angie pangi said...
Hi Topcat,
Everything really depends on how much you want to spend? There's heaps of good stuff and also alot of cheaper stuff.
You say mostly Flat water and small waves, so def nothing to short!! You will want the lenght to pick up the small runs and much easier for your flat water glide if the sup is bit longer.
Plently of great 12'6 boards around at the moment that Flat water well and will catch your small waves but keep in mind a 12'6 sup isn't a wave performance baord.
What DJ has suggested is def worth looking at.
If you after anything cheaper then that $1500 - $1300 mark, then i suggest looking at the WOW sup's, these look good for a entry level sup and with a paddle i think about $1150.00 they do a 10'4 x 32 wide. Great for someone about that 120kg mark.
However id try to stick to stuff like 11'6 - 12'6 for what you want to do.
anything less then that $1k mark might look good but ain't gonna last the distance, it doesn't mater what anyone tells you, trust me i've seen it.
Also you might find some good used sup's around the traps, if you look.
Hope this helps.
XX angie
Angie have you tryed the sup atx that lahui Kai brings in Im the vice pres of the surf club and have 2 sup atx 1 12 ft and 1 11ft in Scotts head surf Club we paid way less than $1k with paddle , the members use them and love them and we have had no problems there a really great board they have enen done a few rescues on them ,maybe just not a big mark up as other sup boards
But for Tones question I would recomend he trys the 12ft board .
if you would like a test ride give me a call
