Nalu 10' LE, my last quiver addition is indeed quite addictive.
Fast, nimble banana, easy to noseride, handles bigger juice as well. Ok, you can also cruise it smoothly.
The only issue... is a little too big.
If shortboard templates are going ridiculously small, why can't longboard designs get high(ER) performance?
Maybe, because it would become effectively a 1 board quiver (at least for someone that prefers longboarding :) )
They can!
I have a C4 Batwing 9'0" *26 3/4"@ 105l. It is a good allrounder. An "older" shape, (2011?) it could do with a bit more refinement, less volume in the rails, a bit less weight and a handle you can get you hand into! It is still a lot of fun, and my go to board.
In some ways a Sunova Speed is an extreme extension of that idea, I think.
They can!
I have a C4 Batwing 9'0" *26 3/4"@ 105l. It is a good allrounder. An "older" shape, (2011?) it could do with a bit more refinement, less volume in the rails, a bit less weight and a handle you can get you hand into! It is still a lot of fun, and my go to board.
In some ways a Sunova Speed is an extreme extension of that idea, I think.
I'm 185lbs dry 6'1.
I had a first gen Style 9'6 and loved it :) although I found it a little less maneuverable from the middle. I understood they improved the design. I snapped the board in big surf. (my fault. the construction is nice).
If I browse old 2008... 2010 starboard catalogs I see that the inspirational template were longboards.
somewhere across the way sup shifted.
I love to ride long narrow stuff.
Love the easy entry, the bottom turns, nose riding and the glide back to the peak. Relaxing :)
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I love to ride long narrow stuff.
Love the easy entry, the bottom turns, nose riding and the glide back to the peak. Relaxing :)
Couldn't agree more 
If you remember back a few years, Naish did their Nalu's in smaller " performance longboard" sizes. I owned a 10'6 one but rode the 9'0 a fair bit.... Great boards in their time. Narrow and lowish vol...I think there was a 9'6 as well...
dont know why they don't bring 'em back in LE construction. I agree that the 10' LE is too big ( as I'm a lightweight at 75kgs). I now own the 2016 Sunover style 9'6..... Awesome long board. Needs much smaller fins than those supplied in my view to make it really hum....
Compliments my 7'10 FLOW and 7'0 Raptor perfectly....
But if smaller LE longboards were available.... Now that would really put a spanner in the works.....I would just have to get one of those as well.!!!!!
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If shortboard templates are going ridiculously small, why can't longboard designs get high(ER) performance?
They do!
For instance, the Gong shaper is a longboard addict, and he designed both narrow (25-26") ones: boards that can be both prone surfer and SUPed (the IT, see the topic www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/The-Paddlesurf/ ), and shorter SUP but with a longboard rocker and feel, in 8'5", 8'0", 7'0"
I bough the 115 litres 8'0" one (the NFA) for my daughter, and it is impressively fun: you get the glide feel (not the actual glide, obviously) of a 9' longboard, with the nimbleness of a 8'0" board. And it is impressive how a 7'0" longboard-rockered ShortSUP will feel different as a mainstream 7'0 ShortSUPs.
No hang ten with them, as the curl does not "lock" the tail in as on 10' board, and definitely not as early a wave entry as a 10' board, but the feel is there!
Videos:
The NFA 8', shape:
