Why would you? Well sometimes it's a bit too lumpy or windy for SUP or you might just want to use a different set of muscles. In my case I'm heading out on a bit of road trip and wondering how it would be to bring one board for ALL occasions. I love both standup and prone surfing. I've prone surfed (is that how you refer to it) my McTavish 9'6 and found it doable but a bit too big. Has anyone tried prone surfing a Starboard Pocket rocket, or pro 9'1 for instance. Interested in any feedback on prone surfing different boards.

A friend who is reasonably large prone surfs the old 10' bonga perkins all the time. That board is quite narrow though.
To those who say out in the lineup "Is that a stand up paddle board?" his reply is "Can you see a bl**dy paddle?" lol

matt18 said...

Would be fine but the duck diving thing could be interesting. pr would be a could option

Yeah, no go on the duck diving, but you can roll under the wave longboard style. I'd love to hear from someone who has tried a pocket rocket for prone surfing.

GizzieNZ said...

A friend who is reasonably large prone surfs the old 10' bonga perkins all the time. That board is quite narrow though.
To those who say out in the lineup "Is that a stand up paddle board?" his reply is "Can you see a bl**dy paddle?" lol

A mate of mine loves prone surfing my 10' bonga fish too. He gets back on the tail which is a narrowish swallow and can throw it around ok. He even got a nice barrel on it. Mind you he used to be Aussie junior shortboard champ. He's not so junior these days though

I have prone surfed the 12 Munoz paddle board often, its great in big surf for paddling in its 12 x 26 x 4 I think and great fun. You would need to dust off your drop knee cutback, cross stepping and practice a hand jibe or 2 but hey a little style goes a long way.

Great for testing your balance in flat water too, best I have been able to paddle it was 3km with out falling off.

Phill

Tried once on my Sea Lion 7'6", fun... until I realized that my knees and nails were bleeding due to the pad with aggressive diamond ridges...

So I guess it is doable, but will depend on the kind of grip you have, which could be too aggressive for you or your wetsuit...

When there's no swell and the offshore is too strong in Perth, I head up to point packed to prone surf my sup. super fun times. nothing wrong with it at all. but one i was at one of the south cott reefs and went out with a paddle until the onshore kicked in. it was only light, but enough to unsettle me. i went in threw the paddle up the sand and went back out prone. a longboarder commented that ill have a lot more fun without the paddle. dunno bout that... wave count went down, but its all about having the most fun each session at thats what i did. if its suitable conditions (small, windy/bad wind) for prone rather than stand up, dont let anyone hold you back.