My New AllWave 8'10

[Zooport]

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to get together with Carl Cambilargiu, who made a special trip just to let me try his 8'10 AllWave demo board, and then was kind enough to sell it to me.  Holy cow!  What a great board!  

I was concerned that I would just fall off of the 8'10 being that is was almost a 2ft jump down in length from the beginner barge I was used to.  I started off tentatively, but I quickly realized that I could handle it and was instantly stoked.

My thanks to everyone who gave me advice.  Thanks especially to Carl for the help and the great deal.

-Mike

[jsprague-sup]

Congratulations Mike! 

Think you're gonna love that board!  Carl's a super nice guy, I'm glad he was able to hook you up.

What's your local surfing spot?  I'm usually in Hermosa if you want to meet up some time.

[Zooport]

Yeah, Carl is an awesome guy and a good resource for gear for us locals.  

I live in Newport, so I surf mainly at River Jetty, Newport Pier or HB off the Power Plant.  Sometimes I go down to San Onofre for the peaceful vibe.  I'm always scrounging for someone to go down to SanO with.  Have any interest in that?

Would be cool to get together.  A bit of a hike though.  

[Geoff C]

Nice work mike, you're gonna love it. 

[TomKat]

Congrats!

[Zooport]

Too late; I already love it.  I didn't know what a barge I was riding until it tried this board.  LOL.

[supthecreek]

Nice.... enjoy!!!

[Zooport]

Thanks, supthecreek!

[SaMoSUP]

Congrats WOTB! Got mine from Carl also. Still loving and learning new things on my AW 8'10 even after a few months. I SUS by GoldenWest in HB sometimes when my dog let's me.

[OCsurf]

I went a very similar route as you in my board progression.  I started out on a 10-6 barge and stepped down to an 8-10 Blair in just a few months.  I live in Costa Mesa and mostly surf at the inlet at Bolsa Chica.  I sometimes surf at San Onofre.  I used to prone surf a lot at the Newport Pier but it is so crowded there I have not taken my stand up board.

[RATbeachrider]

I'm glad that you contacted Carl and also for getting a great deal on the AW.  I rode Carl's 8'10 as a twinner and boy it was loose.

If you don't mind SUS'ing with a noobie, we can meet up and try San O during the week days.  I'm up in the South Bay and mostly SUS'ing at Torrance/RAT/Bluff Cove.  Shoot me a PM.

[Zooport]

I went a very similar route as you in my board progression.  I started out on a 10-6 barge and stepped down to an 8-10 Blair in just a few months.  I live in Costa Mesa and mostly surf at the inlet at Bolsa Chica.  I sometimes surf at San Onofre.  I used to prone surf a lot at the Newport Pier but it is so crowded there I have not taken my stand up board.

Oh man, you are not kidding about it being crowded in Zooport, I mean Newport.  I've yet to try the Bolsa Chica inlet, but it seems to be the hot spot for SUP surfing.  Gonna get over there sometime soon, it's just so easy to go out closer to my house that I'm too lazy to make the extra 15 minute drive.  Wow, you really did follow a similar path; I started on a 10'6 barge and went to an 8'10 too.  I fall over a little more often, but I love the board. 

[S3Dsup]

And another stoked new allwave owner here.  Had been looking around for one to demo since August with no luck,  but thanks to this post by WOTB was able to connect with Carl Cambilargiu for a demo meetup at Bolsa inlet. Was moving down from a 10'3" starter board and really wanted to check first - drove away with a new 8'11" after a fantastic session.  Carl was super helpful - wish I'd found his website sooner! 
(stokedsup.com).