Aust distributor or retailer off here:
www.bicsport.com/language.html
Company : Glide Industries Pty Ltd
Address :
PO Box 31
NSW 2093 - Balgowlah
Phone : 1800 730 997
Fax : 1800 02 9949 8594
E-mail : info@glideindustries.com
Site Web : www.bicsport.com.au
Though unless your chasing a Techno raceboard I don't know why you'd bother?? Local shapers include NUDE (Perth) and Stone (Gero). Starboard make START boards if your chasing a big soft beginner board.
If you want to go cheaper and lower the (massive) environmental footprint when buying a board go local and support your local shapers. Or buy 2nd hand off seabreeze classifieds.
www.nudeboards.com.au/Nude_Sailboards.html
www.stonesurf.com/history.html
Dinsdale
how overweight are you??
I was 100kg when I started. I had a couple of lessions on 200litres plus Starboard Start boards. I bought a 148Litre Bic Techno 2 as My first board. It was a pain in the arse for the first few hours but much more fun in the long run as I could use it to get planning in the footstraps/harness and gybing. I still use it now when the wind is light.
Thanx Pricey,
I have an 08 Bic Nova 170 that I was thinking of letting go! I am around 110kg and its more that enough to get me waterstarting, beachstarting and uphauling and it planes well once you get there. You're welcome to take it for a spin if you're interested she is a pretty good beginner board nice and gentle on the knees if nothing else. Probably a little closer to the beginner scale of things when compared to the funster which is more beginner / intermediate in my opinion anyway I struggled with the funster as a total beginner, I found the Nova a little more stable, but if you Persevere you might get an extra season out of it before you're ready to move on to something smaller.