Look in the buy and sell sections tons of bargins , something like this would suit you.

www.seabreeze.com.au/Classifieds/Stand%20Up%20Paddle/~bzgcj/2010-Nsp--10-6.aspx?search=lT%2friExlz8uaSP7Gbmwj6g%3d%3d

i concur with dj. best board to learn on and grow into is the 10 foot naish mana.

yesplease72 said...

Thanks for those tips. I live in the inner suburbs of Melbourne.

In that case, and if you have no interest in driving to surf beaches in the future, there may be other shapes that suit better. What do you hope to get out of the sport? Where will you paddle? River or bay?

yesplease72 said...

PTWoody said...

yesplease72 said...

Thanks for those tips. I live in the inner suburbs of Melbourne.

In that case, and if you have no interest in driving to surf beaches in the future, there may be other shapes that suit better. What do you hope to get out of the sport? Where will you paddle? River or bay?

I'll probably do a mix of bay and river. I don't plan to use it in surf beaches.

In that case you'd probably be better served with a pointy 12'6 or maybe even a 14 footer. RPS, The Zu and SHQ would all be able to show you stuff and get you on a demo or ten.

Mate I'm quite new to SUP also but my recommendation is demo as many boards as you can its surprising how different similar spec boards can be.

For me interested in surf only so I went a Fanatic allwave 8'10 I also Demo'ed a Prowave 9'6(I think) other larger sizes in the allwave a 9'Corban fusion and a Starboard(larger one not sure what model) I'm also around 85kg.