Hey Breezers
This is my first post after reading, watching and learning from you guys for over a year- Thanks
My first board was an NSP 11', I recently bought a C4 9'6 subvector- loving it as I have mostly been SUPing my local waves around South Gippsland Victoria.
Now I am thinking of getting myself a race/open water board and exploring the waters around Corner Inlet, Wilson's prom and Waratah Bay (downwinding/fitness paddling).
Does anyone have any experience of SUPing/downwinding in these areas?
Should I be looking for a 12'6 or a 14' board? (I am 6' & about 80Kg)
I usually go out on my own- don't see many other SUPs down here!
Any advice would be appreciated.
Peter.

Kristi and I are going to do a lot of dedicated offshore paddling over the next 12 months.

We have looked at lots of options but for the specific areas we want to paddle and the huge range of conditions we will encounter the SIC Bullet wins hands down.

I tried out Justin Ormonds 17.4 Bullet and fell in love with it.

Kristi's 14ft SIC Bullet was delivered last week and I would like to thank Sam from Wind Surf and Snow and Downwinder from this site for all their assistance in answering the huge quantity of dumb ass questions I had.Thanks to Justin Ormonde for letting me take his baby for a spin (I had never used a rudder in the ocean before and have very limited offshore experience). The 17.4 Bullet was 26 and a smidge wide and frankly I expected to be in the water more than on the board but after abour 1 1/2 hours the only time I went for a dip was when I wanted to. Justin your a legend for helping Kristi out getting the hang of the Bullet she had a ball yesterday.



Kristi's Bullet:











Vid from yesterday: (sorry about the quality my Imovie skills suck)
Justin Ormonde SIC 17.4 Bullet Kristi Page SIC 14 Bullet