Is this the next phase of SUP design evolution?

Weighs about 140lbs.


Could you imagine this thing coming through the line up at your local break....great way to meet new people I suppose.




Waz

Yeah that looks just a little wide good question though at the Roar comp on the weekend there were the latest production boards on display of all sizes and shapes , fat , skinny flipped noses ect and then you look at the boards the pro riders were using and the width is definitely coming down.

Rob

How wide is too wide?... This is defiantly too wide..

DJ

This is simply a reinvention of the old "crocker skis" that they used to use in the 50s and 60s, except those one had a rope attaching the nose to the middle of the paddle.

I use to own one of these and they were a whole lot of fun, especially when going tandem. They were not pointy at the tail, so they were a whole lot more forgiving than these ones look.

No such thing as too wide so long as the board is under control and the paddler is having a good time. I have no problem at all with mega wide stable boards in the lineup because the sooner that people get their sea-legs and learn how a lineup works and spend less time falling off and more time surfing the wave then the sooner they will become accepted and safe in the surf and not be a bloody nuisance constantly falling off their too small / too tippy sup and blowing waves and getting in the way and causing a danger to themselves or others.
Was actually walking past the surf museum at currumbin this morning and was wondering how that bigarst board of Nevs would go as a sup

Ha. That's a pic of John Christensen at the 1974 Wave Ski World Titles - held at Wanda Beach! He looks different with a few less kilos and no beard.

wazza66 said...

Thats not you DJ and one of your harem of beauties is it ??
Waz

No stickers on his paddle - not DJ