how's his aerial?! Good effort, i reckon

Why dont we get Greenie and Windy to put a sail on their SUP's and give us a review!!

looks awesome,

anyone know how much the kona 10'5" is?

cheers.

Wet Willy said...

So you need big juicy waves AND 1,650 bucks.

wetty your replies always get me grinning but a bit amount of adrenalin rush is priceless

i do it on the Starboard 12'6 SUP, no straps, you feel heaps free without them, once you drop into the wave your planning so the board becomes heaps manuverable, not like a 80 litre wave board or anything but heaps carvy like a longboard without a sail. cant do ariels on it though just little floaters so far, and when your out the back the water is still flat from no wind so you can do old school feelstyle tricks on it. the Starboard 9'8 looks like it would work excellent with a sail.

Hi Folks,

I bought a Kona MiniTanker (120l) at the end of last season and I've been amazed at it's light wind performance. 7-15 knots are no probs, and it grinds up wind very effectively in that wind range. At that wind range its basically you and surfers, kiters are sitting on the beach. Wave riding is much cruisier than on boards like an Evo 92, and so you need to plan your moves in advance a bit more. However, it goes down the line and cuts back in the same way as the littlies, just a fair bit slower, and as long as you can adjust to that its a lot of fun. Learning how to start when there's not enough wind to do a waterstart (very common) takes a bit of doing at first, but once you get moving its pretty straightforward. I recommend them. If you want to know more, check out the forum on www.kona-windsurfing.com/

Cheers, Jens