G'day all,

Newbie here!

I have read a lot of people suggesting boards to new SUP riders, but none seam to mention the Whopper.

I am a new rider, 90kg, flat water/small wave interest, hopefully putting my young son on the board too.

Is there others out there doing the same on a Whopper??

Thanks!!!!!

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Stutho said...
[br]G'day all,

Newbie here!

I have read a lot of people suggesting boards to new SUP riders, but none seam to mention the Whopper.

I am a new rider, 90kg, flat water/small wave interest, hopefully putting my young son on the board too.

Is there others out there doing the same on a Whopper??

Thanks!!!!!

How young?

Here's a pic of my son and I on one. I'm 200# and my son's 35#. They're fun and stable boards in the waves with lots of rocker. OK for cruising around in flat water, but slow.

I am 100 kg's and I surfed a whopper for about 6 months (outgrew it after a while). I love the board it is so much fun to surf on, extremely easy and stable, turns really well for a board that size and is good for a few nose rides too!! The best thing about this board is the way it picks up waves it really gets up and starts planing super early and lets you get into waves you didn't think you were going to catch. I would definitely recommend this as a first surf sup for any bigger guy. It will do general flat water paddling duties but is not ideal for it. its a bit too wide and too much rocker

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DavidJohn said..

Stutho said...

G'day all,

Newbie here!

I have read a lot of people suggesting boards to new SUP riders, but none seam to mention the Whopper.

I am a new rider, 90kg, flat water/small wave interest, hopefully putting my young son on the board too.

Is there others out there doing the same on a Whopper??

Thanks!!!!!

How young?

My boy is 2 and a half going on 17. About 20 kgs wet. The hope was to get him on the board till he is old enough to stand up on it with me, then later get him on his own board fingers crossed.

what about this:



anybody seen one in the flesh?

Interesting....

Seems very wide in the tail?? Harder to use in the surf maybe??

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JacobMatan said..

I am 100 kg's and I surfed a whopper for about 6 months (outgrew it after a while). I love the board it is so much fun to surf on, extremely easy and stable, turns really well for a board that size and is good for a few nose rides too!! The best thing about this board is the way it picks up waves it really gets up and starts planing super early and lets you get into waves you didn't think you were going to catch. I would definitely recommend this as a first surf sup for any bigger guy. It will do general flat water paddling duties but is not ideal for it. its a bit too wide and too much rocker

Thanks for the info, what did you move to after the whopper??

yeah Stutho??
i Bought a whopper in 2012 for the exact same reasons you mentioned mate?.at the time i was around 105kgs, and had a little boy(3) and it was perfect for that?.i could use it to ride smaller waves by myself but also use it to have fun with my family on the flat stuff !
These days i,m around the 90kgs and my son is 5 and we still use the old whopper for family fun so i,d highly recommend it !
note- you will want another smaller board for riding waves once you get addicted though! ;-)

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Reddog74 said..

yeah Stutho??
i Bought a whopper in 2012 for the exact same reasons you mentioned mate?.at the time i was around 105kgs, and had a little boy(3) and it was perfect for that?.i could use it to ride smaller waves by myself but also use it to have fun with my family on the flat stuff !
These days i,m around the 90kgs and my son is 5 and we still use the old whopper for family fun so i,d highly recommend it !
note- you will want another smaller board for riding waves once you get addicted though! ;-)

Thanks Reddog! I am still considering my options, it's between the Whopper and the JP Fusion 10'8" at the moment. So hard to choose!

Hi stutho I moved down to a JP surf 9'2 which is a great board but I can't surf it in any conditions like I could the whopper ( choppy slop) I actually had a JP 10'2 fusion before I had the whopper, this was a great board when there was a bit of size in the waves but quite hard to turn and do cutbacks when it was small. I went to the whopper after the JP fusion and found it to be heaps more fun in the surf. I reckon the 10'8 JP might be a bit overkill