Hey, has anyone ridden the Sunova Soul 8ft 3" & able to comment on its rocker. I am more concerned for the nose kick on those steep wave faces. The place I surf has cross waves at times bouncing off a breakwall which at times I run over sending my board down into a close nose dive if I dont get airborn! I ride the JP wide body that has a shallower entry.
I am looking at the Soul for bigger surf too. And your opinion on that.
Haven't had the chance to check it in the shop yet. But remember when first seeing some Sunovas in the past the nose rockers didn't seem as raised compared to the Fanatics etc. Happy that the nose kick would be more than my JP widebody & a little less than Fanatic Pro or the Naish Hokuas.
I would suggest you consider the Acid in the same size..(8'2" actually) either standard (narrow) or the XL. More suited to both your requirements of having great degree of rocker - as well as being suited to larger waves. The XXX Tec construction found on all sunova 2015 models - addresses your other issue of being dislodged by a less than smooth waves surface, with its impact absorbing hull. I have, and ride very frequently an Acid XL in 8'8" , two Speeeds and a longboard Style 9'6" - I have spoken to a fair few who are riding the Soul - and its getting lot of good feedback, but am unsure if its exactly what you are after. Certainly a demo will sort this out.
Thanks LordKuz. Went to the shop today to check them out. But not sure if I was looking at the 2015 model. They had the pop up handles. But they were 8ft 3" long. Will have to find out. Nearly put one on lay by. If the 8'2" has more rocker & is close to same volume as 110L for my 80kg weight. Then I will have to try & find one. Cannot find any 8'2" online for some reason??
Thanks again.
Thanks! Much appreciated! Starting to get confusing between all brands!! Lol!! But think this shape & size is for me.
Thanks LordKuz. Went to the shop today to check them out. But not sure if I was looking at the 2015 model. They had the pop up handles. But they were 8ft 3" long. Will have to find out. Nearly put one on lay by. If the 8'2" has more rocker & is close to same volume as 110L for my 80kg weight. Then I will have to try & find one. Cannot find any 8'2" online for some reason??
Thanks again.
Hi Seajuice,
Thanx for you interest. The Acid you saw was a 2015 model for sure as its only made this season. We always use the LiftSUP handle. Check out the range here:
No 8'3 exists there tho. Its 8'2" and comes is standard and XL version. See attachment below.
Thanks Tino42.
Sorry but I got a bit confused at first.
But now looking at the Soul 8' 3" & the Speeed 8'5"
For overhead steep face surf.
Trying to keep as close to 8ft long as possible.