When the PSH 12ft guns came out they hit with a bang and rightly so!

I have surfed mine in 6 inch ripples to doudle overhead and they perform like a dream. When I chose my boards for Mambo I wanted something I could ride in all conditions so the 12ft gun was the 1st one on the roof.

There hasnt been much press recently about these boards recently, so it was interesting to see how many guns appeared at the Bar Beach by magic and then appeared again on the downwinder.

Casso 1st place in the Masters was killing it on the gun in 1 ft at the Bar doing the most stylish laybacks you have ever seen.

Jason from Torquay was also rippin it up in the sub 1 ft surf and impressed all that saw him.

I had a great session at 1ft Bar Beach, even though I had no paddle fitness having been out with broken ribs for 11 weeks and was stiff as a board. I could throw some nice little cutties then rip down the line on the fast inside sections.

Jason, Casso and I also used the guns for the challenging to say the least Merimbula Bar to Pambula River Mouth downwinder. Casso and Jason were in the front runners and the gun with thier lighter frames was a Ferrari.


Phill 110Kg 6ft in sub 1ft Bar Beach



Jason in the sub 1ft Bar Beach



I still believe this is one of the most versitile boards on the market.

Phill

Have to agree with ya there Phil.
Im havin a ball on mine over here and the missus has taken a liking to it as well.
The new Mana 9,5 turned up yesterday so we should be all quivered up for the summer with the 10,6 in the middle.
W

DavidJohn said...

Looking good Plill.

DJ

Where's the purple glove!.....

Boylos

One of my more memorable Mambo sessions was hitting the bar late on Saturday evening as the sun was going down. Tide was coming in and it was getting full so everyone left - perfect time to bring out the Gun. Even at 1-2', a glassy wall with a setting sun on it is hard to pass up when you can scream along the face on the 12'er. Even managed to throw in some cut-backs.
1/1/2 hours later I headed for home with a big grin on the face.

Pulled it out again next day for the BB B2B Sup off and thanks to Goatman's awesome leg it cruised into second. Yeah I'm braggin but this board does put a smile on your face - at least a couple of times a day.

DavidJohn said...

Craig (Boylos) was looking pretty good on the 12' PSH gun when we did a big paddle together on the last day.

DJ

Every time I ran into Craig Thursday and Friday in the water we had the same boardies on, me being short (and Craig big) I looked a bit like Mini Me or Mini Craig.

Bnaccas said...

DavidJohn said...

Craig (Boylos) was looking pretty good on the 12' PSH gun when we did a big paddle together on the last day.

DJ

Every time I ran into Craig Thursday and Friday in the water we had the same boardies on, me being short (and Craig big) I looked a bit like Mini Me or Mini Craig.

Good one mate ...... at least we looked cool......

Boylos

robdog said...

Phill, AA, Boylos and others,
How would you compare the stability of the 12 footer to say the 106 wide AA, 11 foot wide AA, 116 kalama? I agree there's times when you'd just like to relax and cruise and glide on those 1 to 2 foot peelers with not enough push to get the short board up and going. Robdog

Go on Robdog get one you know you want too

Then i can use it as well

Hi Robdog hope everyone is well, and say hi to Mr Brook.

The PSH 12 Gun is narrow however it is very forgiving.

Less stable than the 10'6 wide as it is only 28+ for a short part of the rails but you would love it.

Lots of glide robdog and if it can carry my wide backside in 1ft peelers it has enough horse power for most people.

I think session has a demo, or if you want you can try out Mr Chompy any time you like.

I think those big big days down south might just be the ticket for this board

Phill

robdog said...

Phill, AA, Boylos and others,
How would you compare the stability of the 12 footer to say the 106 wide AA, 11 foot wide AA, 116 kalama? I agree there's times when you'd just like to relax and cruise and glide on those 1 to 2 foot peelers with not enough push to get the short board up and going. Robdog

The 12er is what sup is about; the push for shorter and shorter is exactly what windsurfing and surfing did. The average guy cannot ride what pros ride we want to have something that makes it fun. The 12er does it in spades I love mine.

But mine is 14kg oh dear I might put my back out oh no!! Htfu princess. They are the bomb.

Hey AA,

I have only ever tried Mr Chompy as a 2 + 1 or as a thruster.

I havnt tried him as a single, well thats the next project.

Phill

this is a pro board!

All of the top riders at the MAMBO were on the shortest boards they could get their hands on-

Jacko 8'
Lummers 9' ( long board background)
Casso 8'10
Goatman 8'9
DTM 8'10 (?)

All these boards were narrow, had low volume rails and were very tippy (if I hopped on one)- exemplified by going big the night before.
Jacko was a classic one morning - looked like he was still partying out there!

Most of us aspire to ride shorter but at the end of the day it is only a very small market who can ride short, narrow, low volume boards that the Pro's ride (not talking short, wide, high volume short boards here).

The real fun for most of us is to be had on longer boards that allow us to get in early and scoot along smaller waves and if you find one that also rips in head high and above, then you have a 'keeper'.

I have definitely noticed a trend with some of out top surfers up here to go bigger. Both Tom and Matt Granger are sticking with 9' right now.

There are a lot of crew out there that have been doing this for more than 2 years that are coming back to slightly bigger boards and adding a high performance Gun to the quiver to bring back the versatility that got us into this addiction in the first place.

Agree AA and Hilly, an 8'2" board that is 32" wide is not high performance IMO, just a stable rice bubble like that funky new little Naish board.

Jacko is 75 kegs and rides an 8 foot sub 26 inch wide board (and rips on it!)

Lummers' board might be 9 foot but is 26 something wide and he is 90 kg.

Narrow and lower volume rails is where it's at for high performance IMO and will not suit everyone.

goatman said...

Narrow and lower volume rails is where it's at for high performance IMO and will not suit everyone.

What he said

About 92kgs.

28 1/2" wide