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Gear Talk / New (to me) board!

« on: May 22, 2011, 06:36:14 AM »

I picked up a 14' PauHana flatwater board form Bill over at Shaka here in Chicago!  Totally stoked about the board and can't wait to get out more frequently.

Dan

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Gear Talk / What the biggest difference between the Bark 12'6"

« on: January 26, 2011, 06:00:51 PM »

surfteck with the kayak bow and the surfboard style nose?  I gotta imagine in smooth water the kayak style is faster, but is the surfboard style faster in downwinders?  I'm seeing both styles in race boards.  I'm drawn to the long race boards because I love the glide and hat the slap of a longboard nose in a chop.

Any insight?

Dan

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SUP General / Altering my browser to fit the zone?

« on: January 26, 2011, 08:26:04 AM »

I'm having a hard time viewing the right hand side of posts.  Zooming out still cuts off the right size AND is tougher to read.  Any hints?

Dan

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SUP General / Introduction and a couple questions

« on: January 26, 2011, 07:06:02 AM »

I've bee reading the forum for a while now, and just got my approval to post.  thanks.

As a brief intro, my name is Dan and I grew up in Encinitas (my parents still live there) and now live in the Chicago 'burbs.  I get down to Sanibel Island quite a bit as well since my in-laws live there for most of the year.  Anyhow, after growing up surfing and getting landlocked after college, I got into sailing to scratch the itch a bit.  Worked pretty good along with kayaking, but finally had a chance to do some standup down in Sanibel.  I love it!

Even better, my wife and daughter do too....

So I'm looking for a couple boards to go with the Kialoa paddle I got last Spring.  What I'm looking to do is mostly flatwater with the occasional small weak surf you see in the Gulf at times. 

I'm 220 and pretty fit and my wife is little at 125 or so.  We'd like to get a couple boards for the mostly flatwater we see at home on the Fox River near Chicago, lakes in Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, and flat water in Sanibel (and small waves there as well).  For my Encinitas fix, my dad "the Professor" at Swamis, has a bunch of boards--but no SUP's.  I'll have to demo some of Dave's boards down at Cardiff Reef when I'm out over President's day weekend.

After having rented a few boards, I'm thinking I'd like to get one longboard shape and one flatwater shape.  I've build a couple boats and thought I might try the CLC SUP.  Kinda hard to get two boards that are dialed in for both a 125#er and a 220#er.  I suppose floaty isn't too bad for my wife, but I couldn't really paddle a low volume board designed for her.  I'd like to have the longboard be a surfable all rounder that isn't painfully slow on flatwater and a 12'6 or 14' flatwater specific/possible downwinder.  I'm drawn to the kayak style bow for that board, but I'll have to demo some to know for sure.

Any favorites in either category?  Tough to demo anything in Chicago--and even SW Florida.  I tried the barge of a rotomoulded Yolo, the 11'+ BIC with the plastic skin, and an epoxy Starboard.  Not in love with any of them.  Any problems with a larger volume board for my wife?  Should I get a lower volume board for her and a larger volume board for me instead?

Thanks for all the collective wisdom/opinions of the forum! 

Dan