A SUP school and shop in Portugal is advertising these as good performance SUP longboards. Intended as prone boards for heavier surfers, they say they're actually great for stand up. I like the shape and dimensions. 9'6 by 28 with 130 liters of volume. They're also made with that rock solid construction BIC uses. It's also really thin at 3.8. And VERY cheap, although there's no deck pad or handle. Thoughts?
sicmaui.com/global_sic/big-boy-9-6-rigid-thermoformed-108918
The construction, Ace-Tec, is basically a normal EPS+epoxy construction, wrapped in a plastic (ABS) sheet, that adds impact resistance... but also weight. There is no free lunch.
Thus a very good choice for schools.
But I would not call them "performance", because of the weight.
Select to expand quotesurgingsurf said..
A SUP school and shop in Portugal is advertising these as good performance SUP longboards. Intended as prone boards for heavier surfers, they say they're actually great for stand up. I like the shape and dimensions. 9'6 by 28 with 130 liters of volume. They're also made with that rock solid construction BIC uses. It's also really thin at 3.8. And VERY cheap, although there's no deck pad or handle. Thoughts?
sicmaui.com/global_sic/big-boy-9-6-rigid-thermoformed-108918
Have got connected to a few crew that ride them around the world and and nothin but overall praise for what they offer for the price.
If you are based in australia you can get them from Tahe Boardstore.
taheboardstore.com.au/96-classic-big-boy-surfboard/
