Looking to get my second board. I am a bigger guy at 110 kgs and 6'1".
Would love to hear feedback on both boards. it seems like there are allot of Naish Mana fans.
Both great boards.. I'm guessing the PSH might surf a little better in some conditions but the Mana is very stable, easy to paddle, and almost impossible to nose dive.. Can you demo them yourself?.. I've only paddled the old 10' PSH wide and I found it a bit flat in the surf compared to my Mana.
DJ
DJ thanks for your response. I read allot of your posts on the Naish and do appreciate your response.
I bought my son a Rusty 10'4". While I can get up on it and paddle in flat water - it certainly is not overally stable at 184 liters.
Hoping for more responses - also PSH doesn't list the liters for the 10'4" XX anyone?
AKFLY I can help. The 10'4XWAA is basically a wider more stable version of the classic 10'6WAA.
10'4XWAA on left
The main difference between the Wide AA's and the Mana's is the distribution of the volume. Mana's have width and thickness running from nose to tail.
Blane puts the volume under your feet and foils out the tail and the nose for performance surfing. It all depends on where you wan to be in 6 months.
10'4XWAA on top
CAsso did a review on the 10'6 WAA which may be useful, keeping in mind that the 10'6 WAA was designed in 2008 and the 10'4 XWAA in 2010.
Hope this helps
Sorry,
Literage of the 10'4 XWAA is 200L.
10'6XWAA - 185
Llink to review of the 10'6 WAA here-
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/Review/PSH-106-All-Rounder-Review-Video/
The boards you mention are just above size wise what I tried but I think this may be relevant
I demo'd both the Mana 9'5" and the PSH 10' WAA I found significant difference in them
The Mana is a great board but I found it sat on top of the water a bit much for me and was a bit too bulky, where as the ability to feel the rail bite on the PSH won me over , I am smaller than you so maybe this is why but I love the way the PSH surfs
