keen to get a 404 12.6 board any one got one .what they like to paddle looking at the hollow model
If you contact these guys direct, they can ship a board direct to you, but you will need to pay up front, without a test paddle.http://www.rivierapaddlesurf.com/collections/404
Riviera Paddlesurf
1341 Calle Avanzado
San Clemente, CA 92673
info@rivierapaddlesurf.com
(949) 388-6999
ANTHONY SPINKS AT IGA ALEX SELS THEM, THEY R A PRODUCT FROM IAN CAIRNS WHO IMPORTS THEM PRETTY SURE
Freight & Taxes for a 9'6 from Hawaii is about $400. I think you could pretty much double that for a 12'6 from California. Best guess, $800... Plus the board cost of AUD$2500 for the good one....
Nedstar, for the record, the lighter one will be very roughly 1-2% faster that the base model.
As a very rough rule of thumb, speed on a 12'6 is roughly 85% Engine, 10% Board, 4% paddle, and 1% fin.
So how do you rate your engine out of 85%(?)... Most 12'6ers these days will score 8-10 out of 10. Good paddles will score 3-4 out of 4, and a decent fin like the one in the 404 is the 1%...
You can buy 15% of the equation.... 
We're all born with 40% to 60%, and the gap is fitness, hard work, and reading the ocean...
(very rough rule of thumb anyway... Maybe you can say 75-20-4.5-0.5... in that sort of range anyway..)...
PS - this is not meant to be negative in any way!
^ technically, there's also a Power to Weight Ratio issues, and optimum tuning of rider weight and board design to suit conditions...
