Yes Ronnie.. We'll all be there and hoping some will sign up to SupVic while you're there.

BTW.. SHQ are offering free SupVic membership to anyone who buys a SUP board from them... Bargain..

DJ

It was a beautiful day down at The Pines today.. Warm, sunny, no wind and nice little waves.

Thanks to SHQ for putting on a great demo day.. Here's a few pictures.

DJ

boarder paul said...

Something does not look right with that mactavish.

The Mactavish was a surprise for me BP.I was a bit skeptical before riding it,
even saying it looks like a scaled down Uber Fish[which it definitely isn't] but it handles really easy onto and on the wave although these small waves weren't much of a test but the board gave me an O.K first impression and didn't do anything badly.Even the smooth deck grip looks like it won't work but I had no issues with slipping at all so was all good.
Cheers,
Camo.

Wooooo. I'm all paddled out. Sitting at home with a cup of tea after a SUP orgy.

We had clean 1-2' surf and the wind swung onshorish. The surf was a bit small to judge surfability but we got a few clean ones and the mushburgers were easy to catch. The wind made for enough lumps to allow a proper test of the boards. (Any board can be good in clean surf.)

There were several surfers there and the chat was pretty friendly among the different species.

I paddled:

Naish Glide 14'. A bit heavy on the carry up the beach. Nice to paddle. A tiny bit wobbley. I had to fight the urge to paddle off down the coast. Easy to catch any ripples that passed by. Riding straight in was fun but turning onto the face usually resulted in the rollover of death. DJ and I had just agreed it was not suited to the surf when Peter (?) drops into a wave, steps back and carves a turn and trims along the face. Showoff. Maybe with a bit more practice.

PSH 10'6" Wide AA. Comfortably stable. Light enough to carry. Handles nicely on small waves. Good board.

Naish 9'6" Nalu. Very light. Felt a little tippy but easy enough to stand on. Easy to catch waves. Handled the mushburgers well. Liked it but maybe a litttle tippy for my taste.

PSH 9'6" Wide Ripper. Light and stable. Easy to paddle. Excellent up and down the face but very slow in the mush. If I only surfed good surf I'd buy one.

Naish 9'5" Mana. A tad heavy. The most stable board I stood on all day (and possibly ever). Surfed well on the mush. If I needed a board in a hurry I'd probably buy one. A bit too heavy to tempt me away from my Starboard at the moment. If it was bit lighter it would probably be my new board.

PSH 9'6" Wide AA. Light enough and stable enough. Good allround board. (This board has one of those foot platform deck pads that I hate. But I was able to get used to it and it was a pretty nice board.) I'm told the newer version is considerably lighter so this one might be a goer for me.

McTavish 9'6". Heavy. A bit of a brick. It's not a bad board but I didn't find much to like about it. Quite stable. The pointy (but fat) nose pushes through waves easily on the way out. It felt super slow on the waves. (This is not really fair to the board. It has four fins and I was stuffed and the surf had dropped off so it might not have been set up properly for the conditions.)

don't know about the 9' 6". but the mact 9' is lite, i would be happy with a custom at that weight

Thanks for the reviews Camo. Excellent info. Am I right in thinking you have a surfshapes and a DC 9'4? If so, how did the McT compare to those boards and how does the DC compare to the Surfshapes.

Cheers

Th0m0

boarder paul said...

Looks like a chunky steak. Might be the photos but i see now why its rated for a large rider.

The naish 9'6 looks more in proportion and its standard recomendation of 85kgs

But like i mentioned it could be the photos.

BP, go the Naish 9'6, you're right the McT is one chunky board especially in the tail section, reminiscent of the outdated Uber Fish. My son Kayne tried it out and was not impressed.

Th0m0 said...

Thanks for the reviews Camo. Excellent info. Am I right in thinking you have a surfshapes and a DC 9'4? If so, how did the McT compare to those boards and how does the DC compare to the Surfshapes.

Cheers

Th0m0

Hope to receive the DC 9'4" this week,can't wait,
the Mct just felt like a user friendly handle everything an intermediate level sup'r
would throw at it and be stoked,yet to surf it in big waves though,
the surfshapes is more refined performance,more rocker less weight,handles steeper
waves well, but
the poor old surfshapes took a overhead and a half closeout set wave lip on the deck last week,
causing a crease along the bottom from rail to rail,still waiting to see if it can
be repaired,keep this hush hush as I havn't had the courage yet to break the
news to Phill

Ouch, that doesn't look good. I promise I won't tell Phil.

YOU BROKE MY BOARD

camo hosk said...

Th0m0 said...

Thanks for the reviews Camo. Excellent info. Am I right in thinking you have a surfshapes and a DC 9'4? If so, how did the McT compare to those boards and how does the DC compare to the Surfshapes.

Cheers

Th0m0

Hope to receive the DC 9'4" this week,can't wait,
the Mct just felt like a user friendly handle everything an intermediate level sup'r
would throw at it and be stoked,yet to surf it in big waves though,
the surfshapes is more refined performance,more rocker less weight,handles steeper
waves well, but
the poor old surfshapes took a overhead and a half closeout set wave lip on the deck last week,
causing a crease along the bottom from rail to rail,still waiting to see if it can
be repaired,keep this hush hush as I havn't had the courage yet to break the
news to Phill

Th0m0 said...

Ouch, that doesn't look good. I promise I won't tell Phil.

Thanks Thomo,
looks like a few others not to keen on the McT,
might be best to try yourself as everyone's different,
Cheers,
Camo.

camo hosk said...

Th0m0 said...

Ouch, that doesn't look good. I promise I won't tell Phil.

Thanks Thomo,
looks like a few others not to keen on the McT,
might be best to try yourself as everyone's different,
Cheers,
Camo.

Thanks Camo,

I'm actually keener on the 9.0 than the 9.6 but it's a bit hard to get a demo up here at the moment. I have a DC 9.8 on demo this weekend, hence my question.

Arrr-Haaar Brendan... Now we know who it was that stood on it..

DJ

Hey, no-one mentioned the pod of dolphins out there today, Anyone get a pic?

[
Hope to receive the DC 9'4" this week,can't wait,
the Mct just felt like a user friendly handle everything an intermediate level sup'r
would throw at it and be stoked,yet to surf it in big waves though,
the surfshapes is more refined performance,more rocker less weight,handles steeper
waves well, but
the poor old surfshapes took a overhead and a half closeout set wave lip on the deck last week,
causing a crease along the bottom from rail to rail,still waiting to see if it can
be repaired,keep this hush hush as I havn't had the courage yet to break the
news to Phill

Sam on standupzone has pretty good post about board repair....good luck