As the title says I'm in the market for a new Naish Mana 10'. I live on the Central Coast but am willing to go to Wollongong, Sydney or Newcastle...or wherever.

Any suggestions? What should I pay if I have cash for board and paddle?

What's the Naish paddle like?

Any suggestions? What should I pay if I have cash for board and paddle?

Go and see Sam and fellas at wssboards.com.au/

They are in Collaroy on the Northern Beaches and are great to deal with.

I had a look over the 10' and 9'6 on Sunday and they look lovely. Think they retail for $1899 from memory (do not quote me on this though) including cover and grip.

Yeah i think sammy has 1 left.... i know he has one on demo too (that could be it actually.. haha).... but be quick!!

The new Naish paddles are really good.. Very light with a great springy flexing shaft.. also a nice thin shaft diameter.

I think the white are almost as good as the carbon (they have the same shaft) and much cheaper.. The wood was my favorite but they're not as durable.. IMO

DJ

Heres my review of the Naish paddle when it came out a few months back

I demoed the new Naish paddle. I really llike the flex in it. It has an ergonomic style handle (which I prefer over the T-bars) and the blade size was pretty good for me (6' 95kg). It has a very faint dihedral which seems to work pretty well as I wasnt getting any wander even after I developed a blister that caused me to loosen my bottom hand off heaps. Downside is its noticeably heavier than the kialoas and werners. Its still very light but you'd probably think twice about racing with it. It also has some cool Naish calligraphy down the shaft which I like.

Xavier surfs said...
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I took a 9’5 Mana demo for a burn at Dee Why in rough chop at 4pm on a shallow low tide with a fresh onshore wind. ...

That's my kind of surfing!!

How did the 9'5" handle standing around waiting for waves?
How much do you weigh?
What size board do you usually ride?
Do you normally ride short boards?

The context of the questions is I am fairly tall, not super heavy, can handle 10-12' boards in any conditions but on all the sub-10' boards I fall off because of the chop while waiting for waves.

I agree with DJ. The Mana 9'5" is a great board. I had mine out in head high waves today and had a great time. Only thing I found was that I had the centre fin too far forward. The bottom turns kept skating out. Have set it back now and will take it out again tomorrow. Still prefer the 9'6" but the 9'5" comes into its own when choppy.

www.balmoralboards.com.au But i think its called a psh your after

But naish will be ok

AA said...

One 10' MAna left at balmoralboards.com.au.

Also one 10' Mana left at RPS in Melbourne.

DJ

Swanie - as I think you read in my earlier post (at "Some of us didn't go for a paddle on the Yarra"), I had my first surf on my son's brand new 9'5" on Sunday in head high, and a bit above, waves on Sunday. I took a couple of set waves which had a quite reasonable drop on them and didn't have any problems with the board skating or breaking out, it actually went surprisingly well. I had the fin set back almost, but not quite, as far as it can go.

Gorgo - I don't think you will find the 9'5" hard to handle while waiting for waves. You won't find many more stable boards, and I agree that it is very easy to spin when it's time to line up a wave.

Hammer - I can only comment from the experience of one surf on the board so far, but you can go and see pics of the waves we surfed on Sunday at - www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=56194. While most of the pics are of my mate on his 9'6" quad fin Naish, I took a number of waves at least of the same size and the 9'5" handled them well.

Wodenau said...

Had my first surf where I finished totally dry - I must be getting better!

Might be time to try the smaller fin again