I've gotten into stand up surfing after a thoracic spine injury and a surgeon telling me I'll end up with permanent spinal damage from my short board riding. I want to try to get as much of the fun an manoeuvrability of a shortboard and have quickly down sized from 10'6 to 9'8 to 8'6.

I'm 180cm/84kg. I want something probably mid 7s and love the look of the deep minion. The JP slate seems like a similar idea... Are there other boards I should be looking at?

Thank you in advance

Gulliver vbox and starboard hypernut also great boards. The simmons/tommo style boards give you speed, stability and manoeuvrability in a short board.

Hi Kbomb

An on-going injury stopped my short boarding also several years ago.

Design and pricing of the above mentioned boards by MickMc is in for a shake up in the upcoming months.

The 2017 Hypernut range are available in a new construction from Mid August - early September with an RRP of $1799.

At 75kg I am currently dabbling on the 7'2 x 28 Hypernut and are stoked with new line option possibilities on these little nuggets. I usually ride boards in the 8'6 and above in the traditional surf design shape.

I have handled the new lay-up construction from Starboard named Starlite and was impressed with the boards overall and especially the finish of the non painted, resin infused innegra rails.

Having the Starlite more affordable construction option alongside the existing Carbon pro construction is a real win for the Hypernut and all of the Starboard Surf range.

Regards
Jack

Have a look at the Sunova Speeed. The 8'2" would be the one I guess. Parallel rails make for more stability so you can ride narrower. Sunova comes with a good price and good contruction levels.

Good luck with the search and hopefully you can test a few boards out!

I guess now you are ready for either a "Tomo" in the 7'6" range or a more traditional shape in the 8'0" one.

To the above advice I would add:
- A Tomo shape need to be shorter than your regular board, otherwise the nose will feel cumbersome. But this means less paddle speed. As other said, the good points are the stability and instant speed, and power in weak waves. In powerful waves they work, but you must commit yourself in turns and not be afraid of the accelerations.
- A traditional shape will paddle faster, and will be more nimble and controllable in the pocket, less need to move around the rear foot and prepare turns. Be careful to have a board with a comfortable width in the nose, or balance can become hell fast.

A 7'2" Tomo could be hyper fun, as long as you keep a longer board in your quiver.

Totally agree with Colas,

I have a 7'4" short SUP around 31" wide and a Tomo shaped 7'0" Naish Hokua.

In the mediterranean both work great and perfect, but a fortnight ago I went to France, Hossegor, and was very hard to catch big but fat waves. I lacked speed to catch them so had to position myself in tricky spots to catch the waves (not in the middle of prone surfers but close enough to the wall). Once on the wave the acceleration on powerful is mind-blowing. Almost too much for me and you have to move your feet to the rail to really engage it and not falling to the flats to early.

I need a narrower, longer board, but at my home I can only fit up to 7'6" or 7'8" boards at least.

What sort of waves are you giong to be riding it in? The short fat Tomo style boards work well in smaller, softer waves, but can get out of control in more powerful & larger stuff.

Whislt fun in the right conditions they can be quite wave & condition specific, and you'll find most people have one as part of a quiver, rather than an allrounder.

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Hi Kbomb

An on-going injury stopped my short boarding also several years ago.

Design and pricing of the above mentioned boards by MickMc is in for a shake up in the upcoming months.

The 2017 Hypernut range are available in a new construction from Mid August - early September with an RRP of $1799.

At 75kg I am currently dabbling on the 7'2 x 28 Hypernut and are stoked with new line option possibilities on these little nuggets. I usually ride boards in the 8'6 and above in the traditional surf design shape.

I have handled the new lay-up construction from Starboard named Starlite and was impressed with the boards overall and especially the finish of the non painted, resin infused innegra rails.

Having the Starlite more affordable construction option alongside the existing Carbon pro construction is a real win for the Hypernut and all of the Starboard Surf range.

Regards
Jack

Hey Jack what's the weight of the new starlite construction compared to the current ast/wood boards? Also, any news on the 2017 hypernut range? Will they be introducing any new sizes?

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What sort of waves are you giong to be riding it in? The short fat Tomo style boards work well in smaller, softer waves, but can get out of control in more powerful & larger stuff.

