Any comments regarding a choice between the above 2? Or other alternatives?
Is a naish GS rather than GT,
Saw the old topic
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/Review/Naish-1010-vs-Evo-109?page=1
but too old to resurrect
The Naish board is on special making it same price as the exocet.
Think I understand the logic in the grooves on the base, but if they were so good wouldn't all boards have them?
Will be first SUP purchase, borrowed / hired a few times, am confident in flat water, want to be able to have a play in (very) small waves, but also be able to travel some better distances. Am 85kgs, 6ft2in. Kids will probably want to join me now and again, aged 7-12, and also be good to keep up with them sailing their opimists, in light winds at least....
I'd be choosing the bigger board if you plan to paddle with kids.. and even the 10'10" might struggle.. You might also concider the slightly bigger Naish 11'2" Quest..
I think one reason that most other brands don't do the channel bottom thing is the cost and the tooling.. Oops that's two.. 
The 10'10 Nalu is a very stable board.and tracks well with the channels .
i would go the GT ,so much nicer in full gloss.and lighter to carry .
as DJ Said maybe have a look at the 11.2 as well .its a slightly bigger board .
both would be a excellent choice as a firsty,and kid carrier .
haven't ridden the 11.2 ,but they say it surfs quite good for a big board .
My first SUP board was a 10'10" GT Nalu.
It was a great platform for my tall fat self, 2 skinny kids, a small dog, and an esky being towed with a leggy.
Tracked straight, really stable. Took it out in bigger surf than it was ever designed for, and it behaved itself really well. Scared the crap out of a few people, I'm sure.
I miss it somedays, just for a muckaround with the kids in the creek.
Sold it because I improved somewhat, the kids got bigger, the dog got fatter and the esky was upsized.
Plus some boards have just gotta go to keep the boards in to boards out ratio on a level, and appease "she who must be obeyed".........
I can almost mirror Brenno's response. My first SUP was a Naish Nalu 10'10, though in the GS construction. Great board and I also paddled it with 2 kids on it and also my medium sized dog. At 200L volumes, no issue. It also surfed surprisingly well for the size/shape. I sold it to a friend after 4 years because I use my smaller Surf-oriented SUPs a lot more. As I understand it, the Nalu is still going strong.
