naish 11'6 gun

anyone got one / getting one


any one got width and thickness of this board,,,just curious


adios

She's 11'6" x 28.25" x 4.25" with a very pulled in tail.

I don't know if I'll ever need one but I want one!

dont know if i was looking at the same vid but that board just looked loose and well suited to the conditions - i couldnt see any excessive bouncing.

Cerainly was a fun looking 3 - 4ft day! and warm too!

some nice riding and some good cutty to reo combos in there,

i dont think you'd bother taking a pulled in pin out until the surf really starts to heave ..

Probably not a good vid for showing what I mean by bouncing or skipping about on the bottom turns.

Great vid tho..

I like the way pin tailed boards turn without having to get right back on the tail..and they use more of the rail.

DJ

Well designed sup should handle pretty big swell check http://www.jimmylewis.com/shopcontent.asp?type=Standup%20paddleboarding think I posted it before. Scroll down some shots missing and www.supsurfaustralia.com/SUP%20Stand%20Up%20Paddle%20Boards/Photos.html

Courts and Damon were out at serious boatramps last Sunday heard they were ripping. Has a lot to do with the pilot.

Great pic Just Wrong...Was anyone out?..any more pics?

I'll try and explain my thoughts on pin tails and why I think the Naish gun would be such a good board.

I know I'll be called old fashion and old school but I loved the old asymetric boards..The 'can openers' etc..and I still have at least two of them.

Here's a few pics...The first one just dragged from under the house today..It's from Hawaii...and the other made for me in Byron Bay...I've had about half a dozen asym's over the years.







Firstly I'm talkin' from a windsurfing point of view..but these boards are closer in size to SUP's and also surf the way a SUP surfs.

For those that don't understand the asymmetric concept I'll try and explain.

A gun shaped pin tail board bottom turns great but will not turn very sharp off the top..and a shorter board 'with more curve in the tail' turns great off the top but skips and bounces around on a big bottom turn...The asym's do both well..Most normal boards now are a sort of compromize..or you just learn to cope with it.

The only problem with asymmetric is that they are made to only go one way..Mine are for right handers..Like almost all the waves here in Vic (Bells, Point Danger, Point Imposible, Rye, Gunnamatta, Point Leo, Woollami etc)..all these waves are right hand bear aways this is because our wind also comes from the south or S/W or N/W..anything with east is very rare here.

I love the thin pin tailed boards because you can push hard through a bottom turn with heaps of speed and power without and risk of skipping or bouncing..You turn these boards from a long way forward..maybe 18" from the tail..where a normal board you need your rear foot almost right on the tail.

If you notice with these asymmetric's you just move your foot from one side of the tail to the other and on the pinny side it's in the right spot..and then when turning on the shorter side it's also in the right spot (nice and close to the tail).

I'm not sure what I'm getting to here...But what I like about that big Naish pin tail SUP is first the nice pin tail shape (I'm hoping the rails are pretty thin) and the nose shape and nose rocker...Even if they don't turn that well of the top.

The problem with riding a Mal nosed board can be first that there's not enough nose lift so when dropping down the face for the last time before it closes out or on a steep section you can often nose dive..and also the rounded shape nose can catch after turning off the top before you start your next bottom turn.

So...sorry about the long winded explanation...But I for one can't wait to check out this board..and try it in some good sized waves..It's no nose shapped nose with heaps of nose lift..along with the pin tail..It should work great.

Hey JB..Did you get to see one..or even try one..What are your thoughts about this board?

DJ

Hey DJ,
Did you own a 2 door Nissan pathfinder many years ago?
Regards,
Scotty

My goodness dj put that wild thing away before you poke someone in the eye with it . I know in surfing when its big you want a gun, and guns are generally fine pintails. For say nice hollow 6ft beachbreaks you might want a rounded pin. Say for 4ft beachies you might want a round tail or squaretail for really easy turning. On a sup i actually like the idea of a swallow tail like the 9.6 " i think it is a perfect combination esp with the 4 fins. With a gun your not doing a hell of a lot of turning your trying to outgun the huge wave your taming, hence the pintail, really pintails are pigs to turn, know surfer who rips wants to know about a pintail unless its mega sucky or huge, just my 2cents

Dj i did like your explanation though on the topic

Thats cool DJ.
The funny thing is I have seen photos of you a million times but that one with you and the can opener clicked in my mind and I remember seeing you at a couple of the wavesailing nationals over the years. I rekon at Robe and Torquay. I was at the nationals JP won and then went pro. I was about 16 years old then. Now I am an old bugger. I did a downwinder today, it was sweet. Around 8km I think downwind in about an hour and a half. Heaps of fun.
Regards,
Scott