hi,was wondering if anybody has had a paddle on the widepoint at the sup demo tour going around the country,would it be a option for a big guy (100kg)?TA

I had a couple of waves on it at the demo and found it incredibly stable even in a bit of side slop but I am only 75kg. I am going to borrow a mates for a coupla days and I will also get another mate who is about 95kg to have a go and will post some feedback or pm you if you like.

It's about time someone realized that bigger guys are interested in performance SUP-ing ,too! Nice to have a few options out there for a change.

spencer said...

hi,was wondering if anybody has had a paddle on the widepoint at the sup demo tour going around the country,would it be a option for a big guy (100kg)?TA

woop....sorry about that...
been surfing the wide point a fair bit lately and have had the chance to try it in varying conditions too......and i have come to the conclusion that i think it is built for about your weight dude.......especially when its a bit smaller surf...its super floaty for me(80 kg) so i reckon you would dig it.....you could bury a rail without having to nurse it at all at about 90-100 kg's.....
and you'd probably dig it as a quad too.....as i said before tho spencer, i hated it as a quad for my weight....really had to nurse the turns in pushy waves...
peace

A quick couple of questions, I'm 79kg's and considering the 8'10" as I have a long paddle to the break over some weird water (moving around reef bombies). Is this board an easy paddler considering it's volume?. Second, is it going to be too floaty for me on a wave with it's 150L volume?. I'm not riding any extreme waves - nice big fat Mal waves.

hirschausen said...

A quick couple of questions, I'm 79kg's and considering the 8'10" as I have a long paddle to the break over some weird water (moving around reef bombies). Is this board an easy paddler considering it's volume?. Second, is it going to be too floaty for me on a wave with it's 150L volume?. I'm not riding any extreme waves - nice big fat Mal waves.

Just my personal opinion but - I am 75kg and I love this little board but it is not a great paddler - it would be fine for a beachy where you didn't have to go too far but it is short and fat and rockered so its never gunna be a rocket ship. Also for big fat mal waves I reckon a slightly longer starby - like a 9.1 or 9.8 would be so much more fun and a hugely better paddler. If I could afford to have a second sup just for those crappy onshore beachy days then I wouldnt hesitate to have the 8.10 in my quiver cos its just sooooooooo stable and so much fun but for a one board quiver I reckon there are better starboards in the range.

I have ordered 8'10 x 32 for a trip to PNG in Feb just a bit nervous its not going to be any good for my 105Kg. Does any one have any feed back, it might not be to late to change. I thought it would be a good board length wise to travel with instead of trying to take my Whopper. I've paddled it on the demo tour in flat water without difficulty, I would really appreciate some surf feed back.

Just as a point of interest i went on the starboard site and noticed a photo of some bloke carving on the 8'10. This made me feel a little reassured until i noticed the same bloke {on the same wave with the same clouds} carving on a different starboard board. Bloody photo shop i reckon this is pretty poor form, Just basic dishonesty i believe , any opinions?

akr said...

I have ordered 8'10 x 32 for a trip to PNG in Feb just a bit nervous its not going to be any good for my 105Kg. Does any one have any feed back, it might not be to late to change. I thought it would be a good board length wise to travel with instead of trying to take my Whopper. I've paddled it on the demo tour in flat water without difficulty, I would really appreciate some surf feed back.

Just as a point of interest i went on the starboard site and noticed a photo of some bloke carving on the 8'10. This made me feel a little reassured until i noticed the same bloke {on the same wave with the same clouds} carving on a different starboard board. Bloody photo shop i reckon this is pretty poor form, Just basic dishonesty i believe , any opinions?

dude i think it will be sweeet for you hey! i can get it carving and i'm just on 80 kg......but thats with me pushing hard.....i wish i had the extra kilos to sink it coz i rekon it'd be the bomb.....i have surfed the hero too, and prefered the thickness of the hero but found the nose spooned when you were working down the line on a steeper wave....the wide point surfs similar but more floaty.....so some extra kilos should be awesome. i too have a whopper and find the 2 very similar....but obviously the sweet spot is smaller on the wide point....i just notice it bobs a little for me in backwashy or choppy stuff....but once again, if i were heavier, wouldnt be a problem.