Thinking about a Badfish MCIT for a stable river board. Key word being stable.
Thoughts?
This could be a good option for you. The Czar will be out this winter. awesome stable board.
New Stand up Paddleboard by NRS. Coming spring 2013!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06tsWdXWeXg#)
Aaron
Quote from: Pivot on December 08, 2012, 08:52:11 PM
Thinking about a Badfish MCIT for a stable river board. Key word being stable.
Thoughts?
Hey Pivot. You probably already can guess my take on the MCIT ;) but feel free to reach out with an email mike@badfishsup.com if I can answer any questions about our board. Thanks! Some good footage of the MCIT in this video:
https://vimeo.com/46634519 (https://vimeo.com/46634519)
I must say I'm very tempted by an MCIT but I can't find the 11'6 in the UK. :(
The CZAR looks good but, just adding thickness won't necessarily add primary or secondary stability.
There really is nothing out there like the MCIT as far as I can find....
Saying that, Corran Addisons new inflattable option is pretty unique and looks very interesting..
Not sure about the 11'6 in the UK...did you check with Daniel surf? http://danielsurf.com/ (http://danielsurf.com/)
Thanks!
I find my Badfish MCIT 9'0" has much greater side to side stability than my 31" wide Stride Airlite HD 10'6" and than my 30" wide C4 Sub Vector 9'3". My Airlite HD will better support a larger rider (290lb up to at least 340lb). The 10'6" or 11'6" MCIT will obviously support larger riders than the 9'0" MCIT. One of the folks I occasionally paddle with has the 11'6" and got it after trying my MCIT 9'0" and my Airlite HD. The MCIT 11'6" has greater side to side stability than my Airlite HD for larger riders.
You will probably have wet feet with the MCIT because any water that gets on the center deck air chamber doesn't necessarily all run off. That doesn't happen to matter to me because I'm generally doing things that get new water on the deck all the time (running whitewater, taking a 96lb dog with me, messing about with balance limits, etc.).
Besides the flat water side to side stability, I find crossing current lines with the Badfish MCIT 9'0" much, much easier than with either my C4 or my Airlite HD.
I'm 5'4" 145lb. Other happy users of my MCIT 9'0" in whitewater have been 5'7" to 6' and 150-195lb.
stoked you like the board.
The biggest factor in keeping your feet dry is to make sure the board is pumped to recommended PSI. If I pump my 10'6 to 14psi (I am 190lbs) I stay dry. Also paddling the board slightly aft in flatwater helps too.
The 9'0 is a pretty small board. I can paddle it, but I find at my weight that I am better off on the 10'6. It does surf the best though. I have seen people up to 230 paddle the 10'6 and be happy and have heard reports of larger paddlers liking the 10'6. I like the 11'6 when I am most interested in glide.
Thanks!
Quote from: Badfish on December 10, 2012, 08:15:03 PM
Not sure about the 11'6 in the UK...did you check with Daniel surf? http://danielsurf.com/ (http://danielsurf.com/)
Thanks!
Not spoke to Danielsurf since the summer.. I was there, to pic up my MVP and they did have the 10'6...
DanielSurf do have the biggest range of SUPs in stock.. Bigger than anywhere I have seen in the UK :)
I'm looking for a multi day tripper, to do the full length of some Scottish rivers like The Tay and The Spey..
I have got my name on one of the first Jackson Superchargers coming in January! Looks Sooo interesting and much lighter than the Rapidfire... I'm sure it will not perform as well as my MVP but it will bounce off rocks better.