Hi guys. This is my first post. Ive been reading this forum for about three months because Im new to SUP. Ive never surfed before. Im 45, 6'2" and 120kgs. I got into SUP because my wife went to our local SUP hire place with her girlfriends one day and got addicted. She came home raving about it to me and dragged me along the next day. The hire place didnt really pay much attention to me and gve me a board that just didnt suit my size and after an hour of flailing bout, I gave their board back and went home. The next day my wife was off boarding again and convinced me to have another go, only this time I went to the hire outfit across the road. They put me in a 12'6" SUP ATX board, gave me some basic instruction and left me to it. An hour later, I was as addicted to SUP as my wife had become. Two weeks and $250 in hire later, it dawned on me that I was going to have to buy my own board because the way I was going, Id pay one off in hire fees pretty soon. Thats when my research began. I live on the Gold Coast and eventually found my way into the Gulliver retail store in Burleigh Heads where I met Damien Gulliver. I told him what I wanted...14', flatwater board but hopefully one that I could go downwinding on eventually. I ended up bying the race sprint 14' x 28.5", 13 kg, Carbon/Bamboo construction. I also bought a 450gram carbon Switchblade paddle. Accordingly, I am a complete novice and anything I am about to tell you is based purely on m own experience, lack of knowledge and ignorance. However, since buying this board on the 18th January 2014, I have paddled the entire length of Currumbin, Tallebudgera, Terranora Creeks, the Cobaki Broadwater and every inland waterway from Tweed Heads to Nerang and I am totally addicted now to this sport and also to my board. I paddle religiously now every single day, regardless of wind and tide movement. Everyday on this board I learn something different about it, but mainly and most importantly, how to make it perform faster in varying conditions. The most important thing Ive learned about the board though is that its biggest strength is in its upwind performance. I regularly blitz other paddlers upwind on this board because the others are all on high nose boards that ar drastically affected by windage going upwind, whereas I simply move forward about fortyfive cm on the deck, burying the nose like a torpedo and the board just keeps tracking dead straight. Unfortunately though I havent had the opportunity to trial any other boards or brands which I would dearly love to so as to be able to make productive comparisons. I have also started moving out into downwind swells offshore but as Im still very much a novice paddler, I have yet to have as much success and enjoyment from the board as those fantastic posts and youtube clips show. Suffice it to say, I have yet to make any discoveries about the board's construction and build properties and performance characteristics as those pointed out to London in his post about his new Gulliver, (I was surprised by the veracity if some of the flack he copped). Anyhoo, feel free to email me for any other info and Good Luck!

I've read the old topics about Gulliver boards an dam looking for more recent info. Does anyone own or has demoed the all race ? I'm looking for a decent flat water sup, no racing or downwind involved.... Thanks in advance

Deano18 said..
I too am chasing recent info/reviews on gulliver boards. The only reviews I can find are from 3-4 years ago and I'm product has improved since then! Really like the specs and aesthetics on the allrounders but I live a LONG way from SEQ (3 hrs inand from Cairns) so getting the board back there if any issues arise will be an ordeal. I want to be absolutely certain of my purchase. What I will say is their customer service blows everyone else out of the water. Every phone call or email enquiry has been answered swiftly, and they are happy to chat for however long it takes to answer your questions. There website is also really well done. I would be really interested to know exactly where their boards are made. I know it's overseas but not sure where. I have a solid background in SUP, 182cm and 85 kgs and looking for a predominantly flat water board, with the flexibility for small surf when I venture south. Which board are you specifically looking at seanhogan? Hopefully someone on here has made a recent purchase and can assist......