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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 11:05 am
by nanmoo
Most of the BWD crew are on sub or near 100L boards which are completely different. Add in the leverage of a paddle and they snap turns as well as a short board and certainly better than anything else can in all sorts of lousy conditions. That's a huge part of the appeal, watch who is catching the most waves at JR or LB and who is making the most of them. That sea lion is not a good measuring stick for a performance wave SUP.
And just to show how far it can be taken, Bernd was riding a 21" wide, sub 6' 75L board this week. At 150lbs that thing was going down the line just as fast as any short boarder and hitting the lip plenty hard.
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:43 pm
by TheLaw
Ya...what Tony said!
Robin I'm sure I'll get flamed by Tony, but everything I have seen of those look great. Or better yet fun and fast. It will be a great board to start on and progress I bet. Maybe one day you will be on a tiny board but you do need to put in the time on something like this.
Most of us have had something in this ballpark in the beginning...well this is the coolest mind you.
See you in the huge lineup brah!
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 9:08 pm
by KUS
UnusuallyLargeRobin wrote:Markus has spoken. I'm crushed, who wants to buy my board?
I think it will be a great wall art piece
Fiddy bucks?
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:15 am
by nanmoo
Closest thing to a SIM SUP I've tried is BWD's Airborne. Not my cup of tea, but like Mark said, probably a good place to start and work your way down. Nice looking stick and I've read good reviews on them.
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:04 pm
by eastside
I have the Starboard Wide Point 7'8" x 32 120 L. More of a fish tail, like the Allwave. Lots of stability and very skatey. Handles head high waves. No glide is the downside so it will paddle slower and get you into waves later. Cool board. I hope you post a review.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:23 pm
by C36
nanmoo wrote:...And just to show how far it can be taken, Bernd was riding a 21" wide, sub 6' 75L board this week. At 150lbs that thing was going down the line just as fast as any short boarder and hitting the lip plenty hard.
Looks like
your ride was working for you too.
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:20 am
by JL
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:10 am
by downwind dave
paddling downwind is awesome! now i gotta hold a damn sail?
i do like that wearable ping pong glove on the same page though.
somehow missed that L41 above- killer board there ULR!!
(yes maybe a tad large if you're training to beat teenagers from maui in a surf contest. )
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:13 am
by nanmoo
