Hi all are the Guy Leech 11"6 sup boards sold at Anacondor any good for a learner to supboarding, I am an average surfer, windsurfed for 20 years and am going OK at kitesurfing,would this board be OK for me. I intend to surf small waves with the kid's.
Cheers
IMO.. it will be ok in the same way a $99 Huffy mt bike from Kmart will be ok for someone who wants to get into mountain biking.. 
You get what you pay for.. so even though it might do the job you do loose out in a lot of areas compared to a higher quality (and more expensive) boards.
Maybe someone here has one.. or paddled one?
DJ
Sorry I did not mean to upset you guys I understand what you are saying, that is why I asked the question to the sup people. You never know unless you ask happy days.
get on seabreeze buy and sell pick up quality well known brands, for the same price as a piece of crap china import. have you ever seen guy leech out on one of his boards ??
If you have a budget, second hand is the go. I say this as all of my first board purchases (both race and surf) were outgrown very quickly and I found myself buying another within months. that cost me big $$.
You buy cheap, they are worth very little second hand. Buy smart second hand and they will very nearly hold their value.
The buy and sell section on seabreeze is a great asset. there are good Naish glides for 1000, larger naish and fanatics, starboards etc all for very similar money and fairly new.
Spend a bit on a paddle it is the only thing that will stay with you as your skill improves....but again dont buy a crappy no name, get a proven well respect paddle..
Hey Pook...
I reckon you will be glad if you pay a bit more for a 2nd hand name brand. There's a good looking Starboard Drive in the used boards section. It's Burnie, but still...
Then again the local legends down your way are always changing boards. You may find good info on boards, secret spots etc (they know their bakeries) from some of these blokes:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/Tassie-Talk/?SearchTerms=carlton,river
Go for quality mate, you will love this caper.
Cheers
Dave
I've paddle the 10'6" board and seen a couple of guys surf them, they go well, the build looks good as far as I can tell, they may come out of the cobra factory, these guys could be landing these board into aus for under $300 each so they can afford to sell them for $700 as its not their main source of income, if you put one next to a nsp it would be hard to tell the difference IMO.
I can assure you that there is a huge difference between these and an NSP.
NSP has been on the market for over 11 years (surfboards) and has what is indisputably an unrivaled reputation for durability and value. This is the brands foundation and where the building of the brand begins.
NSP was an early supplier of production SUP and by applying the same principles of value and durability is now available in 73 countries and the largest supplier of surf and SUP boards in the world.
In 2012 Coco Mat was released, this is a patented construction and has an unrivaled strength to weight ratio. Eg the new 9'2 x 29 at 127L is well under 8kg fully loaded.
In 2013 the Elements series was released. These are the best value, quality built boards on the market. Fused cell EPS, HD foam inserts around every leash plug, handle and fin box. The surface is polyurethane adding to the durability. And this is the ground level.... The goal here is to provide a competitive price point to the poorly made Chinese boards, allow new paddlers a great experience on the water and with product that stands up then and stay in the sport.
Now DC has joined the team along with Travis Grant as team rider. Soon available is the premium race board range.
The brand is based upon providing value and durability to its customers and is now providing the options for people to stay with it no matter where they wish to go.
The tag line is 'From first board to first place' and I think that sums it pretty well.
Hi Pook
Ive had both the 11'6" and the 10'6" Seak and agree with most of what the others have posted about cheap boards, but have to say they are quite good as beginners boards.
Good: Surf ok, fairly durable, come with bag and paddle.
Bad: Reasonably heavy, RRP bit pricey, at 28" wide a little unstable for beginners (well this beginner anyway)
I got both on special for under $700 each so good value at that. There are much better name brand alternatives out there at the seak RRP, but on sale reasonable.
The popular name brand models are a good option if you want a board that surfs better. There are plenty of good value S/Hand boards around and most will be better in the surf.
Thank you all for your feed back I will go for a better brand poor man pays twice it is true you get what you pay for. Cheers
Ive seen these guy leech boards in Anaconda in Launny for about a grand "on special" - at that price they are NOT value for money. They are probably worth about $500 new and I wouldnt be expecting a long life span.
Contact jaysails.com.au in Lauderdale or riverider or 2mt or billboard and they may know of good boards you can try or buy locally.
Most of the sup'ers in Tassie are now riding a mixture of all the latest brands/shapes/sizes - use these guys to test the best boards currently on the market and to get good non-biaised advise about sups - they all also have good contacts to help you with good deals on new boards.
Just so you know - Tassiesup is not a commercial entity - its just a group of supnuts helping each other out.
