Hi to the Longboard forum, I don't often hang out here, but usually lurk on the SUP forums. I'm hoping that this may change, and to that end, I'm after picking your brains. Thinking of buying a nice "long" longboard, for days when I choose not to SUP. I haven't surfed a traditional board for some (many) years, am 5'6" and 85kg. I saw a BIC 10' noserider in a local board store today, and got to thinking that for the money, it might be a good cruisey option for me and for the three sons to use from time to time. I will only be interested in smaller days without the crowds, and some prone flatwater paddling when the waves are flat. I have heard that they are well built, designed on a traditional template and are pretty bombproof. Interested to hear from you guys on this forum, I think ALB ran a review on it in the last couple of years, but can't locate it. Don't expect it will be as finessed at my long gone Takayama, but I wouldn't expect my kids to appreciate that yet. Also keen to hear of anything else around the same length or longer for a similar price point and standard.
Cheers guys, and go easy on me, I'm a virgin on this page.

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Welcome and stop creeping / lurking around the SUP forum,we are real people here.

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laceys lane said...

i always found it a goo __________________

d in the pocket

At your weight, you only need a 9'6 Brewer Nose Rider. You don't need 10 foot.

62mac said...

Simondo said...

At your weight, you only need a 9'6 Brewer Nose Rider. You don't need 10 foot.

Oh no he needs a sunset tint McT

mac this seems to be a famous board- whats the damage, i mean price on it

for what it's worth, I've seen a guy down at nth curly surf one a couple of times on the fullish days.

He's no lightweight, the board is a piece of crap and he treats it accordingly.

He keeps it permanently tied onto the a rack on his ute with just one occy and keeps it parked on the street.

All that said, he gets wave after wave and I make sure I don't go anywhere near him because I know he'll always out paddle me. He runs up to the snotty end on every wave.

Sluggish turner. as expected.

I have a BIC pen atm, its a nice one

hi should check out the Classic Malibu range, new longboards and stand ups

towball said...

pffft SUPs are for big days

asea said...

i would have thought you'd use you're sup on the small days

pfffft - not this morning they weren't would not have been surfable on a mal, but great fun on a sup. TB you would have loved to have seen Lacey screaming around the place like a big grom' this morning, and ON A POPOUT

towball said...

pffft SUPs are for big days

asea said...

i would have thought you'd use you're sup on the small days

get back on topic

Same here. Have a mate who picked one up cheap at a garage sale. He swears by it. And reckons its bombproof and he treats it as such.

Yes, welcome Jason. It's a funnier room. We call it "The Bar", because it's the sort of conversations we would deliver at "A Pub". Also call it "The Long Room (Bar)", after the classiest bar at "The MCG", of the same name.