2015 New Shark SUPs Racing Board Design

[supthecreek]

Roll one up and send it to supthecreek... he does excellent video reviews.....AND... he lives in "sharkville".... 

[PonoBill]

Actually, that looks pretty awesome, especially for an inflatable. All joking aside, I think it would be pretty interesting for the folks here on the zone to work with you on developing inflatable race boards and downwind boards. One of the reasons manufacturers give for focusing on boards no longer than 14 feet is the difficulty of traveling with them. I'd love to see a design for a 16 to 17 foot downwind or Race board.

You might want to contact Bill Foote. He is here on the standup zone and makes a hard board called the Maliko 14. It's a remarkable board for 14', but I wonder what a 16' inflatable with his design would be like. He knows how to make fast boards that work. His handle is  footemaui

[pdxmike]

That would be great to see you making an unlimited board.  It certainly would take away one big argument against them---too hard to travel with.  You could even have the situation where someone showed up at a race with an unlimited (inflatable) because he couldn't transport his shorter (hard) board. 


Also great advice to get some samples out for actual racers to test.  When you ask for comments about a board, and all we can see is a plan view, we're basically just able to comment on the colors and graphics.  Plus asking for comments while giving people just a top view makes it seem like the company might think that looks are all that matter. 


But at least with the race board, everyone can see the pointed shape, which is quite an advancement over typical inflatables.  It would be great to see views other than from the top also.

[seant319]

Nice looking shape - this looks superior compared to the other "race" inflatable shapes on the market not to mention I'm guessing the price would be 50% less than competitors. I would definitely want to try that thing especially in a 14' or unlimited as mentioned above.

[SharkSUP]

Wow, many juicy feedbacks! Now, I believe I come to the right place posting.
That is what I need.
We just need the feedback on the design not for using performance.
Our factory has been making those inflatables since 2009. Many brands have been made in our hands so no worry on this part.
We do need professional provide us with video and reviews for marketing, we will offer a free one of course.
We also need professionals to distribute our board.
Contact us at sales2@sharksups.com
 

[SharkSUP]

Another design White Color "Sailfish" was just made in Snow!
Share what do you think.
We will be sending out our free sample by end of this month!
For experienced user who love to write reviews and take videos and share with us.

[supthecreek]

That last pic looks great.... and snow... nice!

Much better to see the actual board.

[SaMoSUP]

What's the construction of the board? Double drop stitch? Also what's the max PSI and what kind of pump will the inflatable come with?

[supthecreek]

They have a website with more details and pics of the other boards. Click their banner... or this link
http://www.sharksups.com/

[HanaSurf]

On the website you can zoom in on the nose of this board. If it is firm enough to truly slice through chop it might be a great feature.  I don't care to race but one of these boards at 32inches to 34inches might be a great distance touring board.
 I see they are 12'8". I don't see why manufactuers don't build 13'4",split difference between 12'6 and 14' and call it happy,even with hard boards.