Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..

[Bean]

Great stuff OS!

[Subber]

Finally, someone has proved stability isn't all about volume!
 

[mrbig]

Looks like an unfinished Nash Raptor..

[SUPcheat]

If you stabilize it with ice and a few cases of beer, the rails won't catch as much.

Next challenge: downwind it with a door and the handle closed.

[Subber]

You're gonna need a bigger.....refrigerator.
 

[Zooport]

It's been over 120 days (or so the warning when I posted this tells me) since I last posted a vid on the "Will it SUP?" thread, and my kids have been egging me on to find something new to paddle, and so whilst on the beach this weekend, a refrigerator / fridge was spotted... or at least the remains of one.

I reckon it was 225L, which is similar to a 12-6 x 28" x 5" race board.....but with higher rails, no rocker, and a sunken deck like the Starboard Ace.. but will it SUP?

You be the judge...

Off-Shore you must have some really trashy beaches.  I have never seen so much garbage and junk.  The perfect testing grounds for the "Will it SUP" series.

[Off-Shore]

Yep. Beer and Ice as ballast would have made it a lot more stable....

On the trash on the beaches, Hong Kong has around 40 public managed beaches. Most have shark nets and trash is collected and removed daily. There are probably 300 more beaches if you count all the ones of the surrounding islands that are not managed like this one and which are only accessible by boat or walking track. These rely on volunteers to clean up or are cleaned once or twice a year by the authorities. In the Summer most of prevailing winds are Southerly and this particular beach is south facing and collects an unusual amount of trash.. 

[SeaMe]

It's been over 120 days (or so the warning when I posted this tells me) since I last posted a vid on the "Will it SUP?" thread, and my kids have been egging me on to find something new to paddle, and so whilst on the beach this weekend, a refrigerator / fridge was spotted... or at least the remains of one.

I reckon it was 225L, which is similar to a 12-6 x 28" x 5" race board.....but with higher rails, no rocker, and a sunken deck like the Starboard Ace.. but will it SUP?

You be the judge...

Ewww... I hope your tetanus shot is up-to-datev

[Off-Shore]

Ewww... I hope your tetanus shot is up-to-datev

First thing I checked when I got back home. Had my last booster a year ago so all good. We kept all the kids well away as there were some nasty sharp rusty edges.

Looking at the footage when I got home that night and all that green water pouring over my hand I did have to think hard about whether or not I had washed them before the lunch we had later that day though... We had chicken drumsticks from a BBQ... I ate them with my hands.. I did go for a swim though beforehand so hopefully that did the trick..

[FeralInBaja]

Hahahaha! Badger!!! that video of Connor Baxter on the Starboard trade show hunk of foam looks like me learning to balance in chop. I thought I had that one move patented! I started SUP'ing in the end of July or actually early August because my terrible back wouldn't let me surf normal boards anymore. The only time I actually tweaked my back SUP'ing was doing that wiggle. After that I said "To heck with it, just fall if I'm that far over!" Hahaha! Thanks for the yuks.
Feral

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