Select to expand quotethePup said..asea said..
only need 2 longboards 1xhp 1x 10fter
How many you got stashed away in the shed Prez 
Gone with the farm
Select to expand quoteSP said..McHenry said...thedrip said..McHenry said...
Thinking 7.3 to 7.6 eggy type shape. Do you guys think it will be good for beachies??
Thinking kind of a mct sumo type board.
Any other suggestions?
I bought a similar shape as the Sumo for East Coast beachies. Mine was 6'10" but it is fantastic. I have surfed it in knee high beachies up to triple head high reefs. It's versatility has amazed me. The fat nose paddles so well and the pintail turns surprisingly well. It was my first longboard shape - while acknowledging a 6'10" is a short mid-length.
Yeah it seems like its kind of what I want. Either McT Sumo, Tak Scorpion, those type of boards.
I went for a grovel the other day, surf was small fat and weak and a bloke on a 7ftish Tak out paddled me, out surfed me and looked like he was having a bucket load more fun then me in the sumo (6'8)
Having said that IMO the scorp and suno are 2 different boards the Tak is a shrunken lb good up to head highish I'd guess. Wider nose then the sumo and more of a cut down mal type board where the sumo looks to have bit more range. Sumo seemed more pulled in in the tail and not as wide overall.
For me the sumo is an all rounder type board and the sumo is a bit of a small wave fun board.
Id own either of them.
With the utmost of respect to SP, I would go for the Scorpion (after owning a 6'10" for a year, and regularly trying out a good mates 7' Sumo).
The Scorpion has much finer shortboard style rails and a quite refined foil. The Sumo is chunky in all aspects and is really just a nicer looking mini mal. It does not cope with the range of conditions that the Scorpion can.
Select to expand quotetowball said..Cobra said..laceys lane said..
Cobra said..
Ted the Kiwi said..
Is that a mid-length I see in there 
yep 7'6" Ted…. Ummm took that to indo 2 years ago.
cool. see it wasn't that hard. now its a even playing field-pup
7'6 - a proper midlength- none of this nancy boy 8 ft stuff
ps mate- what is a h board?
Oooo memories that label should read Queensland & New Zealand. probably should TB.
Select to expand quoteTed the Kiwi said..MickPC said..Ted the Kiwi said..
Yes but you have 25 plus years of surfing behind you - she was starting from scratch ! Big learning curve ahead for Rose - lets see how she goes ! She never goes out in anything bigger than about should high. This board should make life a lot easier - but also a lot harder
oOps I just bought the next size up, 8'5 x 29 Starboard Pro...I had a great offer on the boat & this board was on sale. Basically $200 trade
Wicked - did you go the full carbon option? How light are they? Stupid. Good luck on it - no more chair surfing though
LOL sadly no...I havn't got it yet, hoping to get it tomorrow. It isn't the carbon, they're like $2.5k, this one was 1/2 that...basically the same or similar construction as the Sunover. The carbon is 6.5kg, this one is meant to be 8.5 with the fins (pretty light)
Select to expand quotedamo666 said..SP said..McHenry said...thedrip said..McHenry said...
Thinking 7.3 to 7.6 eggy type shape. Do you guys think it will be good for beachies??
Thinking kind of a mct sumo type board.
Any other suggestions?
I bought a similar shape as the Sumo for East Coast beachies. Mine was 6'10" but it is fantastic. I have surfed it in knee high beachies up to triple head high reefs. It's versatility has amazed me. The fat nose paddles so well and the pintail turns surprisingly well. It was my first longboard shape - while acknowledging a 6'10" is a short mid-length.
Yeah it seems like its kind of what I want. Either McT Sumo, Tak Scorpion, those type of boards.
I went for a grovel the other day, surf was small fat and weak and a bloke on a 7ftish Tak out paddled me, out surfed me and looked like he was having a bucket load more fun then me in the sumo (6'8)
Having said that IMO the scorp and suno are 2 different boards the Tak is a shrunken lb good up to head highish I'd guess. Wider nose then the sumo and more of a cut down mal type board where the sumo looks to have bit more range. Sumo seemed more pulled in in the tail and not as wide overall.
For me the sumo is an all rounder type board and the sumo is a bit of a small wave fun board.
Id own either of them.
With the utmost of respect to SP, I would go for the Scorpion (after owning a 6'10" for a year, and regularly trying out a good mates 7' Sumo).
The Scorpion has much finer shortboard style rails and a quite refined foil. The Sumo is chunky in all aspects and is really just a nicer looking mini mal. It does not cope with the range of conditions that the Scorpion can.
Couldn't agree more. I owned a 6'8" Scorpion for a few years and briefly had a Sumo but sold it after 3 surfs.
The Scorpion could handle from 1-6' easily and it's name is apt.
The Sumo is also as the name suggests.
