New Online SUP Board Review Site!

This one’s pretty great, and you can find it here: CyberSUP – Online Stand Up Paddle Surfing .  So far, Casso (the site’s owner operator) has only reviewed about 10 boards, but they are quality, indepth reviews.  I’ve appended one below, but you really should go have a look at the site itself.  He also reviews paddles.  And has a how-to on suction cupping a camera to the nose of your board.  Anyway, here’s his review of the PSH 10’6" All Arounder.  I’m only going to feature a little bit of it, because I really want you to go have a look at his site. 

A few days ago I took a near new (two surfs old) PSH 10’6” All Rounder for a few waves to see how it went. It was a demo board from Andrew at Balmoral Boards.
One word: Versatile.
The board is: 10’6” x 28 3/8” x 4 5/8”.
The PSH 10’6” is a nice looking board, clean lines, a semi rounded nose and nice tapered rocker at the nose and tail. If you’ve seen one of these boards in a photo, taken front on to the surfer, it looks impressive – same as when you pick it up from the nose and look at it down the stringer. The boxy rails add volume to the sides which can be difficult for a lighter surfer to bury the rail during a carving turn but, on the flipside, it creates more stability and a nice flat deck for comfort and control. This board was set up as a 2+1 with a nice timber centre fin with a little cutaway near the tip for that bit of extra flex.
I’ve ridden the PSH 10’ All Rounder recently and this board is very similar – just a bit more stable and a better paddler yet the 10’6” is almost as loose and manoeuvrable. I thought the 10’ PSH was a great all rounder – the 10’6” is even better – one might say: a real quiver killer.
I went out at Collaroy (on Sydney’s Northern Beaches) with 2 to 3 foot of swell running and an increasing onshore breeze. They were quite fat little waves, fairly long rides and there was a bit of chop around to make things tricky.

One thought on “New Online SUP Board Review Site!

  1. I really like Casso’s in depth reviews. even though he’s a better surfer than I’m ever likely to be, the fact that he covers the different aspects of each board in much the same way make me feel like I have a decent idea of what the board might feel like for me.

    He’s got some fun vids to watch too.

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