Hi Crew,

After a much anticipated wait, FANATIC and our dealers are super stoked to bring you the all new 2017 range.

Theres some sweet new sizes and constructions and paddles on offer.

Something for everyone you might say.


Enjoy and happy weekend.

www.fanatic.com/sup

I'm impressed by the effort that has gone into the product videos. Great to see the Falcon and Strike evolve rather than being replaced by something completely different as in days gone by. They both look particularly good this year IMO.

Wish every manufacturer had the interactive 3D view of their boards. Love it.

The 9x29 stylemaster looks to be a fun board.

www.fanatic.com/sup/composite-boards

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Area10 said...
I'm impressed by the effort that has gone into the product videos. Great to see the Falcon and Strike evolve rather than being replaced by something completely different as in days gone by. They both look particularly good this year IMO.

Yes little tweaks this year Area 10 rather than wholesale changes. A few minimal changes that seem to have made differences that are user friendly.

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JoffaDan said..
Wish every manufacturer had the interactive 3D view of their boards. Love it.

The 9x29 stylemaster looks to be a fun board.

YES! It looks fun!
I hope next year they introduce a 9x27 105 Lts :P

The style master 9"0 has been one of the most popular boards at our demos, so far.

Both style masters (9"0 and 10"0) are now available in PURE LIGHT, as well as LTD, so they not are an awesome fun shape but they won't hurt your pocket.

Make sure you have a try.

It has definitely reignited the stoke .

Why has the carbon inegra been dropped from the pro-wave?

They do look sweet

Just finished an awesome downwinder on my new 2017 14' Falcon! Couldnt be happier with the way it moves, so easy to push onto any bump and great in flat water too. Thanks FANATIC and SURF FX :)

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JBFletch said..
The style master 9"0 has been one of the most popular boards at our demos, so far.

Both style masters (9"0 and 10"0) are now available in PURE LIGHT, as well as LTD, so they not are an awesome fun shape but they won't hurt your pocket.

Make sure you have a try.

It has definitely reignited the stoke .

Had a spin on the 9' Style Master on the weekend......... It went unreal!

Pleased I got a Prowave while you could still get them in bigger sizes!

No more 9'6's?

Hi Chris,

The 9'6 was a big board and to be honest was not a huge seller for FANATIC.

The new PROWAVE's are focused on performance surfing in good quality waves and therefore we feel the new 9"2 should be enough board for the "bigger" rider.

If you liked the old 9"6 simply for the volume and stability, we do also have the new allwave 8"9 and stubby 8"8 that fill this size bracket perfectly.

Sorry its gone, but hopefully the above helps explain why.

Cheers

Josh
Fanatic Aus

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Serious?

Im 100kg and reckon it's perfect.

I want to ride a shortboard shape, even if its 9'6, so will not be looking at a stubby or allwave.

Probably would get something from a competing brand like a naish or starboard or JP if you guys don't cater for big units like me.

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Chris_M said..
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Serious?

Im 100kg and reckon it's perfect.

I want to ride a shortboard shape, even if its 9'6, so will not be looking at a stubby or allwave.

Probably would get something from a competing brand like a naish or starboard or JP if you guys don't cater for big units like me.

Not to take away from Fanatic boards or anything, they are nice, and I have been a Fanatic proponent for many years..... only now they only cater for greyhounds in their prowave line which sucks!

shouldn't this be in the "board talk and reviews" section? The breeze can be quite confusing sometimes

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Chris_M said..

Chris_M said..
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Serious?

Im 100kg and reckon it's perfect.

I want to ride a shortboard shape, even if its 9'6, so will not be looking at a stubby or allwave.

Probably would get something from a competing brand like a naish or starboard or JP if you guys don't cater for big units like me.

Not to take away from Fanatic boards or anything, they are nice, and I have been a Fanatic proponent for many years..... only now they only cater for greyhounds in their prowave line which sucks!

Hi Chris,Sorry to hear the new range doesn't suit your size or desired style of board.Its a tough game and with changing trends, its hard to make something that suits everybody.If you can PM me with some feedback i would happily pass it onto FANATIC."Realworld" R+D is so valuable, so hopefully you take me up on the offer.Happy surfing.

cheersJosh

^^^ Done, cheers

Get back at me if there are any other things you specifically want me to comment on

What do you guys think about the new Ray?

www.fanatic.com/sup/composite-boards/touring/ray

I've been testing last years Falcon's (26.75" wide versions), both 14' and 12'6"..and recently did a 9.5km race on a 12'6"Falcon...on quite choppy waters, swam a few times but otherwise it went well

I'd like to get into some downwinding (too). Currently own a Fanatic Allwave 8'9" for surf (and still do some flatwater with to too). The problem is as the SUP boards are quite expensive, wife and kids aren't too pleased about the idea of buying a Falcon. After testing it, they found a bit too wobbly / hard to manage.

On the other hand while I briefly tested the new Ray (27.5" wide version), I guess that board will go as a nice family board too. It's much more stable than the Falcon, even suprisingly so, and still seemed to work pretty well even as a race board (there was a friend of mine paddling Ray on the same race and she did pretty well on it).

So the question is: how would the Ray do in choppy waters and moderate downwind? (say 0.5m -1m windswell and around 10-15m/s wind, that's about 20-35mph I guess). I am not sure how much I'd do organised downwind but where I paddle (Helsinki, Finland, Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland) there's almost always some chop/wind. And paddling the small/wide 8'9" board on longer distances gets boring eventually! So, I need another touring/longer distances board anyway in the near future. Not necessarily that much into racing but I like to keep some pace when paddling, just for the training aspect. And I often do up/downwind paddles just for the hell of it Also, the idea was that on casual tours with my wife I can paddle the Allway and she'd do nicely on the Ray.

My stats: 184cm, 83 kg, 43 years old, relatively fit.

The only thing I am concerned is - would the "piercing" nose on the Ray dive too much in the (short period) windswell? I've got good deals on Fanatic boards - that's why the comparison between Falcon and Ray (EDIT: Wider 14' Falcon, 28.75" might be one option too?)

I with you on this one Chris , I am all over my allwave 9'5 and at 104 kg and 6'3 wanted to go pro wave but wanted something in the 130 ltr mark looks like it's going to be a Sunova or a starby now allthough naish seem to have listened to the punters and built a bit stronger this year but I still think Sunova or starboard for my next step in sup surf. What I have noticed with the brands is they build for team riders ( makes sense) but fanatic has small guys not big lumps hence small boards I do love the new stylemaster though it will be my new 10ft for the growing 10ft comps up here