I had a chance today to ride The 6'6" X 30" Impossible.
Quad Rounded Pin Tail.
What a concept.
Looks like a Sasquatch Shoe.
Blunt nose with full rails up front, tapering back.
I'm at 185 pounds today with shoulder to head high waves.
You have got to be right in the spot to catch the wave.
No gliding in for me, you must place yourself in position right where the wave pitches.
With the Quad set up it is real fishy and requires some finesse
to work it down the line. I think there will be some tweeking to this design
that will make it really work! Wish I had it longer so I could experiment with
fins to get more drive out of it. Overall I was quite surprised with it's performance
and stability.

Rock On!

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Huntington Beach California, USA



Starboard International Team Rider
Sean Poynter

I recon there is some knee boarders that would like that one

Hey Reagan,

That's not the baby you rode the other day, I was actually out on the 7'4 x 32 (mini junior whopper). This model is not even in the brochure or on the website but a new addition to the range.

I don't think the 6'6 would stay afloat with your kg's

Cheers,

Marco

SUP-Position Said
"Looks like a Sasquatch Shoe"
My Canadian mate sends me all his jokes.... Some of their Native Indian Jokes are exactly the same as some Aboriginal Jokes....
Canadian Provinces, West to East are;
BC (British Columbia), Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Terra Nova, and up north is North West Territories & Yukon.

In Aussie Terms.... a Sasquatch Shoe, is a Moccasin (I believe) !!

You can even try making them at home with the kids !!!
http://www.nps.gov/archive/whmi/educate/ortrtg/12or6.htm

A few shots of Sean In Bali






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Huntington Beach, California, USA

Kauaifiveo said...

Just my opinion, but if a person wants to go that short on a SUP, you might as well ride a shortboard!!!

I agree. Why bother, seriously?

Completely agree that people can ride if they like but it just seems to me to go this short would surely take away all of the things that I personally really enjoy about riding a Stand Up.

Like many shortboarders I also tried to go down the path of short and wide boards via the fish thing and found that for me, a drivey board that created speed was they way for me to get my fat butt into the kooky half turns that I am capable of. A fish did not allow this. It was loose laterally but not drivey and the way it sits on top of the water better for surfing horizontally rather than as close to vertically as I can go.

Short and wide SUP will suffer the same fate for me I believe, while some people may love them I always prefer a board that can drive down the line and provide the momentum for me to have a few options. Not saying people can not achieve this on these boards, just that I can't.

The best thing about SUP for me is also riding waves that I can't or wouldnt bother with on my shortboard, this kind of board loses that element.