Well done to Peter Pridmore on winning the Board voucher that was kindly provided by one of our sponsors, Dale Chapman of DC Boards. This was a very generous donation and a prize that was up for grabs for all competitors on the day. A big thank you to Dale.


And a quiet celebration at the race debrief ;). Thought you'd like this pic Dale !!

It would be very interesting to hear everybody's point of view on this topic.
I am not talking about "if we make a mould we need to make that many boards the same shape...." and "if it is shaped we can change it more often..."
We all understand that
What I would like to understand is:
As a paddler, what are your perception and your expectations for each boards and as a board buyer, what do you feel are the pros and cons of each boards.
If you can specify if you have paddled both category of craft (even if it's not a SUP) please do. It will help to understand if we are talking about belief or perception

We just got two of these thanks to Dale prior to heading off to do the Molokai ,
full custom DC carbon
16 x24 flat water racing machines ,Galvo raced his to second in the whale bone race on Saturday in the ocean first time on it only to be beaten by Marcus on the DC 14 foot flat water which has a bit more of a tail so a bit more stable in the chop , think Galvo may have got him if it was a bit further .
Took mine for rip today on the river over the Blackwell reach 4.68 k track just to com-pair my times from before , well i was blow-en away 9 min quicker 27.33 doing it solo
yes there was a slight out going tide but also had head wind to knock into .
So the big question now is OPEN BOARD CLASS yes or no?

P.S and this board has no wake so good luck wake riding it