come on lacey you no you want custom hit Dale up for another like ya blue one mate pop outs cant compare at the moment to customs though the naish would be the closest on the market and its made for you not the masses

I'll give it to you straight.....

Train harder !!

Lace, I did over 6 clicks of open water reconnaissance. How's that photo though!?
Sim
(say "6 clicks" slowly! )

chrispychru said...

i am a brand spanking new at sup but have shortboarded for a long time. bought my son a mc ,he is 11 just to flat water and for me to surf. i think you will find it less than 30 as well. i found the mc to be a little tippy for me, my board much bigger but with a bit of foot adjustment and speed found it really stable. on the wave, well super quick and went into every gouge with a bigger smile. the surf was 2 ft and messy, i was way to quick for the sections. had demo on merrick on flat was heaps more stable yet the shape seems more fun than performance to me.

sounds good, I only had the one session on it. Post up the size specs and any pics if you have them.

Serg

laceys lane said...

whats the best all round sub 9 foot surf sup- stability and all round surfing prowess.

Hey Lacey, no such thing IMO, different boards suit different styles of riders. Here's my very personal take. Have tried/owned the following: Ripper 9'3", Ripper 8'9", Laguna custom 8'8", DC customs (both Cassos) 8'8"s, Coreban 9'0", DTM Sups: 8'8" x 2, 8'7", Naish 8'10, Naish 8'4".

I am a fussy bastard and like boards that turn in a nice arc without relying on pivoting off the tail. I also want heaps of drive and easy rail to rail. With the exception of the Naishs (particularly the 8'4" which I quite liked) I find the OS boards tend to want to turn in a bigger arc and need to be pivoted off the tail to do tight turns. Now this probably suits a lot of people and is no doubt the reason they design em that way. They also probably have a bit more 'glide' which doesn't interest me at all as to me, Sups paddle so well compared to anything else it is irrelevant.

The Laguna turns in a lovely arc but was always too wide in the tail for mine, which makes it harder initiate rail carves - that said it would be my second choice after the DTM. Now I couldn't give a stuff if this sounds like a plug as I pay for my boards anyways but the DTM with it's pulled in low volume tail and rails and even rocker, turns in a nice tight arc that is very easy to initiate. It also holds it speed through turns and I can go from rail to rail very easily.

It is very under bouyant and as such is sometimes tricky to paddle which doen't bother me - still 50 times quicker that a shorty

To answer your question, IMO it depends how you like to surf and how much you don't mind a bit of a struggle paddling out. Also the type of surf you ride, although I find this latest board goes in anything - even super fat point break waves. I reckon to get true high performance (ie tight turns in the pocket) you need the right combo of rocker, rails and volume that won't necessarily make it user friendly for everyone.

tha dogman said...

spewin i cant even give ya a comment as you want a straight answer lacey

you suck

i do agree with goatman only cause i was born on his 14th birthday

well happy birthday Dogman for last week i sure hope you didnt turn 50 as well as someone else i no?

How would the Coreban 8'5 Nitro go compared to some of the favoured suggestions so far??

billboard said...

Hey LL you are probably not gunna want to try that 8.10 I've got at home now - see my review on it You know how similar our tastes are in sups

you know i looked at the board up at greenline. i was thinking no, have a look at those rails, but on a closer inspection the mid rail to tail is quite hard tucked to the bottom of the board.
so, she goes all hey. how did you manage to demo it

i looked out there as i was driving to work today- looked a bit of all right