Alright folks - I'm 6'5" and 120kg. Pretty strong upper body which makes me top heavy. Any recommendations for boards? I'm on a 12' now, but it's hell in choppy water.

I think it will depend on what you want to do with the board. I think a great allrounder worth trying would be a 10.5 Starboard or the Starboard whopper for maximum stability - I think you will find the 10.5 a nicer paddler though. If you are looking to get into the surf then I would recommend a board I tried today - a new C4 9'3 Sub Vector - yes I saw what you weigh !! The C4 will suprise you, it really will. Good luck with it - try as many as you can before you buy anything.

downwind said...

Is anyone retailing C4's in Australia? Or is it a fly to Hawaii job?

I reckon simon from newcastle sells c4

MOGNO said...

Alright folks - I'm 6'5" and 120kg. Pretty strong upper body which makes me top heavy. Any recommendations for boards? I'm on a 12' now, but it's hell in choppy water.

All depends what you want to do, for waves demo the 10 6 WAA from PSH or the Gun.

There's a couple of nice new big Laird boards that have just come out.. This one is a 14'er...
www.standuppaddlesurf.net/2009/09/23/surftech-pearson-laird-14-the-coast-runner-sup-board/

DJ

MOGNO said...

Alright folks - I'm 6'5" and 120kg. Pretty strong upper body which makes me top heavy. Any recommendations for boards? I'm on a 12' now, but it's hell in choppy water.

Ask Boarder Paul, he has a wealth of board knowledge

62mac said...

MOGNO said...

Alright folks - I'm 6'5" and 120kg. Pretty strong upper body which makes me top heavy. Any recommendations for boards? I'm on a 12' now, but it's hell in choppy water.

Ask Boarder Paul, he has a wealth of board knowledge

pmsl good one mac

At 6ft2' and 125kg I bought the 11-6 Naish It floats me big time But I found it wobbly in chop.
But I will stick with it as it will make me a better paddler/balancer(does that make sense?)
I would like to go to a 10.5 x 34inch wide next.
Might build my own this time .
My nerve problem radiating from my back has affected me in my regular surfing,
looks like SUP will be my domain now

XXLHazza

Have been hearing that some decent numbers of the new corebans are going to arrive in the very near future so I would suggest you have a good look at these boards before you go crazy and spend your big bucks on some other "premium brands" because as far as production boards go the corebans look the part and paddle really nice and seem to be aimed at the larger surfer/paddler and they are very well priced. Their construction appears to be on par with other big names and I believe they will have quite an impact when they hit here in numbers. Even though I am a relative light to middle weight I reckon the two boards I have ridden of late that feel like they would suit a bigger surfer would be the 9'6 coreban and the 9.3 C4 Sub Vector.