clean, light offshore blowing and no-one out (probably for good reason). Perfect.
Anyway, the Style had me in to waves super easy and even in incredibly small stuff but with long, clean faces she was goin like a champion!
Fast, easy to trim and carve and she's also a classic for cruising the coast and has me in to anything that even resembles a bump in the Timor Sea that has refracted its way in to Darwin - and not Indo.
I haven't frothed this hard in a very long time.
Anyway - cheers all from Darwin. May you be blessed with offshore winds and stacked lines and we'll see you in the soup eh!
Natty