Whislt fun in the right conditions they can be quite wave & condition specific, and you'll find most people have one as part of a quiver, rather than an allrounder.

Hey Damo, I reckon you should have a go on a hypernut. The nut shape and pulled in tail gives good control on bigger waves, in fact they are great on something with a bit more juice while still great fun on the small to medium waves. They will however be more out of control if you have too much volume (same as any board really), and you need less volume in these shapes than on ordinary boards. I wouldn't want to hop on the Naish raptor on big waves though as it is very fat throughout.

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damo666 said..
What sort of waves are you giong to be riding it in? The short fat Tomo style boards work well in smaller, softer waves, but can get out of control in more powerful & larger stuff.

Whislt fun in the right conditions they can be quite wave & condition specific, and you'll find most people have one as part of a quiver, rather than an allrounder.

Hey Damo, I reckon you should have a go on a hypernut. The nut shape and pulled in tail gives good control on bigger waves, in fact they are great on something with a bit more juice while still great fun on the small to medium waves. They will however be more out of control if you have too much volume (same as any board really), and you need less volume in these shapes than on ordinary boards. I wouldn't want to hop on the Naish raptor on big waves though as it is very fat throughout.

100percent with you MickMc, on the kind of waves you described, I reckon that Nutshapes with zero flotation is enough to take off easy and stay in control carving or reentries. Plesase have a look on my own version of the nut shape. 7'27" 3.7" 83 liters to my 78kg.
Can be the norm in some times to come like have been the shorty for years now.

That is a really sweet looking board Kami. Wish you were my local shaper!

Hi Mick MC

No official weights on the Starlite Hypernuts yet. They are in production as we type I believe.

The starlight proto-type I was looking at was the 8'5 Pro I believe.

The 7'2 hyper nut in my vehicle is great company for my Naish 8'6 GTW, a nice two board quiver for now.

I have taken to the 10' class conversation on this forum and are waiting on a 2017 carbon 10' Nut with the low profile rails just to complicate my nice 2 board quiver that does not require racks at present.

Kami that board looks the goods

Hey Kbomb! Where are you located? I am 180cm and normally 88kg's and have a Minion 7'6" in brand new condition for sale due to knee injury!
You are more than welcome to trial it if you are in WA?

This is a 7'3" by 27.5 custom i had made by Luke Mckill in Merimbula a few months ago. Fun small wave board.

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Jacksboards said..

Hi Kbomb

An on-going injury stopped my short boarding also several years ago.

Design and pricing of the above mentioned boards by MickMc is in for a shake up in the upcoming months.

The 2017 Hypernut range are available in a new construction from Mid August - early September with an RRP of $1799.

At 75kg I am currently dabbling on the 7'2 x 28 Hypernut and are stoked with new line option possibilities on these little nuggets. I usually ride boards in the 8'6 and above in the traditional surf design shape.

I have handled the new lay-up construction from Starboard named Starlite and was impressed with the boards overall and especially the finish of the non painted, resin infused innegra rails.

Having the Starlite more affordable construction option alongside the existing Carbon pro construction is a real win for the Hypernut and all of the Starboard Surf range.

Regards
Jack

Hey Jack what's the weight of the new starlite construction compared to the current ast/wood boards? Also, any news on the 2017 hypernut range? Will they be introducing any new sizes?

G day guys. Have heard there may be a 9 foot hypernut in the 2017 range.Have put off buying a 8'6" as i have been burnt going to small in the past even though reviews state that they are very stable boards for bigger blokes. can anyone confirm the 9 foot hn and how do you think these boards will go at that size.Cheers for your input .mick.

Thanks for all the replies guys.
Been flat out with new twin boys, had put the new board on the back burner.
Do people think the Deep paddle pop shape has similar inherent preference for small stuff at the cost of fun in larger surf?

I'm not too worried about the leaning to smaller waves, as I have a more traditional (square tail, shortboard style shape) 8'6 that is fun a shoulder to 1.5 over head. I haven't been in bigger on it yet. It can be laborious when it drop to 2ft or less.

I'm in Sydney most the time, but do get it back home up the north coast, and the occasional trips down south of the gong. I'll be in France on the Mediterranean for a year in about 6 months time, so again the small stuff will be the order of the day.