Hi Shi i have both boards ..... I like the way they both surf ..... There both super tough as well and I'm harsh on em ..

I'm selling my HN but only because it gives my shoulders a work out ..

Also i like the wave count on the Speed it catches any thing.. & still rips hard and loose .. flys through sections and rails are thin as

The smaller HN s u need to be in closer to surfers I've found ..

Hope that helps

id say depends on what waves you surf.
I have tried the hypernut, smallish. look it rocks, but it is hard work and you need to be in and on the section, and cos it doesnt paddle very fast you cant be moving around to get onto a wave, its for waves that are sik and always break in one spot. i.e. down south reef breaks, or trigg point thru summer if it werent for the 1000 groms you will need to get around. Get it on the wave but and it is like a shortboard and super fast.
I would love a hypernut, they look sik and to be able to ride and fit a 6'10 or 7'2 in the car woudl be great, but have come to the reality they are not really a 1 board quiver for perth. could have fun at the beachies on it some days, or big days at say mettams or cott when really on (say 5 times a year) will get a run or down south trips or up north, but generally no.

I have not tried the speed but it seems that it paddles well, generates speed even on smaller or fatter waves to make the sections, plus the pulled in tail and narrowness allows it to handle larger succier waves. i think it is a different beast altogether. BUT havent tried. got to try n get a demo to see if it does what "they say"

Im interested in teh speeed, but also like the traditional shapes of the starboard pro's as allround boards.
have you tried something like a SB pro or smik ?

I must say boards fully depend on where you surf as a majority.
If i lived back in gero again id ride a totally different board to what i ride in perth. If i lived down south different again...
oh to have waves like that brazil vid i just watched...

Hi Shi,
Just landed - 2017 Starboard Hypernuts in the NEW STARLITE construction. Its a carbon innegra railed board priced at $1799. There's an 8'6" Demo in store with your name on it. Also a new 9'0" x 31.5" addition to the Hypernut range for the big fellas.
Stand Up Paddle Sports - Osborne Park.

I SUP'd the Sunova Speeed and Flow in Maui last week. Throwing a spanner in the works, I'd go the Flow everytime, just an all round better choice for a "one board only" option.

Have to say I was very impressed with the quality of the Sunova.

I cannot comment on the SB Hypernut but I have spent some time on both SUNOVA's.
I normally ride the Speed 8'8 or 8'10 (depending on what I can get my hands on) but recently spent some time on the 8'7 Flow.
I am starting to really warm to the Flow and it is becoming clearer to me where these two boards sit.

The Flow with its curvier outline is more playful off the tail and can be turned with your back foot further from the tail. It is a really fun board in small waves and you want a 'short board feel'. I am yet to try it over shoulder high.
Coming from the Speed it takes a bit more effort to get it to paddle straight and catch waves. It will however be an easy transition if you are already coming from a traditional board outline.

The Speeed with its straighter entry and mid section catches anything and drives out of the turn like no other board I have tried. It is however more 'locked in' to the turn and takes a more conscious effort to step a bit further back to unlock it and free it up.
This boards literally 'squirts' out of turns. It is a little bit like carving a snowboard properly, you can exit the turn just as fast as you went into it. It is it is 'on rails'.
The straight rail entry does catch sometime when paddling in chop but the overall feeling is that it paddles straighter and easier than most boards its size.

My assessment so far these two boards:
Speed - great for the lazy, not so regular surfer who wants a board that catches anything and drives down the line. No effort to paddle. Step further back to loosen it up.
Flow - suits the more traditional surfer who is out there more regularly and loves the more playful feel of a board with a curvier outline and doesn't need the 'special juice' that the Speed has to offer.

exiled said..

Stand Up said..
Hi Shi,
Just landed - 2017 Starboard Hypernuts in the NEW STARLITE construction. Its a carbon innegra railed board priced at $1799. There's an 8'6" Demo in store with your name on it. Also a new 9'0" x 31.5" addition to the Hypernut range for the big fellas.
Stand Up Paddle Sports - Osborne Park.

Pics!

No pics for a couple more weeks.

one more thing house I found the nut harder to paddle back out then the speed didn't punch through waves as easy and didn't paddle as straight

Hi shi, go the 8" 6 hypernut 2017 , I have seen one , and ordered the new wood version. They have changed the shape for 2017 on the 8' 6 . Looks awesome, great build quality and finish Can't go wrong mate.!

