The board to own for bigger guys who want to surf a SUB

By Makana Milotta Ranked #72 - Stand-Up Paddle May 17, 2010

First off, this board is for surfing chest to double head high waves. If you are primarily doing something else you want a different board. On bigger waves you want a gun and on smaller you want a longboard. On flat water you want a down winder. But if you are a bigger person and you want to aggressively surf reasonable sized waves on a SUB this is your board and nothing else really comes close.

Its counter intuitive, but if you are around 180+ lbs you want to buy the shorter 9'3. Its thicker so it actually displaces more water and that means it floats bigger people. the longer 9'6 is thinner and the one to go for if you are closer to 160 than 180.

I'm sitting at 210 lbs right now, bought this board when I was 200 lbs (gained muscle mass from paddling it. yeah!). On calm water and clean surf it is totally do-able if you are an intermediate 200 lbs paddler or a beginner 180 pounder. On choppy water you need a little more skill, but once you have it down you will never want to go back.

Pro Tip: This board loves a quad fin set up, look to buy a set of Controller (for smaller waves) or Gerry Lopez (for bigger waves) quad fins to go with it at some point. They make a huge difference over the stand fins.

Summary: If you weight between 180-225 lbs and want to surf a stand up board you buy this board in the 9'3 size and put some quad fins on it. It is the only option worth considering besides a custom board. If you weight less than 180 the 9'6 is a good choice but there are some other good choices out there to research.

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