I got a chance today to take the 9'6" Coreban Performer for a hack and thought I would post a review.

Vital Stats:
9ft6 x 29 1/2 x 4 7/8
Volume 153 L

First up great looking board. A work of art really. Would look great in my lounge room.

However I am after a new shoter performance SUP board.
First Impression:
The outline of the board looked good. I seem to like the boards that carry width to the nose. I was a little sceptical of the tail shape. I prefer a flowing outine.

Then I picked it up. The weight of this board is immediately obvious ( Don't want to dredge up old posts but this board is heavy). This board is significantly heavier than my current 10'5" drive.

The Surf:
2 Foot with 10+ knots of crosswind.
The board has good stability, which was great in the marginal conditions. On a wave the board performed reasonably well once it got going.
The problem was getting the board going. It took a couple of extra paddles to get the board moving when spinning to catch a wave, and it needed a bit of encouragement to move it down the line.

Conclusion:
The board looks great and rides well. But in the conditions I am looking to put it to use, 0ft to 6ft reef and beach breaks. I think the weight of the board rules it out as a performer for me.

Must be the wood ones that are heavy as the moulded one I used was relatively light compared to a drive. Great in small waves the really wide tail gives great accelaration and stability.
They are heaps of fun in small waves really worth a demo.

Had a go on the 10 6 Coreban today. Did not feel heavy to me. About the same as the star 10 5 and Psh 10 6 waa both of which I have had a go on.
This would be a good big guy board with all the meat at the back and nice pulled in nose with some lift. At my weight 75kg I was able to stay at the very back of the board in shin slappers and keep the speed up. Very stable as well

hilly said...

laceys lane said...

i know the coreban's are making an impression in oz, but i fail to see why they would produce a board that is that heavy - i have managed to pick one up. is there something i'm not picking up on?
cheers

Not sure I understand

ok, i have been told that board weighs 16 kgs give or take. i know of some people ordered one and asked for a change of board board pretty much straight away due to the weight. why would coreban make a board that heavy. surely it not the trend to make a heavy board. it is noticeable that even the new psh's are even lighter now

hilly said...

The moulded one i used felt about 10kg nowhere near 16

yeah, i was just referring back to the guy who posted- he said it was pretty heavy, so i'm not sure what to make of it. the one i picked up was

linter said...

the new psh's are lighter than the older ones? i bought a used 10.6 waa and the thing is a very weighty beast, quite a bit heavier than my drive, which i had thought to replace it with. i rode it twice, then sold it for what i bought it for, and went back to the drive. so far the drive is my gold standard. i keep looking for a 10er to replace it with -- something that has the same general outline -- but hadn't seen a possibility until the coreban. if the standard models are lighter, maybe i'll give them a further look.
has anyone here ridden the 10' icon?

Gold standard? man cannot let this one go got to bite it is too juicy lol. The drive is a good all rounder and very stable but it does not surf half as well as the 10 6WAA on a decent wave. Yes have riden both and not just my opinion many others have commented the same. Was it full of water??
The drive is great for small soft waves and longboard style riding if that's your thing you cannot beat it, except maybe with a laguna bay.

Linter
Your not the only fan of the drive. Don't sell it short thought, this board also gets down the line in a hurry when it gets steep and serious. I love it .

Hilly
It is interesting to hear the moulded version of the board is lighter. I will be sure to give it a demo if I get the chance.

I had a chat to the Coreban guys to find out what is up with the weight issues!! They explained it very well to me. The Wood Veneer boards are a limited edition range that they are bringing out for guys who would like to get into the sport and have a vintage classic look board!! These are full veneer boards and not like the Naish or Starboard semi wood boards. Heard they dont last taht long? The wood boards are generally 2kg heavier due to the quality wood veneer that they use. They recommended a colour board to me due to the fact that I paddle 6ft reef breaks and the 9'6 felt so good under my feet! I was on a star 9'8 and immediatly converted to the Coreban 9'6. I cant wait to ride the 9'0 as my buddy said it was sick!! So my conclusion, if you are a good paddler stay away from the wood boards unless you like to look of it otherwise jump on a Coreban for sure!

We took a couple of the Coreban 9-6's to PNG , you can definitely feel the weight difference between the timber veneered and coloured boards , the boards performed really in some pretty heavy stuff and I think to date coreban have never had a board snap and these boards have been put through some big waves in Hawaii and South Africa. So they have obviously concentrated on building super strong boards that last and that has cost them weight in construction.

The deck is slightly rolled which feels strange at first but you get used to it pretty quick. For me the 9-6 at 150 odd litres was way too much foam under my feet, the boards are really easy to surf but I found it hard to get it rail to rail with that extra buoyancy but that’s the way I surf my mate Adam who is only 75kg wet surfed the board beautifully with really long smooth turns and always looked centred on the board.

The 9-6 is a very good all rounder but I like the look of the new 9-0 which I have'nt tried yet.

Rob