Up to about 265 lbs. after a year of no training from shoulder injury and then shoulder surgery this past August (shoulder resection surgery during which the doctor found he also had to reattach my rotator cuff--still doing rehab 3X/week, but shaved clavicle is still VERY painful at some angles of movement). Just started running machine routine to trim things down, but won't be able to fully use shoulder until Feb. at earliest to build up upper body and there is no way of realistically telling how much lighter I will be by next spring.
Well, that's the body I have to work with--short and tank-like--but what tool would be best to hit both the Chitose River (Hokkaido, Japan) just a hundred meters from my door AND the Japan Sea and Pacific coasts both within an hour from my door is more problematic is the problem I'd like help with. I will be on the more tame parts of the river, since most of my experience has been in the ocean, where I am a self-taught (probably meaning rather poor) kayak surfer--have been for the past 10 years or so. I do have surf-specific composite boats, but sometimes it is really fun just to play in shore break, especially on days when it is too big to go out further, where a composite boat would take too much of a beating.
Both the Jackson Super Fun and Super Hero are boats that have been variously recommended to me. It is impossible to demo large-size boats here since most of the importers cater mostly to the smaller Japanese market, so I more or less must buy on recommendation. I do worry about the Super Fun's ability to get up to speed on take-off, though, and whether or not the stern would hold me up in the soup. I would need recommendations from people who have used the boat for ocean surfing. Then the Super Hero, which I am sure would serve me more than well on the river, leaves me wondering how all that weight would handle in the ocean. Again, if anyone has used it for surfing...
Alternately, the Riot Thunder 76 and the newer Pyranha Z.one L both are touted as good ocean surfers, but I can't find anything from people with experience.
Any feedback or recommendations from HEAVY people who have used any of these boats for both the river and ocean surfing would be appreciated.