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toolate said..
can you recommend one?

If you are in Europe, the new Gong ones are hard to beat. They are grippy, light, and designed so that you clearly feel with your feet where you are. And quite cheap, 29 euros for the full pad. The best pads I have tried.

The drawback is that with their numerous cut outs they take longer to install than plain ones, and especially with boots they are so grippy that you can unglue the small bands sometimes that roll on themselves underfoot. But the cutouts definitely add a lot of grip compared to the older plain ones.

In the US, by their looks, the ones installed on the Infinity boards look similar.

Otherwise, I liked best the FCS dimple 3mm pad. Grippy, non abrasive, waterproof, but thin and dense so you have a very direct feel with the board. But they are not cheap.

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colas said..

toolate said..
can you recommend one?

If you are in Europe, the new Gong ones are hard to beat. They are grippy, light, and designed so that you clearly feel with your feet where you are. And quite cheap, 29 euros for the full pad. The best pads I have tried.

The drawback is that with their numerous cut outs they take longer to install than plain ones, and especially with boots they are so grippy that you can unglue the small bands sometimes that roll on themselves underfoot. But the cutouts definitely add a lot of grip compared to the older plain ones.

In the US, by their looks, the ones installed on the Infinity boards look similar.

Otherwise, I liked best the FCS dimple 3mm pad. Grippy, non abrasive, waterproof, but thin and dense so you have a very direct feel with the board. But they are not cheap.

THANKS Colas. I am in Hawaii Looks lik full pads are 49 Euros now

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benjl said..
Hey seajuice

my supertech in my opinion, feels a hell of a lot more stable for its volume than it suggests. Def a board that feels longer and more stable than the dims suggest. And def a lot more stable than another 8'2 x 105l
board I've had.
Im similar to toolate @70kg, I've got a sunover flash @93l but my 8'3 supertech @105l feels much more
comfortable all round. Had mine in 1.5xOH barrelling so far and the touch more volume just helps it get that bit earlier., love the flash but the pin tail sucks on anything but clean and not very windy waves as it's slow to take off. The supertech with the squash tail launched a lot earlier.

also a 32" wide board is a MASSIVE difference to his stungun around 29" let along his new supertech around 27".

i notice what you mean about the squash tail. easier to take off. Faster too. This board begs you to try stuff you are sure you can not make! An then make it. So stoked about the JL ST 7'10

How are you getting on with the balance now?
Did you end up buying a deck pad?

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benjl said..
How are you getting on with the balance now?
Did you end up buying a deck pad?

still using wax. Wish there was a wax for SUPs in Hawaii. Was told to try just the basecoat.
I di but a deck pad but holding off as that is semipermanent