Wave SUP for a 6'7" 115kg unit!??

Good luck buddy. You definitely need to demo as many as

Hi
have you considered basket ball? Ok sorry probably suggested many times already.

Dam I am 5' 8" and 75 kg so as per comments above absolutely no help to you at your level for specific requirements.

However you seem to have an idea of what you want so go talk to a custom board guy, I have and now have 2 of the best boards I have had to date at very reasonable prices.

Good luck

Not being boring with new fancy latest surfing designs but what about something like a Starby 10 5 wide point? Too long? The Mana and Allwave you mention are both proven designs. What about Jimmy Lewis Maestra 9 ft 9 .....or is 33 wide too wide. Jimmy Lewis has also just brought out a bigger World Wide wave sup which is 32 wide and 9 3.....160 litres and big wide tail......good performance on this....short too. Might be tricky at first but you will rip on it. I have no connection with JL except have a couple of his boards....great designs.


www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/New-Jimmy-Lewis-World-Wide-93-SWEET/

Hi Bigkiwi,

When your SUP technique is OK, you will be able to ride something like 8'-something x 32" x 140l for having a shortboard feeling
I will give examples in the Gong line, so that you can look at the pics and dims, but only as a guide: Most brands are OK, and Gong is not sold in OZ anyways
This could mean the Empire 8'9" www.gong-galaxy.com/magazine/pics/1-hour-4-boards/

But I dont think you are ready for it yet, better hone your skills on some intermediate board that would be ease your progression:
Something like 9'x" x 34"-35" x 150-160l not too wide nose, with somewhat thin rails (domed deck)
The Empire 9'3" would be ideal: gongsupshop.com/epages/box1707.sf/fr_FR/?ObjectPath=/Shops/box1707/Products/GON5SUPEMP93
The shape would give a you more of a shortboard feel than something like gongsupshop.com/epages/box1707.sf/fr_FR/?ObjectPath=/Shops/box1707/Products/GONSUPBORDER9

Note that when we say "shortboard feel" for a SUP, it is more like a 1970-shortboard rather than a 2015 one
Wide is great for stability at your height. But at your weight, too wide will make the board quite slow to paddle, so it is all a compromise. A wider nose may give you enough additional stability to be able to reduce main&tail widths for easier carving, for instance the sunova speeed www.sunovasurfboards.com/product/speeed-sup/ could be the killer board for you

There are a few big units on here, me included (6'2, 127kg)

Look at:

1) JP Fusion 10/8 x 34 (my board of choice)
2) Naish Mana 10' x 33
3) Fanatic Allwave 9'8 x 33 (I used to own the previous 9'10 x 33, sold it in favour of the 10'8 Fusion)


In that order.

All are around the 190 litre mark, which is probably a workable minimum for a bloke your size. The JP has that bit extra width but nice stepped rails and a decent nose kick - like AA says don't get hung up on the length, IMO the 10'8 surfs like a size smaller anyway. You're not going to find much under 10' that will float you and not be unduly influenced by your height, reckon you should demo a Fusion if you can (or pm me, there are a couple of us larger chaps in Vic that have them).

Short board feel for a big guy.. This one's also worth concidering..

Funny thing, just looked at the hokua x 32 today, so am going to arrange to demo the 9'6". As you are a very similar size, can I ask how long (and skill level) you have been SUPping for when you took on the Hokua 9'6"? How did you find the Hokua overall?

Hey big kiwi at 6'7" it must be hard to find a good sup but I bet you can throw up scaffolding like nothing else !!!

Just jokes mate! I have to put in some votes for the starboard whopper it is such a sweet board for the big guy, I am 6'3 and 105kgs probably closer to 110 when I started. I went about roughly the second half of my first year sup surfing on the whopper. I loved the board it has a nice wide nose which is super stable and helps you get in real early and catch anything you go for and a rounded pin tail which is thinned out enough to give it some bite with the width and overall shape making it really easy to turn. I had it out in probably head and a half reef break waves around Margaret river and it held in well the extra width was really noticeable in more solid surf though.

The Avanti might be another good option there is a a local guy here about your size who surfs really well on one and has supped for years and still loves the Avanti

Definitely go with a big board around the 10 ft mark you'll need it as your learning and you'll have a lot more fun

Wobiri?
Pretty fun sup/mal day by the looks! Not 6' bombie, but still, Nice one!

Have you tried one of these

Hi BigKiwi

Lots of good info above..... along with the usual pipe dreams

Sorry for the slow reply, I just saw this thread... I have been on the road a lot for the last 6 weeks.

Your weight shouldn't pose much of a problem because at your age, balance skills are usually still pretty good and it sounds like you have always been active.
Your height is the consideration for sure.... and something that I can't gauge very well except through the eyes of friends.

I just paddled the new 9'8 x 33 @ 187 L Allwave last week, it is quite different from my earlier 9'10
It felt a bit less stable than the 9'10 but even paddling it, I could feel that the new shape had improved the "action" of the board... it felt much more responsive when spin turning and paddling.
I never surfed my 9'10 much, since I had the 9'6 Allwave at the same time (I was at 108 kg 63 yo at the time)
I mostly just flat-watered paddled on it.
My thoughts after paddling and looking over the new 9'8 is that it will be a better performer than the old 9'10 but possibly at the cost of some stability.
Where the Allwave design favors you, is in rail thickness and flat deck
The stability comes from the rails which would benefit a taller rider

IMO....I would prefer the 9'8 Allwave over the Whopper or the Fusion if you are looking for more performance
Stability would be close enough, I believe
I think at your age, you should be able to adjust to the 9'8 fairly quickly..... as a reminder, I am 67 and 100 kg

Here is a link to a very useful "Big Guy" thread on the Standupzone.
This link will bring you to page 4.
Half way down that page I did a LONG post regarding weight vs skill vs volume.... I ended up having to post it backwards....and in 4 parts to get it done.
Great big/tall guy reply's on the other pages as well.

www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,27613.45.html

Other thoughts:
A trusted friend who surfs really well, loves his JL Kwad
So I surmise, the 9'11 x33 @175 L, is well worth a look

I will finish with the board that has blown me away in ALL areas..... The Sunova Speeed.
I have sold all my other surf SUPs (cept a 12'6 Starboard cruiser that I flat-water & troll down the beach)
if you can demo a 9'5 x 31.5 160 L Sunova Speeed I think you would find....this is where you want to end up
It WILL handle you at some point.... maybe not right now.... but as your "step down" in a few months
I have both the 8'10 - 130L and the 9'5 - 160 L (for full winter gear) and I gotta say..... both sizes ride virtually the same with a bit of adjustment for the extra size.
I can NOT say that about my Allwaves.... each size jump felt geometric..... bigger meant noticeably less performance.
In contrast.... although the 9'5 Speeed is a HUGE jump of 30 liters and 2.25" in width from my 8'10, the performance remains very close.
Bert Burger has done a masterful job of keeping performance the same throughout the size range
Big boy shortboard for sure

Just for fun.... here are some pics of my buddy who is in his 50's, 6'1 and 140 kg..... paddling a 160 L 9'5 Speeed
He was fairly submerged at a 1.1 "float factor".... but he found it surprisingly easy to paddle (he stayed dry)
At your weight this board would put you at a float factor of 1.4 which is comfortably in the "intermediate" category (without height consideration)
"Float factor" is discussed in the above thread

Sorry for delay. I went for the 10" starboard whopper and loving it!! Thanks for all the feedback!