Keen surfer here, Ive seen a few crew stand up paddle surfing down south and around dutch inn in the last year or so and have gotta say it looks like hell fun. Keen to get into it over this spring / summer and have got a few questions:

1. Which are the best shops around Perth to purchase a setup from?
2. Do any of the manufacturers or shops do demo days to have crack before buying one?
3. What would be a good size board and brand for myself? Im 5'11" 80 kgs, main purpose of buying the board would be to ride waves but would also like to use it to cruise around the lower stretches of the river for fitness, the skin on my chest doesn't appreciate too many 6km paddles in the river on my short board over the summer.

Cheers

We currently have a Starboard 12'6, 12,2, 11'2 and the Naish 11'6 available for Demo.

We are out on them all the time - give us a call or send us a message if you are keen to meet up to try some of them out.

Cheers for the responses fellas.

Got your contact info Airborne, what places do you usually get out? Got a couple of mates who are interested too, will definitely have to give it a go in the next month.

hey airborne ,
let me know next time you're going out ;

I'm in the water pretty much every day (when i'm not windsurfing) and also mostly at dutchies or scarbs but probably not at the same time coz I never see you,

It's more fun when there is a small crew,
see you

but what about the price its not cheep. really wanna get into it, but close too 2000 or more is just to much for a poor school student making 120 buks a week, not 1000 like some of you brickies, and sparkeys. who besides eric344, because i no he does, rides a mistral one, thats the one i would be intrested in because i like the idea of the mast track, althogh most of them have it the mistral design apeals to me too., and how much did you pay and where from

Hey Airborne

Any chance you may be going for a paddle on Sunday?

g'day skippo,
courtenay gray here from SUP SURF AUSTRALIA . i'm in partnership with marty littlewood from DELTA DESIGNS in margaret river. we are the australian importer of the JIMMY LEWIS range of SUP boards. they are specific SUP boards with no mast tracks.
in answer to your questions our range includes an 11'-0" x 30" beginner/big guy single fin,
a 10'-8" x 29" big guy performance board with single fin and small side fins, a 10'-4" x 28-1/2" performance board with same 3 fin setup and a 10'-0" x 28" performance board with same 3 fin set up.
these boards are available from murray smith in scarborough, peter dunn's funs back surfshop in cottesloe and john at SOS in fremantle. i'll be in perth mid next week if you want to hook up for a demo otherwise anytime your down south let me know and we can have a run. once you've been on one you will know what size is right for you..........courts

Hey Scotty,
Stoked you are loving the Jimmy Lewis 10'er. I'm the same, it surfs so well. Definately catch up if you come to Margarets.
Courts