G'day Fella's,
I'm a novice long boarder and have only just discovered SUP.Could i SUP on my 9ft Mal?Or do i need a proper SUP board?
Thanks Mark.

i guess there's only one way to find out

but i reckon.....

unless you weigh less than forty kilos it'd be more like a sink up to your knees paddle board....

NOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo
Robbo

kiwibro said...

just reduce your body mass until your mal will still float supporting your 25kgs

problem solved..............two for the price of one..reduced carbon footprint...etc etc

yeah i know i am just being a smart ar%e

LOL.

Message of the weekend without doubt.

Thanks for the advice fella's.I dont think I'll lose more than half my body weight to make it work lol.I'll just have to get myself an SUP board hey?

Sup'ed yesterday with a guy who was on what I thought was a mal. He was floating but that was about all. Couldn't catch a wave, it was small but a purpose built sup board is what he needed. IMHO its not the length, width but the thickness that does it. Keep the mal for what it was made for and get a Sup.

Just so you know, a typical beginner SUP is 10-12' x 28-30" x 3.5-4" It usually has a wide nose, which makes a difference to stability.

A mal will be 9-9'6" x 21-23" x 2" so your mal will be barely half the board that others are using.

You can test it out for yourself easy enough. Get into some fairly smooth water on your mal. Stand up on it. If you can just stand still without falling or struggling then you can SUP on it.