After seeing a pic of some new JP pros for next year, i thought i'd have a look at their range.

Has anyone paddled the 7"4 X 31 wide body??

I kinda recall a vid of Keahi riding one at bells.

anyone got any info on it??

looks fun

Hi,

One of the hardest things for me to do is to make my mind up on a board with so many to choose from, however I was seriously look at the psh 8'6 wide ripper but have found it near impossible to find any left, which brings me to my second board i've been looking at the 8'2 wide body surf by jp.

Would like to know anyones thoughts on this board.

I mainly ride 2-4ft crumbly surf, I weigh approx 74kg, really just looking for a board that I can throw around a bit but still have ease of catching waves and isnt to much work paddling about.

I currently ride a psh 9'2aa but really now want something more shortboard like but not to short and small in volume if that makes sense, I would prefere a bit more stability and fun as opposed to something thats say 100-110 lts.

Anyones thoughts on this board if you have one or have demo'd one would be great, if you could include your weight and what conditions youve ridden it in that would be helpful also.

Many thanks

i surfed this board out the alley today. reasonably crowded.

what's really surprising is how easy it is to handle. paddling in the bumpy stuff is a piece of cake. paddling over foam is dead easy too which surprises me considering the nose width.

i planned to use this board in beach breaks but today has changed my mind. i can kick turn this board on a dime fast. so if a wave jumps up in front of me or some body falls off i'm on it in a flash and you can take off really late too

. i found i can comfortably weave through a crowd. if i miss a wave dodging traffic its easy to get out and away. i could see surfers were comfortable with my being there, well as much as possible for a standup paddler. i'm not one for getting in amongst it, but today you had to or no waves. i usually hang a bit wide inside then dash across when i see a inside 'grower'.

i do need to find some more go forward then what i'v got atm moment. turns anywhere thou and up and down surfing is there to be had

i ran into murry burton out there and saw him at the beach afterwards. he commented on the board having a really nice plane shape.

i asked him what i could do for some more go forward. he said swap the front fins to the back or get some bigger back fins- bigger than the existing front fins.

he showed me his short board setup yep- small front fins, bigger back fins- interesting .

i don't have bigger skeg fins but a mate lent me his dvs front skeg fins so i'll try it with big dvs fins all round and see how that goes


i will be on this board a lot because it handles so well in the water

cheers