Woo hoo, what a beast. You're going to have fun on that!

Congratulations.

Very nice DJI'm very jelous
I love the look of the wood on the nose.........I WANT ONE!

What are they retailing for?

Danny

Very nice DJ, congrats!

You've been waiting long enough, hope you enjoy

Congratulations, that's a beautiful board DJ, love the nose block. Seems to have quite a bit of rocker and not as chunky in the nose as I thought compared to some of the sneak pics that have come out.

It looks like it will be perfect for the downwinders here and the next paddle to Philip Island. Is it noticeably heavier than the 11'4" and 11'6"? I can't wait to have a squiz of it tomorrow at Point Leo.

Here is good pic of the glide next to the 9'3.



XX angie

They need to get the handle hole in the right place. It's almost impossible to hold the Glide with one hand in the carry hole.

It definitely should come standard with deck plugs for carrying the paddle (as well as a centre carry hole) and for a cargo net. I wonder if that would add much weight?

It will be interesting to see how the white gloss finish stands up to handling and general knocking about. It certainly looks gorgeous.

Brooko said...

If there is some hole or something left for a mast, This is stand up paddle boarding, If you want a windsurfer go buy one

Surfers can always use the little deck mast hole as a marker to position their feet. Windsurfers can use the little hole to put a mast in when it's flat while you are watching TV, grumbling about the lack of swell I've never used a sail on my aircraft carrier but I like a board with options.

Gorgo, You don't need the carry hole and center deck plugs if you have something like this:

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=43494



Oooh, another thing to buy.



I was lucky.... my old Naish deck grip matched up pretty well.

Phil and Nic took out there new Glides today

And they Loved it

Smooth on take off, gets on the plane with very little effort

A couple of paddle strokes and it just keeps going.

Very stable, no tip at all, water was glass, but no hint of rocking

Easy, easy, easy to paddle, tracks well.

Turns on a dime, Great bag

Seems alot lighter than the 11'6" but it might be the shape

Down side; the sun wasn't out and we weren’t in Hawaii

Denning
the bus

Very nice....are you passing out cigars? Can't wait to hear about baby's first steps.

maybe it is the locating for routing out the mast track, stick something flexible in and see how far it goes or call JB. Cover the hole with wax.
Rod

oliver said...
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Gorgo, You don't need the carry hole and center deck plugs if you have something like this:

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You're probably right for a flatwater board. For surf I want to be able to just grab it quick and get out of the shorebreak. It would be a crap way to end a session if you're getting beat up by waves trying to pick up your board.

Once i put the fin in the board it carried perfect when using the carry hole, the fin seemed to balance it up

After waiting 9 months my Glide it's finally here and it's turned back to Winter with 30-40 knots of freezing cold wind from the south and the rain has been pissing down all day.

I went down to the SHQ demo day at Pt Leo this morning.. It was great to see half a dozen keen SUP'ers out there in the rain having a good time.

I stayed dry and warm in my car..and rested my twisted sore knee.

Pretty please.. Can we have a good day tomorrow.. (I think the forcast is for worse than today)..

What happened to Summer?

DJ

angie pangi said...

Once i put the fin in the board it carried perfect when using the carry hole, the fin seemed to balance it up

We tried one with the fin in place in the shop and it was still nose heavy. The nose would just clunk down into the floor even holding with your fingers right at the front of the hole and the fin at the very back of the box.

You could clamp your arm on the board and that would hold the nose up but I couldn't see anyone carrying it more than a few metres that way.

Sorry to harp on this but there's not much point having the most fantastic board if it's too hard to carry to the water and back. It's meant to be fun not a test of strength and endurance.

Maybe the go is to order a Glide on the condition that you get one that balances on the handle ... or get $500 off for a factory reject if it doesn't (note no smiley face).

BTW Sounds like everybody was watching the demo day on the Crunnchy Pt web cam. It looked like ghost SUPpers gliding through the gloom.

It was great weather for ducks.. In fact I had to stop a few times diving into Pt Leo and let the ducks cross the road in front of me.. If it wasn't so wet I'd taken a picture.



My Glide is a little nose heavy but before I complain too much I'll have to wrap my leggie around the tail and see if that helps.. Maybe they alowed for that..

DJ