Magic Carpet 10.0

had a surf of my mates 10 foot Magic Carpet @ surfers paradise this arvo. Was suprised how well it surfed for a 10 foot board, and considering the small surf. Heaps of fun, paddled well with nice glide....not sure on the width but as stable as my Chris Garrett 9.8 which is 28 wide. It was set up as a quad, and the first time Ive riden one....got to say I like it. My current board i'm riding is a 9.0 Chris Garrett so a little bit different. Im pretty sure the grip was factory and it was good and comfy.

these boards look really nicely shaped and finished. Although there not localy made there are shaped and designed by locals (Sam and Luke Egan) and there company is based here

Serg

Husq, so Magic Carpet have gone offshore with production? Interesting.

I thought they'd just keep pumping out customs on the Goldy. Any idea where they are getting made?

as Rollo90 said. Im not sure where they are made, and dont know the "actual" construction...finish is as good as any Surftech or Naish. At a guess Id be putting these in the same league as the Simon Anderson and LSD boards.

Serg

The red board in the video is Jimmy Lewis 10' not a magic carpet at all.You can clearly see the black stripes and the shark logo.

I think it's a custom shaped by Sam.

from what I know they are under the banner of JS industries and the custom SUPB's are made there, but the board I road and its range certainly are not made there.

well said

Oh if i could ask, currently on a 10.6 psh wide,looking for something more aggressive for 100 kg old guy any suggestions

Cheers husq, no expert at all on a sup total kook to be honest and admire some of the stuff posted on this site.
Yep surfed shortboards for a thousand years and helped some well known shortboard brands to bigger and better things design wise,anyhow as life as it is,you pack on some mass and that turned me into mals which is my passion until the sup thing came along,which is so refreshing.
I've witnessed both Sam and Luke at my local on sup's a while back which helped me think about buying one.

So what should I get next, volume in mind

the funny thing with sups is they can perform within a different weight range and they also cant....it only takes 3-5kg over point "x" to make them a PITA.

point in case, a mate rides a Naish 8.4 and rides it well. I go ok (not crap, but not good or great) I tried it once and struggled to paddle it, he weighs 75 and I weigh 85...yes there are some 85kg guys riding the 8.4 but they are very very good....but I bet plenty of 80kg guys could ride them fine

By the sounds of it you know what your looking at when you pick up a board as far as design and shape go, and alot of that is personal. without knowing what YOU like and what style you want to surf I would say go to Geenline and Roar and anywhere else you can demo boards. Im guessing you have a length in mind, so that may be a starting point.

Try and find a Magic Carpet 10 to have a go on, yep its only 6 inches shorter but that may be the difference your looking for. I believe they also do a 9.6 or 9.8???? so that may work as well

I would also try to find a 10.0 Mctavish sup. I surfed their 9, and while it paddled a bit funny for me it surfed wicked(set up as a quad)

This whole surfing/sup'ing thing is very personal, in that I mean there is VERY little black and white or right and wrong....just what you like. For me I only Sup, I have never surfed. So it doesnt bother me for a board to be a challenge when I first get it as I know I wont be riding anything else and will get better (eventually) for others they only sup when not SB/LB so they dont what the board to be as difficult...generally speaking a better surfing board will be more difficult to paddle etc

Serg

that is one great looking stick rollo

the tail looks sweet in the photo

yewwwww

Is it a swallow or rounded square Optical illusion or too many wines

Nice stick just needs a pixie nose

here are all board dimensions

8'6 30 4 5/8 SWALLOW
9'0 291/2 4 5/8 SWALLOW
9'6 29 4 1/2 THUMB
10'0 281/2 4 1/4 CHIZEL SQUARE
11'0 281/2 4 1/4 THUMB

Rollo, what sort of $'s are they looking at ? also what price for the paddle? cheers Rod.

Its so good once again to see so many local shapers designing SUP's. I'd definately prefer to try and buy local before getting something from OS. Hey rollo90 is there anywhere we can demo one of these boards? Cause good old tax return time is coming up.