Hi all just seen the 11ft mammoth by corebean. Any one had a demo yet..big board how do you think it would handle surf, is it worth going from a whopper to this, I have stability issues. Imgunadoit...
Haven't ridden the Mammoth but if it is a board you are looking for in that size range you might want to have a look at the Starboard Avanti also. Just looking at the outline of the two boards I would say the Avanti is going to surf better as it has more of a pulled in tail.
I agree with surf4fun... I have not seen the mammoth, but the tail looks awfully blocky
I started on the Avanti... it will solve your stability issues, and it surfs incredibly well for a huge board.
It was equally good in 1 foot or overhead waves. Sometimes I wish I still had it for small days.
It was also really fun on flat-water
Just a word of caution... the Avanti is a BIG board... I didn't much like getting hit by it
Here are some shots showing the surfability of the big old 36" wide Avanti...
I'm with them all on the Avanti, i had one after talking to Supthecreek and others, loved it but it is WAAAYYYY big board.
Exactly how big and unstable are you, mind you I haven't seen the Mamoth, but have seen the seen it surfed the corban 12'6 explore and it surfed ok in small fat waves..........
I went from the Avanti to the JP 10'8 x 34 Fusion and love it it surfs so much better than the avanti.................almost did a cutty the other day..........almost
Hi all thanks for your input, and pics, yes the avanti has a narrower back end. And mammoth is much fatter. Anyone here in wa ride one either Avalon reef breaks, and secret harbour beaches.
Okay avanti looks good. Anyone like to comment on the laird 11ft it's bout 30 inch wide, balance mmmm. Whopper hard enough. I thought this may be worse... Good pic of the avanti, that one big ass board, maybe it's my only choice
Laird 11' x 30
I jumped on one ONCE.... very hard to turn and to me... very tippy. I am not really comfortable below 31"
Depending on your weight... there are lots of options
Starboard Whopper Extra10' x 36 at 208 ltr should be stable enough for anyone under 136 kg
Naish Mana 10'5 x 35.25" @ 251 ltr
Google "Wide SUP" or Wide Paddle Board... enjoy the hunt
Thanks for the feed back..so I tried a Gerry Lopez 10ft. 34inch, same as the whopper. I think it has more litres...on flat water yesterday it felt more stable than the whopper in the surf don't know. The width is just behind you rather than in front like a whopper. Or should I just get a a avanti and thats it. Any bigger guys tried surtec Gerry Lopez in the surf. And how does it compare with a whopper. Thanks:-)