Hey,OG I agree with your comments on weight v's length! I currently paddle a 11.4 and being new ,I went to a demo day and paddled the same board you are talking about and I also was very impressed with the load this little sucker can handle and it turned on a one cent coin!WANT ONE!

mac

Welcome to the Breeze Big Brudda!

Unless I am mistaken you probably have the 10'6 WIDE allrounder there from the pics.

The 10'6 all rounder is 28 3/8" x 4 5/8" vs the 10'6 WIDE all rounder which is 30" x 4 3/4" wide.

They look similar on paper until you paddle them!

Keep charging!

Andrew.A

DJ, I have a psh 10-6 allrounder,not the wide , but your welcome to give her a try anytime. Rodriguez

IMHO,go the wide!

mac

Hey Phil ,

10'6" (wide) for sure.

Rich

Thanks for the feeback brooko,

Well this is the good and the bad!

Location was sign posts at 13th, not great waves (3ft maybe) but an average day with a slight onshore wind. I would normally kill these conditions on the Laird.

I could not paddle the 10-6 through the break no matter what i tried, it simply did not work for me. I also do not think that this aspect would improve enough in a reasonable period of time for it to be practicabe. (lack of skill and too much weight = very unstable busting through white water).

I prone paddled through the white water and stood up outside. The effort to stay shiney side up (I am bald) was significant. I could get up on the board and fight the death wobbles for about 5 mins at a time but all in all it was very difficult.

I tried repeatedly to paddle into waves, but the slightest change in board position either threw me off or I fell off the back. I am used to punching the foot back and driving hard and leaning down into the wave, with the 10-6 i was on egg shells the whole time.

I put the thinking cap on, rang Dave Boyd and borrowed some FCS twin fin fins( at least tice the fin area of the ones in the board when I got it) and put my old trusty 10 inch hatchet in the board and out for another round.

I did think the additional fin area would make a significant difference! It didnt really. It did extend the length of time doing death wobbles but it was still way out of my range and skills.

How does the board surf? MMMMM well lets put the paddle on the beach and prone paddle this sucker and see what happens????

The board prone paddles well as you would expect with the volume and it easily catches waves. When your up and standing it is very nimble for a board of the size and goes rail to rail really well. With a paddle for added leveage it would be a weapon.

Overall I believe it is a great SUB and would suit someone in the 85 - 95kg range and it would really surf like a weapon, alas the Big Brudda is still searching!!!!!

Some things I would change:

1) This board needs a center deck mounted handle to lug it around
2) I didnt like the flex fin it came with, but i prefer a stiffer center fin just personal choice.

See you in te Soup

OG SUP said...


Overall I believe it is a great SUB and would suit someone in the 85 - 95kg range and it would really surf like a weapon, alas the Big Brudda is still searching!!!!!

Hey OG, on the money there! I am 90kg and very comfortable on the 10'6AR or the 9'6 wide AR (my second generation boards after coming off an 11'6).
That is why questioned which board you were on because for your size the 10'6 wide AR is the board that will work best for you. It is has the stability of most 11-11'6'ers.

I know SHQ are getting some next week.

Andrew.A

robdog said...

Hi OG
I have the 10'6" wide AA and love it. Only slightly less stable than the 11'6" Kalama which I started on. I have a handle installed which makes it so much easier to lug around. See www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=3299.0
for some handle ideas. I will probably be in Torquay on the weekend 21 22 March if you'd like to have a go on the wide.
Robdog

Yep I have also used Robdogs 10 6" wide, and It is a great board Maybe try one out, I think it may be the board for you, super stable and surfs really well.

OG SUP said...

Hi Robdog,

I would love to try out the 10'6" AR Wide, The 10'6 AR is great but the gap in stability from what I am riding and enjoying now is just too big.

Let me know what time suites you etc.

Phill

I will email you closer to the day. Robdog