May be the new laird surfer 10'6 old one great but few issues in construction on old ones which apparently fixed now.

Sunova Speeed 9'5 would fit the bill if you want performance

What about 10ft Naish Nalu carbon LE ?

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/Review/New-for-Australia-only-Naish-Nalu-LE-10/

I have the sunova speed and its a acracker but imo its not going to fit the bill as the long board you are after.Sunova may well have the longboard you want and i can assure you quality and build are superb, i seriously rate the Deep longboards as well, I purchased the Atlantis Runaway 9.6 as a longboard and for its price its a great noserider and surfs pretty good but compared to my Sunova speed its lacking the magic.I purchased expecting that and im happy with both but must admit the Sunova brand is something else.

thanks for all the excellent responses. Much appreciated. I think I'm back to the Deep and Sunova, but I think the Deep Rhinochaser will end up the winner.

Cheers

Brenno said..
Hi Smash1,
I have a 10' x 29" rhinochaser and love it. I have F'd up on more
than one occasion and taken it out on bigger waves than expected. A style master board.
For those smaller days and point break stuff i have a 10' x 28.5" mal sup coming. I know i'm gonna love it, like all my deep boards.
Be the master of your own destiny.

Grazie Brenno. Now the task of chosing the colours!!

Cant go past the Naish Nalu LE 10' x 28.5" x4"
Best performance mal style i have ridden !!!!

bobajob said...

Brenno said..
Hi Smash1,
I have a 10' x 29" rhinochaser and love it. I have F'd up on more
than one occasion and taken it out on bigger waves than expected. A style master board.
For those smaller days and point break stuff i have a 10' x 28.5" mal sup coming. I know i'm gonna love it, like all my deep boards.
Be the master of your own destiny.

With the dimension so close on the rhinochaser and mal what else is the difference that you would have two boards of similar sizes?
The rhino chaser looks good and if it had a squash tail as opposed to the "fangs" would it not be a performance mal??

Chalk and cheese in a turn i reckon.
I'll let you know. Cause i can.

I had Greg Brown make me a mal-style board with a performance focus, though I asked for a lot of foam in the nose to be able to spend some time up there in the relatively flat waves we have around Torquay. It's 9'4"x27 3/4" and about 4 1/4" but the key is that it has really fine rails through the last 2-3feet of the tail and plenty of tail lift. When you get your weight back on the tail it goes like nothing I've ever ridden, accelerates through turns and really holds the rail like a surfboard. In smaller more hollow waves (like here in noosa lately) it's a challenge to make it hang on in the pocket because the nose (24" from memory) is so wide and the inside rail wants to go up the face while the outside rail is trying to bite into the trough.....bloody hard work but fun once you figure it out. Not that I have it at all figured out when you watch these young 'uns style their way all around the board up here.

I'd encourage you to go as narrow as you think you can and then a bit more, as the nose area compensates for stability and the narrow ,width gives you the rail to rail transition you need to surf if properly. I find the larger boards are too wide to push hard. Also consider going under 10' - mine catches anything that moves and it's a lot less swing weight for turning. I'm around 87kg too.

good luck