Check out this video of a guy from Wales riding the new Al Merrick SUP -its great!!!!
Hi, the board is a Surftech, here's the info on the Surftech site.
surftechsup.com/boards/channel-islands-9_7-caddi/
Chris Griffiths really rates this board, Chris has surfed loads of different boards this one goes well in all types of surf and is stable in chop as we live in windy Wales and size usually comes with windy Atlantic Low Pressures.
Cheers B
Really nice to watch, I've seen Chris surf before, he has great surf awareness.
by the way where was that break.
Hi Mick,
This point is in West Wales, there are a series of these class boulder points on this stretch of coast, they are extremely fickle and only break on bigger swells with right swell and wind direction. We first started surfing them in the 70' s after a couple of travelling Ozzies, Mick Nedved and Phil Easy, stumbled on the place at the right time when travelling through Wales on way back from Ireland on their World Trip.
Would be great to know where these guys are now?
Cheers, B
Hi Mick, you were on the right stretch of coast, we're driving up, its on today! Need to wear the 5 3 and booties, hope the sun comes out!
Chris tested another board yesterday, I will post the vid soon.
Cheers B.
Thought that was Guts in the video, truthfully the bloke could surf a door stylishly. The board is undoubtedly good and having a great surfer on it doesn't do it any harm.
Hats off! Well done.
I watched this a few days ago when posted, but forgot to comment / give credit!
I ived in North Wales for 6 months and got a few surfs in at The Church and Devil's Mouth(?). The impression I got was it was fairly fickle and never got any quality waves like in the vid. One of the funnest surfs I had was just around the corner from Colwyn Bay!
Hi Surf4Fun,
We're in South Wales on the Atlantic coast, Mid and North Wales get quality waves on the right conditions, you were at Hells Mouth which can Fire when its on.
Chris gets some of the 2012 boards for test this week so more vids and reviews to follow soon.
