Today my new Point Break (12' x 32") and Placid (8'7 x 31.5) arrived. The Point Break looked fantastic in blue - my Placid didn't quite turn out the way I expected - it can be seen from space
I bought the Point Break so I could go out to a favorite break, Big Left, on either small days (ride the swell) or on messy days (need stability). Today was a messy, on-shore day so I took it out. It was better than expected. As long as I didn't nose dive it (need practice with a 12' board), it flew along and I could "surf" it. It was MUCH better than my 14' Search. If I took my 9'1 Acid out today it would have been very hard work; too lumpy. The Point Break was so stable, easy to catch waves, easy to punch through breaking waves, and it was fun to surf. Most rides were >20 km/h. My first wave was a ripping left - I forgot to turn on the GoPro... The waves were chest-to-head-high.
I added some photos below.
The video is not exciting. But after only 5 good waves my brand-new 10' 8mm leggie snapped. I was 1 km off-shore, it was shark-o'clock, and no one else was out... Fortunately, the board didn't get too far... This is not a real review, just first impressions.
awesome congrats, blue looks great !!! Deff try the PtBreak with the Sunova 105 or 93's Thruster or 105 & 83 Quad and she'll loosen up with good drive, I'm running the GL-1 all the time now, that mongo center fin will makes her quite stiff. I've even run mine with the 105 sides and a small stub center knee/waist waves, super fun!
Ohhh,,, love em' both.
That blue is really nice, did you get to choose the colour? or is it a Std colour?
I'm very interested in the Placid, that looks ace. If poss, could you give a bit of a review of it when you take it out? I'm keen to hear about that and the same size too... Looks great in that orangish colour...
CSE!!! Are you kidding me!!!
You have absolutely scored!!!
Both boards look incredible.
The Placid looks like a gnarly little schralp-weapon - perfect for carving those long walls. Mate, how's the colour - it's the fireball!!! Mad.
i know exactly what you're saying out at the Left and I reckon that big 12' blue meanie will be perfect out there too.
Looks like Santa's arrived early this year eh!
CSE, you scored!!!
a perfect two-fer... all bases covered in one day
You did well for a first session.... nice vid!
12' does take some adjustments.
Your chesty CAM view looks like you might want to move back a bit more on the board.
My feet are behind the handle by a fair bit.
RbGar is spot on with the fin comments.
I use a 5.75" center when it's OH or juicy.....
but I have a blast with a 3" center for average days... the tail will slide a bit through turns and that helps a lot on weak waves.
Pics of:
my standard foot placement through turns.
My two favorite fin set-ups
I reckon that placid looks epic! Quite like the bright orange and black with the outline, hope it grows on you :)
also very keen to hear the feedback!
Nice sticks! So another Pntbrk to drool over. Love the blue. Do not know what happened to your leash but that aside getting your board sideways to the wave impact is easier, less chance to break, then nose or tail into it.
So so I have not kept up with the all the new sunovas, is the placid a short board shape for when the conditions aren't suited to your acids?
My Sunova quiver; 9'6" Flow, 12' PtBreak and 6' Boss (kite) patiently waiting in Nova Scotia, taken a long time but I believe I have a good big guy quiver that suits me. I'm adding a kneeboard for the bigger windy days I can't kite.
I just had another session. It looked smaller, strong off-shore, it looked like it would be challenging to get onto the waves on my Acid, so I took the Point Break out.
I am still grinning.
2 hours, 19 waves, no one else out.
It started waist-chest high, went smaller, but the last 45 minutes got much bigger - head high at the peak.
Sadly, the GoPro bracket was cracked, so no vid... But I had a ton of lefts and rights, late drops with better positioning so no pearling, waves up to 24 km/hr again. It rockets along.
I tried quads today as I could not find an appropriate center fin for the old-style fin box... I can't say I noticed a huge difference, but the conditions were different and I was getting used to the board. I was able to do long, drawn-out top turns, cut-backs, etc.
Still grinning!
I think these longer narrower pointy nosed boards are great in on shore conditions that we get on the east coast in Australia . Even in 1 foot rubbish you can get long rides .....almost like mini down winders.
Took out the Atlantis Venom in 1 ft on shore rubbish last week and had a blast. That's how I use the 12 footer.
A pain out of the water but they do have a purpose and a lot of fun when other boards are not suitable. A lot of board for me at 60kg but so long as it's not too big I can manage . Head high would a bit too much for me
Looks brilliant CantSupEnough I wanted to look at the dimensions of the sups you bought and looked on the Sunova website and couldn't see the sups you bought?
I gave the Placid a run today. For half the session it was pretty lumpy and the waves were a bit full; big, but full. Not a great test... (I could have caught them on the Point Break...)
But then it cleaned up and got bigger. I was at a beach break at the prom (Picnic) and the bigger waves were overhead. I was using the quobba fins in thruster (see below), so it was not the perfect test of the vanilla board.
It wasn't a great test - so I will reserve judgment. But I can tell you that I was pleasantly surprised at the stability; even when it was lumpy. (me: 6'3 100kg. Placid: 8'7x31.5x125L) I flew down the face of the waves, and had some screaming lefts, but I did struggle to master the bottom and top turns. I could figure out what I was doing wrong. Going too fast? Too lumpy/bouncy? Footwork? I just could not get the carve/balance right.
I had my GoPro, but the battery went flat quite early...
The board really glows in the sun though!
I thought the placid was designed as predominantly a twin fin plus stabilizer set up as per the talk in the dealer video? Big (5.5") sides would make more sense with that tight a cluster and a trailer would allow the tail to sink in more. More spread in the cluster should give more drive with a thruster set I would expect. Board looks great though! Look forward to more reports imagine it will be a while before we see any on UK shores!