For me, the long hot Summer has been a double-edged sword. It’s been great to be super busy getting new people into the sport but it’s also been a long time without much in the way of waves and wind.
While it’s novel at first, when you’ve been SUP’n for some time, you start to want more than glassy river paddles with friends, more than pottering along the coast glancing down at the fish and rocks below the surface. I am certainly one of those people who would like “more”, some more adrenaline, some more excitement, some more wind for my wind sport thirst or for my downwind habit, and some more waves, of course! So now the Autumnal change is bringing what I’ve been craving for all season, I feel very much ready for it. It’s been a long time coming. This issue we’ve got “more”; more options, inflatable wave SUP, Foiling surf SUP, serious new long boards, a very compact iSUP, a downwind iSUP, a rock’n’roll surf SUP, the ideal step-into the waves SUP and a HD tough iSUP. If like me you’re also looking for “more”, sit back, think of what space you’ve got in the garage and work out a good plan that will convince your partner, that you need “more” in your life, well just one more board…
On test new for 2019 we have Fanatic’s new Vector Net Technology (VNT) Allwave 8’9 - a proven shape in a great value but super tough spec, looking sharp. Red Paddle’s 8’10 Whip, is an iSUP designed to be ridden in the surf and slipped into your suit case, the premium iSUP brand’s refined newest shape. Even more refined is Red’s potentially-revolutionary Compact iSUP that packs down to half the size of a normal inflato. Also from the future we have arguably the most non-SUP looking board we’ve ever tested, the new JP Foil 7’0 Pro board – it looks more like a foiling kiteboard.
This story is from the Autumn 2018 edition of SUP International.
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