Have you considered hiring a board on the days you can get out, until you decide you can splash out and buy your own.

I hired a board and paddle for 2 days in Byron which cost me $50. You do the maths - weigh up the opportunities you get to go out, along with the right conditions for supping. For me I reckon $950 I could probably get a year out of a hire board and paddle without any responsibility.

Spend the $950 going on surf trips. The money goes to people for food and fuel and accommodation and you get a multiplier effect when they spend the money locally.

LoL stuey. Sounds like you're channeling George Best mate [}:)]

Cheers fixed that Toadwhispera

[b]aussiewahine said...[/b

As long as it's Australian brewed, grown or born hey Stuey...

That's a shhhit load of Bundy Run, the hangover would last for years

mac

Nothing wrong with second hand. Few china boards on ebay also. Gota be ridable. Don't always need to be ferrari, some people would say don't touchem but there are always people with different agendas. Do you want to ride or not?

Hey 62mac, I am selling a Naish 9'6 with naish alloy paddle for $1100, don't know howd you go for freight? It should be in the buy and sell section today

Scotty Mac said...

Nothing wrong with second hand. Few china boards on ebay also. Gota be ridable. Don't always need to be ferrari, some people would say don't touchem but there are always people with different agendas. Do you want to ride or not?

Could not agree more with this comment. Have we become so elitist that anyone not riding the latest Naish/Starboard etc is being looked on as second class !! Bollocks ! get out there on whatever you can afford and learn the basics and work on your technique and try other peoples boards and when you can afford it and you know what you really want/need then take the plunge into a "premium" if and when you can afford it. Call me a skeptic though, but have you noticed that you don't need to spend in excess of $2000 to get the sup stoke !! There are some excellent sups for sale now in australia for well under $2000 so don't feel pressured to have to be on a "fashionable" brand - if you are enjoying the board you are riding and it is doing what you want it to do then stick with it and just have fun and don't get so wrapped up in the hype. If you need advice go to a shop that sells a wide range of boards and the advice will be a lot less unbiased and honest and don't be afraid to ask loads of questions - if they can't help you or confuse you then go somewhere else.