Thanks, this confirms my thinking that this would be a viable work around for low volume SUPs that are not really big enough to standup paddle comfortably.
Well, I hadnāt really given this serious consideration, but now you got me thinking. Definitely an option to bypass the pop up problem. I think it would probably be an investment for the craft that would be a bit more than my current budget, tho.
You can make your one surfski. Eps 20kg/m3 glass fiber and epoxy, exactly like a surfboard.
Like the top image, but nothing to hold you down on the board. I used a regular SUP and paddle once and an old windsurfing board with a kayak paddle once.
Les Waddle (Tridrles) added outriggers to an old board to make a SUP. Havenāt heard from him for a while.
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Marko does a Surf-Ski cut too. Scrub and glass.
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Ok then this could be a possibility. Not ready to take that leap yet, but its on the table now.
Definitely opens up some possibilities in my mind!
This is something I had also been considering. I found these online just looking to see if anyone else thought of it or tried it!! I was wondering if you could ride a board (on a wave) that is modified like this. Would love to know more! Glad Iām not the only crazy one 
I have done a lot of unusual constructions, and modifications, and am curious as to how you are going to saw it. Even with a lightly āglassed 1 1/2 # density EPS board it is very hard to cut, especially 9ā of length. I would use a new Japanese thin wood saw, and glue an aluminum strip on the bottom (temporary) as a guide, cutting the deck side up with the stringer as a guide and the strip on the bottom to keep the saw from wandering. (The saw will get very dull.) But the simplest would be sell a board and buy a used SUP.
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From my quick trawl recently when researching that board on my first post I came across an older, bigger chap in America riding both flat and surf on his SUPs. He was generally paddling out standing. He commented on another of his videos (I think I searched big boy surfboard longboard due to the name of that BIC board and his videos came up) that he occasionally takes out two paddles when in the ocean / sea. A long SUP paddle and a double ended type, as used in a kayak / surfski. He just sits on it with his feet up and paddles. As I saw in one of your other comments, straps might be useful.
And from the point of view of us ageing gents, flexibility is seriously the key. We should be able to sit crosslegged for extended period, regardless of what the doctors say. Definitely something to be working on.
Yes indeed. Iām not totally sure where I stand on this, I havenāt eliminated the possibility of trying it, just out of curiosity, and after all, the modification shouldnāt be too expensive.
Maybe Iāll put the board up for sale, and see if I can get enough money to buy a used SUP.
As far as the cut, I would probably use a japanese pull saw, same as I have used to cut a wood board apart to chamber it.
I have thought of doing this exact thing, just trying to figure out how to bring two paddles without one being in the way all the time.
I also like the double ender for taking a break and sitting, and it is generally faster for getting around. But you need to be standing when paddling for a wave, so the single is best for that.
I was thinking some type of clip but has to be wipeout proof so I donāt know how to do that.
Yeah, sorry Huck, they didnāt give that little gem away. Left me wondering if Iām honest.
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