I have a Ron house 9'1 and a DC 8'10 you can try. both very good boards. The swells lining up friday at Victor. 4' with a light off shore. I'll be there morning and arvo

IMO you can throw the whole litre thing out the window.... some small volume boards surf crap and some large ones surf great. Really is best to try before you buy. My widest board is about 28, the board before that 27 and a bit and my next board is 27. But have surfed a 30 that went great. if your a bit stout but want short and good surfer, maybe try the Mctavish 9.0. Mate has a Naish 9.3 and 8.4 and loves both, untill he got the 8.4 the 9.3 was his go to sup and he had about 4 different to choose from.

then even the Surftech Jamie Mitchell at 9.8 surfs well

options options options

serg

Scotty Mac said...


Ruusssh,
Plenty of boards on the market, dont rush in, take you time as you have many good options. My tip, try everything and try before you buy. That can take a bit of organising.

Good advice - I'll see what I can do over next few weeks

Cheers

Russ

Can't wait to see the new PSH.....


Quad on

Hey Rush,

What is your height and weight and what type of breaks and conditions do you love to surf?

Phill?

OG SUP said...

Hey Rush,

What is your height and weight and what type of breaks and conditions do you love to surf?

Phill?

Can't work out the red thumb for replying - I must be missing something on the forums

178cm 86-90 kg - 1-4ft beachies / reef breaks

Planningg on a west coast and yorkes adventure - probably 3-6ft max

Surfed for 30 years - ride a 6'4 buscuit - would love to find a SUP that felt as nice as that!!!

Maybe I should see if you can get a custom upscaled 8'6" by 28 similar to the Biscuit - would look a bit like the surf machines Scotty Mac is making - love the look - Not sure if I am up for the work invloved on staying upright - a comprimise is what I'm looking at.

Thanks Phill

This looks good coming to a PSH store near you

8-9 Ripper 8'9" x 28 1/4" x 4 1/16" Comp Pro Vol = 119L

In comp construction I think they look like this - AA would have more details

Make sure you try a 8'4" Naish as well, I had one go on one and really liked it. I tried the 8' 10" and wasn't so fussed - but hard to tell from a 10 minute surf.

I reckon the new PSHs will be awesome as well.

If you like shortboard type surfing stay away form the flatter wide nose SUPs.

dtm said...

get a custom

Sounds good but hard to get a custom when you aren't sure what you need.

Done this before with short boards in the past - and ended up with some shapers "interpretation" of what they thought you wanted - and were nothing like what you discussed.

I am always cautious now with "customs"

russh said...

dtm said...

get a custom

Sounds good but hard to get a custom when you aren't sure what you need.

Done this before with short boards in the past - and ended up with some shapers "interpretation" of what they thought you wanted - and were nothing like what you discussed.

I am always cautious now with "customs"

Thats a really good point it took me year before I had any idea how to order a custom , there is a great range of so many production boards and you get to demo them I'm a custom fan but there are so many great production boards out there which make great stepping stones to your ultimate board.

Just keep demoing and if you love it buy it. My production pics would be PSH , Naish & Coreban (in no order) all really good ranges and are all well represented here in Aus , customs DC & Garrett.


Rob

Hey rush - do not be afraid of being comfortable on a board in regards to stability. I have seen so many people get rid of their very stable board because everyone is telling them its too wide and wont perform and then they go short and narrow and struggle every day and regret selling their very comfy wider sup. If you are comfortable on the board and are catching plenty of waves but are lacking something in performance then firstly look at your fins and borrow some others and experiment a bit before getting rid of your sup. also get someone to give constructive feedback on your surfing style - maybe it needs some adjustment as well.
I also fully agree with husq (serg) in that you may not need to go small to get performance and you may well find a bigger board - say 9.6 to 10.0 that will be perfect for your needs and give you the increased performance you need without sacrificing paddle speed and comfort.
Take your time looking about and like I say play with fins a bit in the mean time and every time you are out and there are other sups around ask for a quick spin and get a feel for other boards and see what feels good for you.

billboard said...

I also fully agree with husq (serg) in that you may not need to go small to get performance and you may well find a bigger board - say 9.6 to 10.0 that will be perfect for your needs and give you the increased performance you need without sacrificing paddle speed and comfort.

Totally agree.....go the red thumbs, but I can vouch (albeit with limited experience) that the 10' c4 sub vector surfs really well for a larger board. I have had a 9'6" and a 9'8" that were crap in comparison.

Bring on the on the RED thumbs, but definitely try demoing a Naish Hokua 8'4".

Yes I ride for Naish, and this board is insane!

As said above, try everything you can before buying.

JB