Hi all,
I've been surf SUPPING lately and really enjoying it. I'm about to purchase a smaller SUP board (currently 132L), but would like to start foiling later in the year when more wind than good waves (I'm at Ocean Grove, Vic, Australia). About to get a 106litre SUP (I'm 95kg and tried 112L last weekend and went well), but then realised there are hybrid SUPs that have a mount for a foil.
Are these any good?
Worth chasing one with my 'plans' in mind, or are they are compromise for both uses (surf SUP and wind foil) and just get the SUP that I want and get another board later purely for foiling?
I surf a shortboard mostly, so maybe I could start on a smaller board to wing foil with. Dunno. Help...!
Go with a dedicated Wing board if you are not going to SUP foil. Surf SUP/wing boards are no good for either discipline.
Most people would probably say that the fixed mount / tuttle / deep tuttle is not good, you need a double US box and a long one so that you can move the foil up and down the box - and that is usually why the hybrids are a poor jack of all trades and usually master at none
I learnt to wing on a Naish cross over 120l board (7'4 I think). I had it originally as a sup and wind foil board. As a surf SUP it was good (I am not a good surfer), adequate as a wind foil board, I never tried it SUP foiling. As a wing board it was ok, being a longer board it seemed to give nice gradual take off, but pumping was hard work, trimming the board in higher winds was hard and turning felt slow. Long story short it worked fine to get me into the sport as I had the board handy, but I would not recommended buying one unless you are set on having one board for all.
The crossover boards work fine, I use one to wing. If you have the ability to get two boards, they'll each work better for their intended use.
Thanks for your help everybody. I've just got the dedicated SUP, will save up for the foiling gear. Starting with a wind wing
