Jon E B said...
I like all kinds of surf. I push it in the little stuff and charge it in the bigger stuff. I would like to get the opportunity to test my mettle on some big clean surf (double -triple overhead or so), but would have to travel and might get my a$$ handed to me. I really don't know my limit, but if it is clean, I am on it (I would be all over that last wave that DJ posted)! I guess when I boil it down, my preference is more about wave quality than size... I've been stoked on 2'ers and 12'ers (faces) - for me, it is all about the STOKE!
Where is that pic from, DJ - Makaha?
I think that's Bruce Raymand in the Mentawis in Indo on a nice six footer.
When I first got the SUP I thought I would only use it for small stuff but I really believe they are fantastic for the big stuff as well. Apart from getting dragged a bit longer I can only see advantages with SUP for big stuff. You can see better, you can sit further out away from the impact zone and get into them earlier - all of these things reduce the risk of a wipeout.
Where I think it loses it's adavantage is waves with ledgy takeoffs or breaks that are very close to rocks. We have quite a few of these in Sydney that would be very interesting to try on the SUP as long as you are handy with the old epoxy
