Hi to the Longboard forum, I don't often hang out here, but usually lurk on the SUP forums. I'm hoping that this may change, and to that end, I'm after picking your brains. Thinking of buying a nice "long" longboard, for days when I choose not to SUP. I haven't surfed a traditional board for some (many) years, am 5'6" and 85kg. I saw a BIC 10' noserider in a local board store today, and got to thinking that for the money, it might be a good cruisey option for me and for the three sons to use from time to time. I will only be interested in smaller days without the crowds, and some prone flatwater paddling when the waves are flat. I have heard that they are well built, designed on a traditional template and are pretty bombproof. Interested to hear from you guys on this forum, I think ALB ran a review on it in the last couple of years, but can't locate it. Don't expect it will be as finessed at my long gone Takayama, but I wouldn't expect my kids to appreciate that yet. Also keen to hear of anything else around the same length or longer for a similar price point and standard.
Cheers guys, and go easy on me, I'm a virgin on this page.
Billboard knows all,no matter what grand advice we could offer you,Billboard would tell you nah don't listen to them.
Welcome and stop creeping / lurking around the SUP forum,we are real people here.
Just one more thing if you see a stray foxsup running down the road don't stop he is one crazy dude.
You don't need 10 foot.
You don't need 10 foot.
Out of curiousity is it the newer Bob Pearson shape or the older shape - and how much is it ?
Either way they are terrific boards and tuff as nails.
Warwick - the legendary owner of dukes longboards had one of these for years and rated it highly - and he's no slouch on a longboard.
Go for it - for the right price you cant go wrong mate.
for what it's worth, I've seen a guy down at nth curly surf one a couple of times on the fullish days.
He's no lightweight, the board is a piece of crap and he treats it accordingly.
He keeps it permanently tied onto the a rack on his ute with just one occy and keeps it parked on the street.
All that said, he gets wave after wave and I make sure I don't go anywhere near him because I know he'll always out paddle me. He runs up to the snotty end on every wave.
Sluggish turner. as expected.
I had a mate who had a 9'4" Bic (think it was 9'4"?) about 4 yrs ago, we both went for the same wave and clashed accidently. My 9'2" Southpoint not a scratch..his Bic had a huge hole in the rail. That Southpoint I had was when GSI were using proper epoxy not SLX (putty) so not sure your 'bomb proof' statement is all that? However I think they are good value for money, the surf schools round here use them alot prob due to that?
pffft SUPs are for big days
would not have been surfable on a mal, but great fun on a sup. TB you would have loved to have seen Lacey screaming around the place like a big grom' this morning, and ON A POPOUT 
Good to hear you had a good time , A little bit bigger hear swell a little bit soft but clean , no suprise about Makaha,
would not have been surfable on a mal, but great fun on a sup. TB you would have loved to have seen Lacey screaming around the place like a big grom' this morning, and ON A POPOUT
I have a mate who has one and its been retired but he drags it out to battle the crowds. He's a big boy and its also a lot of board. I've had a go on it and they are definately heavier than Surftech epoxy boards. It went alright as well and pretty strong. If your only 85 kilos then you will get a lot of waves on it.
Same here. Have a mate who picked one up cheap at a garage sale. He swears by it. And reckons its bombproof and he treats it as such.
Thanks guys for all of your replies, both the informative and the amusing. I've been watching other posts as well, and wonder why I don't spend more time over here.
Some familiar names here too.
Cheers, I'll let you know how I go.
Yes, welcome Jason. It's a funnier room. We call it "The Bar", because it's the sort of conversations we would deliver at "A Pub". Also call it "The Long Room (Bar)", after the classiest bar at "The MCG", of the same name.
