Perth directional advice

NORTH WHAM

great for perth conditions and great to learn on.

Here we go, check out the pics of the locally made boards yew:

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Custom-vs-off-the-shelf-surfboard/

This is new and a bit diffrent but it will do all that you want for riders 80kg+

5'10" x 17"3/4

Goes up wind as good as anything els you can buy without that locked in feel, will do radical slashes with ease.
Traditional PU construction with additional bamboo veneer on top

Sugercube boards look sick! Love the tail also

SQ are your boards designed and made in wa or designed here and made in thailand ?

serious question as i am looking at an ocean board for lanno /l2l etc

i looked at his site and he has a specific single fin ocean race board . i wasn't talking about the one in this thread . PS weta and i have to come up and join you on your next lanno trip

If ur wondering about the left-of-centre set back of the outside thrusters on the new Sugarqube surf Im told its to compensate for a flat spot built into the board to make it more kite-friendly. Esp upwind. The set back should more than compensate to make wave riding a dream on this board.
You can view it in-store at KSS & we can hook you up for a demo if ur not convinced.
This board deserves huge props to our local designer. Im thinking it will suit way more kiters than will ever get to try it. (just saying)

And can it double as your paddle-in morning board - again just imo but - yep!
If ur good enough for that size short board.

Add the Delta to your demo list

Well if your a beginner moving on to SB a lot has been said already, you could just get yourself a pile of cheap surf boards from garage sales or Gumtree and go for it and probably do well instead of forking out the dollars. Most daunting thing initially is weight distribution on a surfboard, every one that uses mainly surf boards and then gets back on to the twinny find that you tend to nose dive the twinny for the first half an hour or so. Which means stabillty in a board is important for a beginner, just means dont buy a too small board, also boards with a lot of rocker will make you struggle to go upwind initially, even though they will make turning easy. So in essance you will never get the perfect board but always compromise what ever level you are at. Truth is you may love these boards or hate them depending on your style, a beginner has no bias and wont realy know whats good or bad.
Basis of my design was to get back up wind fast and still have maximum turning, which was accomplished with the out line, tail width, rocker line and fin place ment. just played around with existing surf boards for two years chopping and changing till I thought this is what I want and it had to be tough, Im over polystyrene / sandwich boards that once they have a hairline crack take on half a kilo of water before you even notice it.

One word that I heard from an established surf board rider was... "smooth",
sort of summs it up.