Casso,
wax or hexatraction the rear Sunova logo on the top deck.
It's amazing how many times you can find it that slippery 6"!

First waves on the 7'10"...

Great vid Casso

I love watching small boards rip..

Helmy said..
Casso,
wax or hexatraction the rear Sunova logo on the top deck.
It's amazing how many times you can find it that slippery 6"!

Grip seems far enough forward for me and that was in a stiff offshore when you need to be right up the front to get into some of them. See vid at 0:40.

Looks like it would be at home in a bigger grunty wave too.casso.

was it a mix of the speed and flow ?

I'm another one who only dreams of paddling boards that small .in volume .even though I'm ok on a 7.0 raptor .97 kgs.

That is a very well thought out board, I like it a lot I do have a question on it though , as I'm use to short performance based sup and hit the wave hard from top to bottom I.e jp surf , starboard pro , how much of this would be lacking in this model, I would love one but don't want to loose what I have or go back to the feeling of a rail turn vs hard on the tail .

Foam said..
Ahhh excuse me, just seen the vid of casso above, yep very nice but am I correct in saying it will not go quite as vertical as jp pro or starboard pro.
but in saying that it looks to be a little more stable in a similar size and litres

so if it works well enough to my mentioned boards well... I'm in

Please don't go off my video when making a decision about this board, especially when considering the vertical ability of the board - I'm not a very vertical surfer.

I haven't ridden a recent model JP Pro or SB Pro so I couldn't make that comparison for you but the shape would imply that it would work similarly in and around the lip.

Took the Creek out for it's second run. Starting to get the knack of it now...

Very nice indeed.

Anzac Day morning after the dawn service I thought I'd take the Creek out, just to see how it would go in the smaller stuff.
A cracking day, not a cloud in the sky. Small, clean 1 to 2 foot rollers coming through, clear water, so clear I could see the contours in the sand.
I was pleasantly suprised to find how easy it was to get this board on to a small wave. Really good fun.
My young fella turned up.
"What, no board?!" I called to him
He's becoming a pretty good prone surfer, and has the occasional go on one of my SUPs (even though they're monstrous for him).
He reckoned it was all too little for him. I told him to go and grab one of my boards, come and join me.
He scurried back home and turned up not long after with my 8' Minion.
We had been having fun for about half an hour when I noticed he was eyeing off the Creek.
"Wanna swap?" I asked
"Hell yeah", he said.
That was the last time I got to surf my Creek that day.
I struggled a bit trying to get the minion on to the same waves, and the turn just wasn't in it without the shove.
"Waddya reckon?", I asked him, as he paddled back out after a lippy little wave.
"Mad", he said with a big grin, "I actually did two cutbacks on that little wave".
Considering the boy is only 40 kegs wringing wet, that's pretty bloody good on an 8'10" SUP.
Stirred a couple of tourists up who were panicking about the small bait ball they were sitting in. I pointed to my leg rope induced stumpy finger, and told them to get their limbs out of the water.
We paddled wayyyyyyy out the back to watch the C-17 do it's flyover. It came from behind the town, over the hills and did a big wing over across the point, before heading North to the next waiting crowd. We waved our paddles madly at the crew and pretended they could see us.
I'm starting to think that maybe the Creek is the only board I need.....
If I can ever get it back off my boy that is.

Casso said..
Took the Creek out for it's second run. Starting to get the knack of it now...

Nice work! Good to see it works prone too What do you weigh - 7'10 is pretty small! How would you compare it to a similar size speeed? Given it has the same tail I assumed you would have to jump on the tail to turn it, but you make it look like a regular board. Was that shot with the SS3?

I love Cassos "instructional" videos, thanks Casso

That pivot/prone/SUP at 2:30 is inspired..

Looking to go try out the 8'1 again in a couple of weeks.. after watching these masterclasses on here I'm quite excited

cantSUPenough said..

Nice work! Good to see it works prone too What do you weigh - 7'10 is pretty small! How would you compare it to a similar size speeed? Given it has the same tail I assumed you would have to jump on the tail to turn it, but you make it look like a regular board. Was that shot with the SS3?

I weight 86kg. I have a 7'11" Speeed and the Creek is a lot more "lively" - both on a wave and also paddling out! There's nearly 10L difference and you can notice it.

I don't really feel I have to stomp on the tail to turn the Creek but then I don't feel that on the Speeed either. I reckon if you have your foot on the tail kickers they turn great - probably why Bert put them there.

Yeah - shot with a SS3, that's why it isn't zoomed in very much (Soloshot are playing with their software to try and increase tracking accuracy).

Casso said..

Gboots said..
Great video Casso.
Given that you have ridden both the Creek and Flow of similar lengths I would love to hear your thoughts on when you would choose one board over the other

Creek in punchier waves or contests (for higher performance). Flow in choppier surf or fatter waves when you need the extra stability and foam through bigger, slower turns.

Thanks Casso

First surf back at home - with the crowds...