Hi all, thinking of getting a mctavish 9'6 for my first sup.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this choice of board for a first timer.

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brown said..

Hi all, thinking of getting a mctavish 9'6 for my first sup.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this choice of board for a first timer.

Had one for a couple of years, they surf well but are not worth more than a $1000.00 in IMHO Demo, Demo and Demo they are not a first timers board

IMO - an awful board. Too flat and too floaty (corky). There are a couple down here in Tassie going cheap I think. If you weigh over 100kg and can get one new for way under a grand, then you may tolerate it BUT

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billboard said..

IMO - an awful board. Too flat and too floaty (corky). There are a couple down here in Tassie going cheap I think. If you weigh over 100kg and can get one new for way under a grand, then you may tolerate it BUT

Thanks Billboard. That's what I was really trying to say. Every time I write something I seem to get in trouble at the moment. Apparently I'm a bitter and twisted old man!!!! They're probably right.

IMO there a plenty of better used boards you could get for a first board option right here on the Buy n Sell.

Your'e absolutely right Mr Zeusman!! ( I had to get off 666 posts!!!)

Can't recall anyone ever saying anything good about this board

Well I rode the 9'0" for over 12 months and thought it was a pretty good all round surfboard in everything from knee high to double overhead. I preferred it as a quad. Don't have any experience with the bigger brothers sorry. It was probably about my 6th board though. I'm sure there are better first boards out there these days.

Where are you Mac? the holy name is being blasphemed by the unwashed

I hired a fairly McTavish about a year ago or so when I was in back in Perth visiting my family. It was some surf shop in Cottesloe, and there wasn't much of a choice of board. It was quite a small board.

For one thing, the handle was not at all close (like a foot off! bad sign!!) to the balance point so it was nasty to carry.

It was really unstable and hard to paddle. I didn't manage to catch a wave on it.

I ended up carrying back to the store and swapped it for some 11 foot dog of board (maybe a SouthPoint), that wasn't very good either, but was still much better than the McTavish.

Have had the 9 ft board for over 2 years. It is a bit battered after regular use but it is only cosmetic. Handle is definitely in the wrong place. Use it for waterman training, distance paddles & surf (eg. Terrigal Point to Darwin). Have used other boards & haven't found one yet that is so much better that would entice me to spend the extra money. I'm 76kgs & almost that in years and was told when thinking of purchasing that they were only for teenagers. For me it has been money well spent.

The 9 and the 9.6 are very different boards. Yes, they are both flat and corky for their size but the 9 is small enough to get away with the flatness cos you could throw it around a bit (still far from my fave board though)
The 9.6 & 10.0 Ms are two of the worst boards Ive ever surfed - only only only my my my opinion though.

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Leroy13 said...

billboard said..

IMO - an awful board. Too flat and too floaty (corky). There are a couple down here in Tassie going cheap I think. If you weigh over 100kg and can get one new for way under a grand, then you may tolerate it BUT

Thanks Billboard. That's what I was really trying to say. Every time I write something I seem to get in trouble at the moment. Apparently I'm a bitter and twisted old man!!!! They're probably right.

Hahaha I hear you mate. I'm past giving a shlt what people on here think about my opinions - they are only opinions based on what i know and see and not intended to influence others - just offer up an educated and usually unbiaised viewpoint.
Oh - and I'm never bitter - just a bit twisted.

Enough said, I bought the 10' McTavish as my first SUP and it was terrible. Tippy corky and just hard to handle. Traded it for a 10' Fanatic Allrounder and loved it. Stable ,easy to paddle and nice on the wave. Bob McTavish is a really good bloke but he needs to ditch his name off the Global Industries shocker.

I bought a10' mactavish for my first board - fantastic on a wave really fun to surf. Bloody tiring as a learner I was stuffed after 30-45min as wobbly and falling off whilst waiting for waves. I have bought a couple of bigger boards since and still enjoy getting the mactavish out in perfect 3-4' surf it is awesome.

In crapier surf or windy days I take out my other board - the queens birthday weekend had perfect surf and after about 15-20 waves each surf I was very happy camper.

I would not get the mactavish for your first board - you need to get paddling, balance transition onto wave sorted on an easier board then you will have much more fun on the mactavish. If you are under 90kg could be ok but over I would wait.

Good luck

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billboard said..

Leroy13 said...

billboard said..

IMO - an awful board. Too flat and too floaty (corky). There are a couple down here in Tassie going cheap I think. If you weigh over 100kg and can get one new for way under a grand, then you may tolerate it BUT

Thanks Billboard. That's what I was really trying to say. Every time I write something I seem to get in trouble at the moment. Apparently I'm a bitter and twisted old man!!!! They're probably right.

Hahaha I hear you mate. I'm past giving a shlt what people on here think about my opinions - they are only opinions based on what i know and see and not intended to influence others - just offer up an educated and usually unbiaised viewpoint.
Oh - and I'm never bitter - just a bit twisted.

Alleleujah BB

thanks for the advice, I don,t think I,,l get it. might just start with a second hand one first a see where I go from there.