Dear All,
I would like to share an impression being m1,90 tall and weigh 100+Kg.
My first board is a Mana 10'0 Gs 2011 which I use mostly on extremely choppy italian waves.
The board is perfect as far as stability is concerned and the construction is also very tough. I find it a bit slow to turn.
Thus I bought a much smaller french Sup from Gong. It's a 9'1 140litres. It turns on a dime and is super fast (The ordering procedure is on-line, but they really do an excellent job).
But I keep using preferably the Mana since I can stand much easier and worry less about falling down continuously.
What am I doing wrong? Not only, if I had to buy a new board, I would probably choose the Mana again... and not go for a shorter board.
Thank you for the advice.
MT

MTsup said..
Dear All,
I would like to share an impression being m1,90 tall and weigh 100+Kg.
My first board is a Mana 10'0 Gs 2011 which I use mostly on extremely choppy italian waves.
The board is perfect as far as stability is concerned and the construction is also very tough. I find it a bit slow to turn.
Thus I bought a much smaller french Sup from Gong. It's a 9'1 140litres. It turns on a dime and is super fast (The ordering procedure is on-line, but they really do an excellent job).
But I keep using preferably the Mana since I can stand much easier and worry less about falling down continuously.
What am I doing wrong? Not only, if I had to buy a new board, I would probably choose the Mana again... and not go for a shorter board.
Thank you for the advice.
MT

I'm about your height and wright.. I've had a couple of 10' Mana 's over the years and loved that board.. I'm now on the new shape 9'5" Mana (it's about 165 ltrs) and I love it so much better than the old 10' Mana.. It's almost the same in stability but much faster and turns so much better.

I would struggle on that 9'1" Gong at only 140 ltrs .. I also have the 9'1"x32" Hokua and thats about my limit.. It's about 150ltrs.

I can see why you keep going back to your Mana.. .. I don't think you're doing anything wrong.

Thank you for the quick replies!
Good waves.
ciao

Another option if you want to loosen up the 10' Mana is to take the center fin off and go twin fin. I was having a hard to turning until I got rid of the center fin all together. I am 83Kg 6' and have a hard time turning the 10 footer, so i just hook up a deal to get a 2014 8'11" Allwave and can't wait to give it a go. I demoed the 8'11" on flat water and I was able to walk all over it with out tipping. The 10' Mana is a very smooth board on the waves and really stable. Therefor I will keep both for a while as I continue on my journey to find the golden board.