Wow, that was an absolute hoot and PT has a new board. How strong was the wind?

It was a good one alright. I'd rate it 35/35 (35 degrees, 35 knots). Lots of runners to be had.

Waiting for a 40/40 next time, roll-on summer! Isn't that the great thing about SUP, if it is light northerly go for a surf, if it is hooting - pull out the 14'er and do a downwinder.

Here is my track on the St Kilda - Green Point part of the paddle from my Search GPS watch.

DavidJohn said..

Now thats living loved it, the 17'6 looked awesome, hows that search watch just got one thought it would be good for DW.

Nice work DJ!

Nice one DJ.
Hope to join you on one of these soon.

Area10 said..

Kieranr said...
Nice vid DJ. I got to try an Ace GT yesterday and was very impressed by it. :)

How wide is it?

17'4" x 28"

Area10 said..
Thanks. Looks great. How stable is it in the bumps? Props to Starboard for investing in UL boards. I'm sure that many of us these days would switch to UL if they were more common. Yesterday I was downwinding my Naish 17 and wishing that (SIC excepted) there were more production UL boards outside of Hawaii.

Starboard has called it the GT for a very good reason - it is a genuine Gran Turismo or Grand Tourer. It is built for comfort as well as speed. If Starboard intended it simply to be the fastest production board in the world, it would be 23" wide instead of 27.5". So yeah, it is very stable on the bumps.

Great stuff DJ. Nice lighting and colours too.

Hey PT, did you think the board was a good length for the pitch of the waves in the downwinder?

It looks like you had a bit of work keeping the nose out of the wave in front, but never looked like it would ever go down the mine.