I recently had the opportunity to ride the Starboard 8'10"x32"widepoint thanks to Surfrod. The construction was the silver AST,and is 151 litres in volume. I am 180cm tall and 95kg. The board paddles very well for its length as you would imagine at 32"wide, there is no problems stroking into waves from further out to sea, you don't necessarily need to sit right on the suck to grab your share of waves. Stability should not be an issue for anyone with 2 legs it's like standing on the ground. I found the weight of the board good especially dropping into waves with strong off shore conditions, I know there are lighter constructions available with this brand but you would need to take a second mortgage to purchase them, and i like the deck pad where as the carbon has startouch. I surfed the board in sucky head high beach break conditions and it performed well, the only issue i had was with the volume in relation to my body weight, i feel this board would better suit riders of 100kg plus as it was difficult to sink a rail when you put the board on it's edge on cranking out more serious turns. all in all a great addition to the quiver if you're a solid mother

I was thinking of giving the W point 8'10" a go to see if it was loose for its size but yeh seems like I would need to put some Kgs on. Iam 84kg I was looking at it for stabillity out the back in rip/chop. Without the wobbles or going for the dive every few minutes. Have to think again?

OK, Rodders, thanks for the heads up! Do you reckon that a 100 keg odd would have stability out the back and the looseness in the surf?

matt18 said...

are you working leo

Leroy13 said...

OK, Rodders, thanks for the heads up! Do you reckon that a 100 keg odd would have stability out the back and the looseness in the surf?

Some would say never has , never will!!

Yeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaa. That's what I wanted to hear. Cheers and thanks Leroy!!!