Well not entirely free.....had to buy a new sup (sunova speed 9'5) .....and 3 to 4 months delivery time for us kiwis so better not hold my breath till it gets here

Congrats! Calling thongs 'jandals' on an Aussie forum may come with repercussions though...

Sunova is conservative on delivery time..... I am betting you get it much sooner ;-)

You are going to be so frickin happy you made this choice!

I just made a 9'5 review.... I'll post it here... just for the Grizzly dude

Okay thanks....gotta keep the Grizzly happy

Make sure you post up a comprehensive review on how the jandals go.....

okay will do......and maybe a separate review for thongs? :)

oh man what a good choice…the Speeed will be so well suited to Makorori Point. Has a sweet rocker just perfect for the waves.

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supthecreek said..
Sunova is conservative on delivery time..... I am betting you get it much sooner ;-)

You are going to be so frickin happy you made this choice!

I just made a 9'5 review.... I'll post it here... just for the Grizzly dude

Look forward to that STC am looking at these guys as well.

ET.

Are you supposed to wear the thong while you paddle the SUP?

I guess it would help clear out the lineup a bit eh?

Okay will stay with the jandals reference thing......am never quite sure what part of the body is involved when the aussies do their "thong thing"
Sup The Creek's speed review got shifted to the board review section

Do Sunovas come with free thongs. I just had a blow out in my double pluggers. This could be a deal clincher.

apparently so.....but maybe someone has a pic of the bonus item?

They use deck grip pattern from boards as the sole, pretty cool

Oh wow.....nice little marketing ploy

It could've been much worse with Gizzie modelling a Sunova 'Thong' (G string) . Much prefer the photo of the Jandals/ Sandals/ Bongers/ and incredible board

Mate....
where can I get some?! (Of the actual jandies I mean)
there's No clothing accessories on the Sunnova website that I can find...

I'm sure the deck grip will show up the dirt like no bodiEs business, but what the hell - I just like the idea!

hb

I have actually spent a fair bit of time in a male G-string at the beach lately...... but I cannot figure out for the life of me, what is that pouch at the back supposed to be for?

It's storage for when you crap yourself when the wave is too heavy...

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HBsups said..
Mate....
where can I get some?! (Of the actual jandies I mean)


hb

Over by Gizzie's chully bun?

jandals, sandals, flipflops ahah we all learn... THONGS then. Even tho where I come from these are worn on a slightly higher body part, centred and (for me) mostly on the other gender... If you are an Aussie which is most likely let your brain hereby replace FlipFlop or sandals be automatically replaced by THONGS

Here we go. Lets just say we are in BETA testing mode. The idea first.

The idea was: 3 things combined : Lifestyle | Style | Life (with less waste)

1) LIFESTYLE:
We live on the beach. We wear shorts and FlipFlops (and no shirts if possible). Yes also to work and making the boards! So FlipFlops are a key part of our lives.

2) STYLE:
We all surf and the space beneath our feet are pads. And they feel good. Not much more to say about that.

3) LIFE (with less waste):
We are manufacturing our boards in The Board Factory Co., Ltd., which we run ourselves and therefore we obviously see a lot of things that are just wasted every day. At the same time we order some things in other factories and we of course see the same waste also there.

So when we combine those 3 the idea is simple.

We need FlipFlops and we are proud of our brand and we like them just like everyone just that little bit different than the ones available everywhere.

So we take and collect the left over cut material from our boards and board bags and provide those to make the FlipFlops.

The results is an almost CUSTOM MADE shoe that uses:
- our cut offs from the deck pads of the SUPS and the back pads of the surfboards
- in inside are from the off cuts of the kick tails
- the straps are the off cuts of our CUSTOM board bags which basically come in ANY fabric we can print

Below are a few pics of the first Custom Shoes.

And just to say it as i can hear it already. This idea is STUPIDLY expensive and in absolutely EVERY way it could be for manufacturing completely “UN-EFFICIENT”. Thats why it took a great amount of convincing (over even more amounts of late night beers) with the manufacturer to really actually make them. Trust me they hate to make shoes that they cannot make millions and waste even more material that don’t want to be used….
Well. Its isn’t saving the world, but everything counts.
Any idea what to use the old beer bottles for let us know…

Thanx, Tino

Nice, do they come with every new board then

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flowmaster said...
Nice, do they come with every new board then

Haha. Yes I forgot to answer that. No they don't come with each board. Pretty sure there are some people who not like them. Maybe

Hey Tino

I've bought 3 Sunova's this year. Does that qualify me for a free pair?

Tino

you have to at least send some to STC - the man who sold a thousand boards!
dunno if they wear thongs in the US tho.....
HB

ha ha ha.... Martin (Tino) is hand delivering my pair of thongs/jandles thingies on Wednesday.
He is coming to America!
He asked me to make a Sunova run with him down the East Coast... so I am loading up tonight, and heading to New York to meet up with him!

We'll be driving together for over 4,000 km.... so my Jandles will get a workout. Review to follow

I am very stoked to spend time with Martin and meet some of the Forum crew along the way.
PM me if you are on the US East Coast and want to meet up!

Popular USA for thongs/jangles/flip-flops/go-aheads/slippas(in Hawaii)/sandals,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "slaps".

Actually a shortened version of a name (non-politically correct) given to the cheapest kind you could get (all rubber), soon after WWII.

Jandal Bells Jandal Bells Jandal all the way........................Oh what fun it is to SUP.......................

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HumanCartoon said..

HBsups said..
Mate....
where can I get some?! (Of the actual jandies I mean)


hb

Over by Gizzie's chully bun?

Nah........am just a want to be once upon a day in the future flip flop flap flop thong thing prospective owner.......NZ is way out on the fringes of board delivery territory

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GizzieNZ said..

HumanCartoon said..

HBsups said..
Mate....
where can I get some?! (Of the actual jandies I mean)


hb

Over by Gizzie's chully bun?

Nah........am just a want to be once upon a day in the future flip flop flap flop thong thing prospective owner.......NZ is way out on the fringes of board delivery territory

Fingers crossed Gizzie - my board turned up a bit quicker than they said....

More importantly (in my eyes) how is the speed

Got my thongs