JB,
Can you shed any more light on this new board?
When it will be available in aust?
Dimensions?
Photos even?
Regards,
Scott

Hi Scotty,

I will know more in about 3 weeks, I am heading over to Maui to see the whole 2009 Naish range at the Naish Importer meeting. All I know is it complies to the 12' class for paddle board racing, and it is designed to be very fast in (real) open ocean paddling. Naish decided not to make a super fast board 16'+ such as the Penitrator, becasue they are too expensive to ship, and transport, and when your in that catagory (open class) most of the very serious paddlers are paddling full carbon, light weight mosters, and it would cost a fortune and not be competitive. But the 12' class is fast enough, and easy for many brands to make very fast boards at a reasonably high tech construction at a decent price. BTW, I do not know the price yet.

I should have more to report on the full 2009 range mid June when I return from Maui. I may post some pics from Maui, as we do some distance paddling each day.

JB

JB
when your over in hawaii sus out what sizes of boards they are riding in larger surf

just came in from a late after work sup in 8 foot plus waves the swell up here on the north coast nsw has been building all day

still looked good even with a slight onshore breeze on it

naish 10'6 held in there but in the arvo chop was a little sketchy

nose of the board just wanted to eat up the bumps and lumps

wondering if a pulled in nose like the board that robbie naish is riding on the naish.tv website might help(the board with the pintail) looks the part

still had a ball and got some bomb sets

half ya luck going to hawaii have a good one hanging out with all your fellow naish fat daddies

dogman

ps put a word in to robbie to make a micro grommets sup
my young fella wants a big yellow board like mum and dads boards (10'6 11'6)
he just turned 4 and is keen as
so put the hard word on the man

thanx

I think that naish have the right idea if they bring out a 12 foot ocean board that everyone can afford it makes the racing more about fitness and technique and not how deep your pocket is. I would much rather see 50 guys racing on 12 foot boards that 5 on 16 foot over priced board.

I wish i had one for the race on the 31st

Paul

I hope the new Naish race (distance) board looks something like this..sharp rails..and looks fast even standing still..

DJ

hi BROOKO

if it was supper clean the 10'6 would be lovely but with a few bumps and lumps a pimped out gun style sup would be great to cut through them

the 11'6 would be a little bit more of a handfull but do able

dogman

brooko

yesterday I went for a sup with one of my mates

he rode the 11"6 naish

nice little waves

I noticed how had it was for him to pull a few turns on the big bitch

it looked so funny as he is a good mal rider

hasn't taken him long to get the hang of it

so good to sup with other crew and laugh till you cry when paddling back out talking about how rad you thought you ripped the last wave

cant wait till he robs a bank to get the funds for a board

till then he has to suck up to my missis for a go of hers

she just gave birth to a gorgous baby girl 3 weeks ago

and she cant wait to get back into surfing again soon

im trying to get in as much as possible as i will be spending alot of time on the beach with the kids while she is surfing and catching up on lost time

dogman