Bnaccas said...
Board looks amazing! The finish is perfect!
Maybe I'm missing something, but if prone surfers are charging big waves on anything from low 7' to over 8' in length, why are SUP Guns being built so long? I understand the shape/length thing and how it works but can't figure out the extra length of SUP Guns.
I would have thought something around 10' to 11' with a Gun shape would be easier to handle, not bounce around as much and still paddle into waves way quicker than any prone surfer.
I'll answer this best I can to my knowledge.
If you cut 1 or 2 feet off this board and still left it at 28.5 wide you could not pull the nose and tail in like this board.You would end up with a fat gun defeating the purpose. You need the length and the pulled in pin pin shape for speed.
The first day I rode this board my mate Macca was out on his Ron House 12-0 standard sup , when we swapped the first thing I noticed was his 12-0 was much more stable but it was alot harder to get going off the mark and get onto the waves.As soon as the tail on the Gun lifted from the swell you were away but on the std 12-0 you still needed a couple of extra strokes. Down the line the gun just runs and surprisingly was much easier to throw around than the std 12-0.
Lairds Rhino chaser is 14 foot which Ron also built and when you watch videos of him surfing huge waves in big winds he uses every bit of that 14 feet getting onto the wave.
.. That board is gorgeous.. I could just stare at that thing all day.
