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.

Are we going to see SUP Guns come down in size like we have with normal surf SUP's?

Hey Brendon,

I am having that looked at closely by a local shaper as we speak!

Watch this space { }

Phill

I'm going to call it! The going shorter revolution is over, I'm going to get me a big 12' 6" x 28.5" wide carbon fibre gun for conditions that don't suit 2' - 5' surf.

Big fat surf, tiny glassy bumps, flat water paddling, the odd down winder, something to carry my fishing rods on to a little deserted island somewhere. Many of us started on boards this size, but they had more of a longboard shape, were thick, and nicknamed aircraft carriers.

These guns are cool, they look like real surrboards and not canoes and they will become the new black.

As far as stability goes for me it's no problems , it's looks unstable but there is still alot of board under you feet , if it does roll it's very easy to correct giving it execellent secondary stability.

Whats going on with the deck grip.....plenty give me a few more days this one is going to be a work of art , this board deserves it.



Rob

Scotty Mac said...

Oliver,
Saying the shortboard evolution is over is like being convinced again the earth is flat......

....lol......that is so funny....lol......

firstpoint said...

tha dogman said...

Scotty Mac said...

Oliver,
Saying the shortboard evolution is over is like being convinced again the earth is flat......

....lol......that is so funny....lol......

so right dogman,as the comp scene get cranked up they will be all surfing 12 foot guns,not.oliver is wishing the shortboard revolution is over so he can get back to flatwater with dj

that is so funny too...lol....

cant wait to catch up with DJ soon myself

bring on the mambo

and bring on being able to get out of work and the missus giving me a leave pass to play up "loose on the juice" at the pub with all the crew woooohoooo!!!!!!

dogman

Piros said...


Bloody good guess DJ 11-1/4 is the nose 14-1/4 for the tail.

they are the same dimentions as my 6'0 prone shortboard 1ft from the tail and 1ft from the nose

Th0m0 said...

firstpoint said...

so right dogman,as the comp scene get cranked up they will be all surfing 12 foot guns,not.oliver is wishing the shortboard revolution is over so he can get back to flatwater with dj

Hmmmm, from what I saw of the last big comp at Noosa a 12 footer would've been just the thing

that and someone doing a bomb off their board out the back to creat a wave would have been great

Yeah, thats a bloody nice stick indeed

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.

Are we going to see SUP Guns come down in size like we have with normal surf SUP's?

Paddle speed...XXXL surf demands alot more foward momentum as the waves are moving alot fatser...greater waterline length helps once your on the wave as well...boards with a long pulled in PIN tail tend to be tighter to too as well giving you less chance of spinning out at the bottom of something that looks like a block of flats

Where is this magical swell ? the charts say it should be cranking .....but it's crap. Looks like it's a road trip somewhere between Noosa & Lennox.