Hi - thanks to advice on here I had narrowed my new board choice to a Fanatic Allwave but now that I have had an unexpected car bill there is no way I can afford a new board. So it is the second hand market for me and there's no Allwaves coming up where I am. There's a good number of Whoppers and Drives though.
My bias is for surfing but I am now seeing the benefits of just getting out on calm coastal water for fitness paddling too. So my thoughts on the two boards are:
Drive: better all rounder, good on flat water and can surf. As i am mainly surfing I'd like to hear views on how well they surf on smaller waist high waves that are pretty weak mostly. Keep on hearing they are tippy boards but I am guessing that is just lack of water time? I'.m thinking this board has more progression built into it rather than the Whopper?
Whopper: very stable, good in surf, quick to learn on but a dog on the flat. My main worry on the Whopper is is the calm coastal paddling....will it just zig zag and just be sooooo slow or not that bad really and bearable. Will after a few months surfing on it will I find the width limiting and be wanting a more streamlined board? I've also heard that being slow doesn't help on catching waves but surely that width helps? Is there too much rocker on it to get smaller weaker waves?
Advice welcome...lots of thoughts going through my mind as you can see
. I am 90 kg. Thanks in advance. (Oh...no dealers where I am to demo and only two or three SUP paddlers ride my beach break and they are on tiny surf SUPs)
