hi there,
being new to the sport i as so many need to buy a first board. not too easy because i havnt tried too many and cant really compare. what catched my eye was nsp because they seem to make quite good and durable boards. but, all i can find are comments like, yeah the 11´ is a really nice first board. hardly anything about the 10´6 for example and noone seems to have one once the beginners-stage is behind him.
what is it, are they just too cheap to be really sexy? or are they just too un-fascinating in their characteristics?
i want to take it into the waves and have done so in 3-5 feet waves with a 10´0 fanatic fly, which was a lot of fun. and i want to do some flat-water-training/cruising. the price is so attractive and hardly anyone says something bad about them, but is there something really good to be said about them (performance-wise)? are they basically family-boards or can they compare to the more expensive alternitives?
cheers
Ihave one (the 11') and the main drawback is the weight. I think that's the reason they can't compete with the more high performance boards.
Hey ulx.
if youre new to the sport get out there, buy a board and get in the water, I have the NSP 11'6" and just took it off buy and sell because you have reminded me of why i bought it in the first place.
I love the shape, when i first looked at it it reminded me of an blown up mal, i weigh 105kgs and the 11'6" rocked for me. you may not pull off any high performance moves but youre going to have a heap of fun, when its small you can cruise up to the nose with a heap of speed, and when it gets a bit bigger you can catch a wave before its had time to realise its a wave.
If you can afford to spend more, spend more, but in twelve months time no matter what board you buy you are going to want a new one and youre not going to want to sell your old one. I now have a starboard wide point 10'5", which is a sweet board, I thinking of adding the 8'10" wide point and still want to keep the NSP. welcome to the world of SUP, enjoy my friend.
I have an NSP 11', I bought it ex-demo and got a sweet deal. It's my first board and I have had heaps of fun learning on it.
The peace of mind has been priceless. Knowing that when I accidentally give it a whack with my paddle blade or run it in a little close to the rocks that it's not gonna crack and if it does than big deal, it's my first board and it was cheap. I would be much more cautious if I had spent an extra $600-$800 on the board.
As I get more confident and my skill improves (I'm having less of those accidents) I will upgrade. Should I need to sell the NSP, the resale value is pretty good.
Cheers, Dan
i've had a 10'6" and it was a great board to lean on, good in small surf up to head high and flat water, surfs alot better if you change down your fin size to say 6.5" once you get the hang of it, kept it for flat water paddling when i got a smaller more surf style board.
I have a 11'6" first sup had it 6 months love it had to take side fin out so I could turn it a smaller centre fin sounds like a good idear really stable good to cruise on as a longboarder I like the way it surfs good arounder
My first board was the 11', 2 years ago and I still have it. O.K. in surf, catches waves very easily, but doesn't like the white water. Weighs about 13kgs with fins. I went down to a 9'4" as I was more interested in surfing SUPs. The NSP is the family board now. My recommendation is 'BUY'.
The nsp 11' is probably the best sup ever made if you take into account their price, construction, stability, amount of units sold worldwide and what a fantastic board they are to learn and progress on. There are some very cheap brand new ones kicking about at the moment and you really can't go wrong with them. I reckon they are probably the most held on to sup that people buy and keep when they eventually go smaller or more h/p because they are just a really fun and tough board. And just for the record THEY SURF VERY VERY WELL in the right hands.
As far as the smaller nsp's go they are better surfers - especially the 10' which is a fantastic surfing sup in all conditions - especially very big conditions. both the 10 and 10.6 are noticably more tippy than the 11 but if you are under 85kg then both are more than manageable and you will find they both paddle faster and surf much much better than the 11'.
Shop around and you will find some awesome board/paddle packages on the nsp range.
thanks alot guys! i guess i´ll just go for the 10´6 with my 80kg then. cant wait ;-)
Just some short feedback. Got myself the 10´6. Only tried it once so far in completely flat water. Great so far! Seems more than big enough and even a good size to place my dog on the board in front ;-)
Only bad thing is that everybody said that it is so durable that I was not careful enough with it. I put it on the tail a with a bit too much momentum (in a boardbag) and heard the crunch, well kind of. Very small but the outer layer split off at something like 2x3 mm. Nothing dramatic though. Have to be even more careful.
