These are nice a mate of mine has one , if you just want to to Sup surf get a dedicated board , stay away from the Wing / DW boards especially through the learning phase . Balancing in broken water and current makes life pretty hard on those boards . Plenty of bargains in the for sale section here on the breeze.

www.seabreeze.com.au/Classifieds/Foiling-SUP-Foilboards/~k5eyk/Fanatic-Skysup-6-1.aspx?_page=1&search=t03ywWW5dNOb2H75fxyvOw%3D%3D

Kalama e3's work really well and are 35% off right now.

Thanks all. These hybdrids like the ak and the one ocean look interesting. Adding the sultan phantom and takoon escape sw to that list.
A brand will send me a demo 7'6 dw board soon. Not sure why since I suck at the paddle thing. Going by your comments, it would be a bad idea to learn on such a board too.
It's a good excuses to shape a new board. Thinking of something like 6'9 x 24" for a 120l. What do you think would be a good amount of volume for a 90kg guy? This board could also be used for winging an maybe even dw at some point, so win win win.

NicoDC said..
Thanks all. These hybdrids like the ak and the one ocean look interesting. Adding the sultan phantom and takoon escape sw to that list.
A brand will send me a demo 7'6 dw board soon. Not sure why since I suck at the paddle thing. Going by your comments, it would be a bad idea to learn on such a board too.
It's a good excuses to shape a new board. Thinking of something like 6'9 x 24" for a 120l. What do you think would be a good amount of volume for a 90kg guy? This board could also be used for winging an maybe even dw at some point, so win win win.

Don't try and re invent the wheel , plenty of gear on the market to suit your size and ability. 6'9 x 24" for a 120l no no no.....

Piros said..

NicoDC said..
Thanks all. These hybdrids like the ak and the one ocean look interesting. Adding the sultan phantom and takoon escape sw to that list.
A brand will send me a demo 7'6 dw board soon. Not sure why since I suck at the paddle thing. Going by your comments, it would be a bad idea to learn on such a board too.
It's a good excuses to shape a new board. Thinking of something like 6'9 x 24" for a 120l. What do you think would be a good amount of volume for a 90kg guy? This board could also be used for winging an maybe even dw at some point, so win win win.

Don't try and re invent the wheel , plenty of gear on the market to suit your size and ability. 6'9 x 24" for a 120l no no no.....

so basically it's going back to chunky and heavy boards? Sad. I'll stick to wings and a dw board then to get up in tiny swell.

I am 93kg/58yo and think I am a reasonable paddler having been using SUP boards since about 2008. I started Foil SUP before I started winging a few years ago using a Starboard Hypernut 8' that I also used for windfoiling.
It's definitely a lot of fun and any days when we get small swell and no wind I am always fired up to catch a few foil waves.
I bought a Gong Zuma 6'9" specifically for SUP foil and it was much better than the Hypernut but of course the Hypernut would happily surf bigger faster stuff on the fins. I have since bought a 7'6"xl Gong Crusader which is 22" wide and its 'much' harder to use for Foil SUP. I am getting better on it but if the conditions are anything less than good it reduces the wave count compared to the Zuma. Although the Crusader can catch the wave much earlier due to its speed and glide. In comparison the Zuma paddles like a slug.
Both feel good when I am on the wave.
I think a lot depends on your location, we have small mostly short period swell and there is a river mouth and tidal lagoon with strong currents at the break. The SUP foil makes small waves fast and exciting every time.
For sure the Crusader is brilliant as a very light wind wing board and wing assisted DW so it earns its place in the rack.
The Zuma lets me relax a bit out on the break and sessions last a few hours not a few minutes so for me its worth having a bit of volume and width. There are hardly any other surfers up here though so I have no peer pressure to be on cool tiny kit :)