frizle said..
this was on my facebook, portuguese,
ahem... French, not Portuguese :-)
I guess we are witnessing what happened in prone surfing when pro surfboads became unrideable by the mainstream surfer. I guess it was the advent of hyper thin and rockered boards used by Shane Dorian, then Slater.
Now, I guess SUPing a 24 inch wide board is doable, but only for people with enough time on the water to master it.
However, the quality of SUPing is skyrocketing with theses boards. Mo Freitas and Ian Vaz really impressed me. I juts hope that shapers will be able in the long term to "percolate" back to the design advances in the "advanced" boards, not just the "pro" ones.