So, I’ve been reading Oneula’s post aobut SUP for the past… 2 years? Continueing to pique my interest… so I made a paddle and tried it on my biggest boards, 10’x23"x3.25". Not wide enough, not enough float but fun. I needed a bigger board.
Read the archives again, wrote down the important measurements…12’ length, 27" wide, 4+" thick. Then began thinking… (don’t think, just do it as it says!) I’m smaller than them… I have good balance… OK I’ll make mine 10’6"x25"x4".
Just finished it today and took it out to a flat, no waves, no people. It floats me just fine but I sure need to work on balance. When I first stood up…and then right back down! After about an hour I was able to stand up for 50-100 yards but still precariously! With this size board it’ll take a bit longer to learn but I’ll keep it up.
I now think that if you wanted to teach someone, many people, that a rectangle 12’x30"x5" would work the best (ha! I serious!). I’ll keep training with it because I can really see how, after I get good enough to actually surf with it, it’d be a LOT of fun.
Les