Just poaching this one from the zone.

Very interested to know, who here still rides their lie down paddle regular surfboards or is it all SUP 100%?

I personally ride what's best for the day from a pair of flippers to a 6'2 Fish to a 11' prone paddleboard to a 9'3 SUP, an OC6 over distance or a OC4 in the surf. Whatever works best that day for fun.

Also funnily enough, the more I SUP the better I surf a shortboard. Just got a newy today.

Anything and Everything in the water! SUP surfing/paddling gives you even more options to chose from.

I would have to agree that SUP surfing does improve your normal surfing. You end up putting a lot more power into those turns.

Have'nt stepped on my shorty for almost 18 months

Love my longboarding and use the sup when conditions are more suited.
IMO suping does improve your surfing.

Bit like you - still play on my boards - especially as I am new to the SUP world. Can see myself heading to SUP and a glass pipo board that Rabbage made for me as I am blessed with shoulders that can dislocate at the drop of a hat!

The good news is that my 17yo (6'5" unit) who rides nothing but lids has been seen using a SUP as into into stand longboarding!

The wheel is turning and love seeing a mob or pod of the boys off Queensie in the mornings

M

Ride anything and everything from 6'4"shorty through 6'6", 6'10 and 7'0" and SUPS from 9'3" and 9'8" to 16' downwind board. Have a mal too but haven't ridden it once since got into SUPs 2 years ago. Not sure SUP has made me surf better though - spent 6 months only on SUP learning the ropes and when i got back on my shorty, my timing was shot to pieces. Sort of trying to turn too hard. I find now is best to mix it up - a few surf SUP sessions, a few shorty surfs, a downwind run or two. The best thing about discovering SUP (surf and downwind) is there is now no reason not to be in the water every single day, regardless of conditions.

at the moment, once in a blue moon. i mean too, but---

CMC said...

Dick Van Straalen once told me that even Rasta would not ride any board more than 3 times in a row. That you started surfing to the board and it limited your scope.

I keep a real pig in my quiver to ride in between SUP and shortboard if it's been too long between. Used to be a 6'5 x 19 1/2 single fin, now a 6'3 x 19 3/4 quad semi round nose. The added volume softens the blow. Funnily enough these boards have similar outlines to a SUP also........

i had to lenghten my s/boards to 6'4, longest short/board i've had. turning wasn't a problem, however i wasn't going anywhere. the 6'4 fixed that. is just me, but when you do grab the shortie out of the bag, it looks like some grommies paddle pop stick

still enjoy heading to local headlands sitting out back stealing all the waves off the old grandpa longboarders that use to always steal every wave when i rode my shortboard then . Now who smiles with right of passage not to mention a 10ft whopper will f**k up most longboards if they don't give way . anyway why lie down if all you have to do is get back up again, nothin i can't do on SUP that i could do in 28years of shortboard. LIVE THE DREAM

100% SUP!!! Wouldn't have it any other way.

Ah Scotty-san

Plenty of waves,
be humble
try not to damage too many people as it tends to go round again and again!


Just smile knowingly, shake you head and paddle onto twice as many

Just decided to sell my surf board. If anybody is looking for a long board let me know. I'm not too keen to be in the chilly waters of Melbourne over Winter, so if it's not Hawaii it will be SUP 110%.

going to bali in two weeks so i decided to jump on my 6'3 to "prepare" for the trip...................wonder how much it would cost to travel with my sup

ride sup 60%
ride 6/3 6/6 & 7/0 40%
in
indo trip in march only taking short boards sumbawa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scotty100 said...

still enjoy heading to local headlands sitting out back stealing all the waves off the old grandpa longboarders that use to always steal every wave when i rode my shortboard then . Now who smiles with right of passage not to mention a 10ft whopper will f**k up most longboards if they don't give way . anyway why lie down if all you have to do is get back up again, nothin i can't do on SUP that i could do in 28years of shortboard. LIVE THE DREAM

Well that's a great attitude NOT see you out there one day (D--- WEE-)

I can no longer prone surf after 20 years due to shoulder problems which is why I took up SUP. So far the shoulders have been OK so have sold all my windsurfing gear to fund my first board. I can't bring myself to sell my surfboard even thoought I can't use them anymore but I can see this changing as I can see a second board in the SUP quiver coming.