morning seabreazers,
yes, my first post. But I've been enjoying reading this forum for a number of years now. Bought my 3rd SUP about a month ago. Sunova speeed 8'5. Read a heap about them on these forums, and must admit, the hype is true... what a fantastic, quick board.

Took the board on its first plane ride this week... sunova bag, a heap of additional padding and some luck... and it survived the baggage handlers.

now the bad news. So desparate was I to get out on the board, I broke all my normal rules and went out when conditions weren't the best.... beach break, high tide, large shore break.

buggered around for a while, catching 3sec rides, then decided to call it quits. Carefully picking my spot to come in, conscious I could end up nose diving into the shallow sand. Truth is I may have been distracted by a female jogger on the beach... anyway didn't see the wave until I felt the back lift and then... slam, front end of speeed shattered, massive cork to my quad, and a bruised ego.

ive spent the rest of my holidays watching everyone in sundry surf some nice point breaks in perfect conditions.

anyway, cutting to the chase, anyone have a good recommendation on a shop that can repair sunova boards in Melbourne VIC?

I had my Sunova repaired by Vanda Surf in Jan Juc. He's an authorised repairer for Firewire so he's used to repairing Timber boards. Quick and relatively cheap.

OKE

Thanks guys. Yep just noticed the Acid thread and looks like I'll head to OKE. Cheers for the advice