Love to see how it would perform on a more interesting wave.

i agree, would love to see another video of this board in something a bit bigger with a bit more power

Not so revolutionary when you consider Starboard have had a 6'6 in their range for a while. I wonder what their sales count is on that one, have noticed there has been one in buy/sell for quite some time now. Definitley an acquired taste/style.

I want one !

surf4fun said...

Not so revolutionary when you consider Starboard have had a 6'6 in their range for a while. I wonder what their sales count is on that one, have noticed there has been one in buy/sell for quite some time now. Definitley an acquired taste/style.

I just find it interesting that Naish are having a crack! Why? It would be interesting to see how it would go in suckier, barreling type waves, under the right rider. It would probably fit in the pocket better and actually get properly barreled instead of a of a lip comb over.

Here are some media:

- photos of a 6'3" www.bothejess.com/article-swell-de-fevrier-part-1-shortsup-fatal-6-3-gongsup-66486880.html www.bothejess.com/article-la-mob-a-bobo-61495188.html

- video: starts with a 5'9" (the guy weight 200lbs) www.gong-galaxy.com/magazine/movies/autopipe/ (the one he is 360 with is a 8'0" alais - finless)
- paddling on it and small waves www.gongsup.com/Potensmall.html?lang=fr

A lot of people await the next container of shortSUPs, I guess you will have more reports then

Harsh critics , i thought it was alright , pretty gutless waves.Dont see the point in those small boards though , unless your jockey size.

Not a big fan of that surfing although it's good to see any footage on here IMO.

Hardly revolution again, even 7S had a board in the 7' range over a year ago and
it looks like it went better/or the same.

DavidJohn said...
It looked pretty good to me.. Does anyone know for sure how wide it is?

30" to 33", You have the full specs here:







On the above, you can get a feel for the various rails & rockers: closer row from left to right (black - carbon - & red): 5'11" One, 6'3" Fatal, 6'6" Fatal round, 6'9" Mutant (wombat), 7'2" OD (egg), 7'4" Shake (egg), 8'0" Ala?aSup, 9'0" z?ro, 9'6" Soul, 9'9" Freak, 10'10"

On the row after (full red): 5'9" Finch, 6'4" Angel, 6'8" Miapolis, 6'11" Faking (wombat), 12'6" Sherpa (trekking), 12'6" Invader (surf+race hybrid), 12'6" Rage (race)

Note that the videos were done in Corsica, gutless mediterranean waves (short fetch).
The point of these boards is to offer new sensations in small/medium waves.
The fun part is the speed you get by driving them with your front foot, and the fact that the board goes where you mind drives them, glued to your feet.
The hard part is learning how to paddle and take waves with them, it is a new technique to learn (but that will benefit your handling of other SUPs)

Clearly, this is a new toy to have new sensations (and new challenges) to complement a quiver. Longer SUPs are still valid and tons of fun, too. ShortSUPs are not better SUPs, they are just different.

how insane is that gong quiver shot with all those red sticks lined up on the beach ready to rock

would love to rock up to the beach half hungover with a can of red bull and a traveller pie and be able to have a crack at all those wierd lookin crafts one after the other

i had a go of a new wierd looking starboard 7'2 or 7'3 ????? the other day kindly lent to me by lyn form yamba/angourie that gets on here on random occassions and had a few waves on it dish panning it to a friggin teflon coated hell and back then i jumped onto the starboard 8'5 and had a much nicer time dish panning it only with just a little bit of a hint of a the rail engaging and drawing a line(sorta kinda but not?????)

both were great fun in the small but clean waves

novelty factor priceless

This video has been around for awhile.

surf4fun said...

Not so revolutionary when you consider Starboard have had a 6'6 in their range for a while. I wonder what their sales count is on that one, have noticed there has been one in buy/sell for quite some time now. Definitley an acquired taste/style.

On the above, you can get a feel for the various rails & rockers: closer row from left to right (black - carbon - & red): 5'11" One, 6'3" Fatal, 6'6" Fatal round, 6'9" Mutant (wombat), 7'2" OD (egg), 7'4" Shake (egg), 8'0" AlaïaSup, 9'0" zéro, 9'6" Soul, 9'9" Freak, 10'10"

8'0" Alaia SUP?
Have you got any vid of that Colas?