I was at my local SUP dealer today after paddling and I spotted some new PSH boards.

There's no doubt that PSH boards work well and I'm no expert but I always thought they were a little flat and needed some more nose rocker.

They seemed to nose dive a bit on take-off (well for me they did for me) but this board seems very different.. it also felt much lighter.. and thiner in the nose and tail.

This is the new 9'6" Ripper and straight away it seemed like the nose rocker was different.. What do you guys think?

Also I notice the added fin boxes so it can be run as a quad.. Did they have that before?

Maybe AA can explain.. Maybe it's just me... It was a very nice looking board.. (IMO)..

DJ

Love the first photo DJ, lost count of the number of brands in the photo but I think it was 15.....

New PSH looks fantastic - do you know dimensions and volume (I know Blane hates people asking about volume)

Thats better

Thanks DavidJohn

Look me up if you get to Noosa

BJ

Same old 9 6 WR DJ nothing new there apart from the quad set up. Sick board Blanes best shorty not as good as the 12er though lol.

About time we started whoring PSH again :-)

new stuff out soon! big things!

How do you know about his resort Jake????????

Yer Jake, if he mentions your name, will he get discount?

They might look like this

Lovin your work Jake,

Congrats on the Mambo win too well deserved!

Phill

Ben dover said...

Don't worry DJ I looked him up for ya.


The Hideaway Men's Resort

386 David Low Way, North Peregian Beach.

Noosa Heads, Queensland 4573

(07) 5448-1006

www.hideawaymensresort.net/

Greenroom said...

OG SUP said...

This post clearly breaches pimping demarcation lines, there are no Naish...

Put your glasses on Phill
I can see 2 or 3 Naishs in the first pic, 2 in the second and at least 2 in the fourth?

Yep MUCH better looking boards!

BUT...DJ now thats the 2nd time you have posted that pic. Thats 2 plugs for Jet Pilot, 2 too many! Whats your connection? Boardshorts?

DavidJohn said...


There's no doubt that PSH boards work well and I'm no expert but I always thought they were a little flat and needed some more nose rocker.

They seemed to nose dive a bit on take-off (well for me they did for me) (IMO)..

and me too. i wonder why it's so flat. i mean, those guys know what they're doing. but it seems to me a little more nose rocker is called for on at least the WAA's, if not the others.

I wondered if they looked less rockered as the deck was flatter into the nose being that if you ran a straight edge on the bottom the rocker is still there but the deck without the corresponding curve created an optical illusion of flatness.

I'd love to see the measurements of both on the bottom to see if I was correct.

well, all i know is i've surfed the 9.6 waa and the 10.6 waa and neither seems to have the nose rocker that the starboard drive does. iow, on the psh's i've got to step back a little sometimes to keep from pearling more often than i do on the drive. but maybe it's not nose rocker that's the issue here; if it's some other design (or rider) factor, i don't know what it is.
interesting discussion, in any event!

linter said...

well, all i know is i've surfed the 9.6 waa and the 10.6 waa and neither seems to have the nose rocker that the starboard drive does. iow, on the psh's i've got to step back a little sometimes to keep from pearling more often than i do on the drive. but maybe it's not nose rocker that's the issue here; if it's some other design (or rider) factor, i don't know what it is.
interesting discussion, in any event!

First person I have heard say that! Would love to see a photo of the bottom rocker profile of both boards.

imo, there is way more to a rocker than having the nose and tail bent up- lots more. thats the art of shaping- a good rocker that still lets the board run
cheers

Sorry to come in late on this but Xmas/New Year was madness in our household (gotta love it)!

Hope all the crew out there had an awesome Xmas and epic New Year's - here's to good waves and good times in 2010!

Just thought I would clarify...

Scotty Mac said...

I think I know what it is. The PSH molded boards are designed in different eras so the one your looking at is a more recent shape so thats why the tail and nose is a bit thinner etc. I noticed it in the local PSH shop is SA the otherday that the 9'6" wide ripper had a thinner tail than the 9'3" ripper which does not makes sense. Then I realised the proto for the 9'3" is probally just a little older, thats all.

Spot on Scotty. When I first met Blane in Nov. 2007 he was raving and riding the 9'3 Ripper. We struggled to get our hands on any until summer 2008/9. By this time Blane had progressed his designs and refined the shapes, especially the tails - the 12' Gun, 10'6 WAA and the 9'6 Wide Ripper were created and these boards took it to a whole new level. Many consider the 96WR to be the best board Blane has shaped (and put into production).

The board DJ posted is the new Quad version of the 96 Wide Ripper. All the latest boards come with handle and Quad fin option.

As for the rocker discussion, this is an interesting one. I have ridden many different boards over the years and the PSH rocker (taking drops) is not something that has ever been something on my radar. Plenty of crew swear by the flatter rocker believing that the advantages far out way any disadvantages.



Once you master taking the drop (which does not take long) the drive and speed down the line is addictive.



The 12' Gun typifies this - its rocker looks flat, but turn that thing off the bottom in anything over 4' and it takes off. It also helps the board paddle faster - I think Mat Granger just won (or placed) in the 12'6 division in the the Fenn Cup yesterday, on a 12' Gun.

There is a really interesting interview with Steve Boehne in the latest edition of The StandUp journal where he talks specifically about rocker and how the has come to the conclusion that high performance SUP's don't need the same rocker (relative to length) as normal short boards, in fact they perform better with less.

Obviously a topic where there will always be 2 or 3 schools of thought, and one that will probably go on for a long time yet....