Imgunadoit said..Hi all thanks for your input, and pics, yes the avanti has a narrower back end. And mammoth is much fatter. Anyone here in wa ride one either Avalon reef breaks, and secret harbour beaches.
Ive been surfing avalon and surf beach now for over 35 years. 2 very different breaks. Im not a huge fan of the whopper, but ive seen a couple of guys surfing avalon really well on the avanti. Avalon is a fuller peeling reefbreak. The bigger the board, the earlier you catch the wave. Long peeling rides, and a bit of paddling on smaller days to make the sections. One of those breaks that going smaller in board size is of no benefit, unless its really big. Too many guys on shorter boards scratching around on most days on what is generally a pretty full wave. Ive had great fun out there on really small days on my 10.8 cabrihna. Catches waves easily, is super stable and really nicely built. You really cant go too big at avalon, especially if you sit at the northern most take off zone and surf into the bay. I avoid the point itself and the breaks in between, because of the carnage betwen sups and longboards that occurs whenever its busy. For the record im 106 kg, and theres a few guys bigger than me out there most days on a couple of really big nsp,s. i havent surfed either the avanti or the mammoth, but they would all be fine at avalon on smaller days. Surf beach is a different proposition. When the banks are working it is a sucky powerful beach break with a habit of closing out. There are always softer banks though, and ive found that the banks starting around port kennedy are a little more forgiving as are the southernost banks around golden bay. Surfing a huge board in close out beachbreaks is always a problem, especially when the banks are generally knee deep. A board that surfs avalon, is not really a board for surfbeach. Here you want a shorter board, lots of nose rocker for steeper takeoffs and a solid construction for going nose first into the sand. Having said that if you avoid the banks thhe shortboarders are on, and go to the southern or northern extremities of the beach you will find some deeper more managable banks for a big sup. as a warning ive broken 2 naish manas at surf beach, so it can be an expensive proposition if youre not careful.
If youre i at avalon during the wekend feel free to pm me and you can have a paddle on the big cabrihna. Jp still make them and i think its a fantastic big boys surfing sup.
