Hi all,

Came across Coreban sups a few months ago by accident, I like the look of these two boards however the 9'0" is too small for me. I know it's another pop out but they are in distribution in Australia and I just wondered if any of you forumites have ridden one or have any opinions on them or Coreban the company in general?

cheers

kagey

Just a thought I apologise now if this has already been covered in previous posts

I have seen 2 Corban SUPS and the shapes looked pretty good to me.

The outline had a nice flow to it and the foil of the board looked good.

They appeared to be quite HP and aimed at the short board end of the market.

The quaility of manufacture looked good and they were about middle of the range weight wise.

Just remember Ivan is not very tall and quite slight in build so they are not a big boys toy.

Thats all I can say.

Phill

the new sup shop in noosa is stocking them.

firstpoint said...

the new sup shop in noosa is stocking them.

That's good news, we might see them in Vic one day.

OG SUP said...

9'6 performer $2300 ish + Grip PSML

What do you find so funny about that?

I am totally sick of these insane prices. Anyone got a shaping bay?

I wanna shape a Sick one maybee 8'"10 or so... I am thinking 9'0 Mal blank. Cut in half along the stringer. 6 Inches or so added (Glued in the middle in PU or similar) and then Vac Bag some more Foam thickness (and maybee balsa) into the deck.

Send it off to get professionaly epoxy glassed /sanded and painted and I reakon you'd be on a pearler for under a grand. (And exactly how you wanted it).

Anyway...Back to the shaping bay question.
i could hassle the guys at Island and probably get in there (But major hassle on the drive) and I would like to keep it close to home so I can spread the considerable job over a few days. - I live in Elwood.

Shame the old board factory in Moorabin shut down. That was unreal. Rory and Rod were classics.

Hey Hilly 1750 is far more reasonable.

Lets hope they see sense here.

Dave Boyd will soon be making epoxy sups in 5 different lengths so the local board range is gonna be awesome.

Phill

Thanks for the response guys, like you i'm a bit frustrated about the high cost and would like to see some local shapers putting some pressure on the global companies. I guess we'll see, only time will tell.

I do think that the 9'6" Performer looks the bomb tho! and agree Ivan does rip, but yes he probably could rip on a door lol

Kagey,

I don't think the hand laid local boards will be that cheap.

They are a relatively labour intensive process and have more steps involved than standard glass from what I have seen.

The simple factor is larger wider board = more time + more material.

Smaller volume means higher buy price on materials.

I am not convinced it will be the holly grail everyone thinks it will be.

Phill

Paul Sloan
Coreban Australia
www.coreban.com
PO Box 884 Cotton Tree Qld 4558
0423 887 509