Im 105KG and love the 8'6 HN , paddles a lot better than the other sizes and gets into waves early, I normally surf beach brakes and have not had a problem getting the HN out back. Its fast and turns on a dime. My previous board was a 8'8 Naish x32 which now sits at home as the HN is my choice of board. Friends have other sups and have commented on the speed and flow of the board. I love it .
Ive not tried the sunova.

mickyj said..

Stand Up said..
Hi Shi,
Just landed - 2017 Starboard Hypernuts in the NEW STARLITE construction. Its a carbon innegra railed board priced at $1799. There's an 8'6" Demo in store with your name on it. Also a new 9'0" x 31.5" addition to the Hypernut range for the big fellas.
Stand Up Paddle Sports - Osborne Park.

any info on litres for the 9 foot sb ?
cheers Mick

Hi Mickyj,

The 9'0 x 31.5 HN is 145L and 3.9" thick, as yet they have not arrived in Oz so cannot comment on ride.

shi thouse said..
Hey John, can you tell me what changes they have made to the 2017 model and why you went for it?

Hi Shi thouse,

As commented above the rails have been thinned out and the tail slightly pulled in. Also they seem to have improved glide as it feels the board has better entry onto a wave, for me at 80kg the board definitely turns better and is more responsive than the 2016 version.

Volume is actually 132L


Cheers,
Marco

I've been surfing the 7'8 hypernut for the last month in small clean beach breaks. It's the most fun I've ever had on a small wave. You can rip it around on a dime, shoots like a bullet across the wall, easy to paddle out and so stable you can stand around perfectly relaxed between sets. Great little nose rider too. It's not the board for big long paddles out and won't catch a big fat wave like a longer board, but that's not what it's designed for. One thing I think that hasn't been mentioned here, and this applies to all the vanguard style shapes that I have surfed, is that although the short ones don't have glide for paddling out they catch waves easily and get on a plane really quickly.

9'0 Hypernut? Don't they have a 9'0 Nut? Seems a little ridiculous.

I'm selling my 8 ft HN, has been an awesome board, but I dropped some weight and I want to go narrower and less volume. I like the Sunova btw, but I am not convinced with the longevity of the handle.

BenKirk said..

Krist said..
Benkirk I ask what you liked more about the flow please as I have ridden the 8'6nut and the 8''10 speed ( preferred the speed ) but still like my allwave better just found the straight lines on both boards made it hard to really cut sharp turns I only got a few hours on both boards so may be just me maybe I needed to get on the fins more ? Anywho interested if that is the reason you would pick the flow cheers

To set the scene, we hired both boards in Maui and rode them on everything from knee to shoulder high reef breaks (so nothing big). I usually ride an 8'10" Fanatic ProWave and weigh in at 95kgs. The main things I found with the Speeed were paddling out and popping over white water was harder (shoulders seemed to catch more and turn the board) and that when going down the wave quite vertically after a turn, the shoulders/flat nose caught on the chop of the wave and slowed the board down. Both boards were reasonably similar from a turning potential but I could get the Flow more vertical on turns.

I also hired a Fanatic Stubby waveboard and found that the nose on that would catch, and slow you down rather than a more traditional drawn out shape would cut through more smoothly. Quite hard to describe what I thought really, sorry.

Perfect thanks BenKirk , pretty much the same feel I got on the speeed

marco gribi said..

exiled said..
9'0 Hypernut? Don't they have a 9'0 Nut? Seems a little ridiculous.

Hi Exiled,

Very different boards, I actually have the 9'0 Nut in my personal quiver and it is more a long board style of riding, very technical and you need to walk and trim it to get the most out of the shape. Possibly one of my most favorite boards for the break that I ride, it has excellent glide and entry onto a wave but with the tail of a Pro it turns incredibly well.

It's weird how people seem to be put off by the outline on the Nut (in Oz anyway) as it is one of the most popular boards we demo. However with the Hypernuts it does not seem to deter people from buying them.

Cheers,
Marco

Yes I agree, the Nut is an excellent shape but very different to the Hypernut. I got the 9'5" Nut last year and I am getting something brand new along those lines very soon. Can't wait.