Quote from: ukgm on June 26, 2017, 11:16:58 AM

'Blue and green should never be seen'.

The colour ways design looks bloody awful and something out of the 1980's. They should fire their graphic designer !

Blue & green are my favorite colors...especially when used together.

Apparently I'm in good company...God loves blue (sky) and green (oceans), when you get around to creating a planet you can pick your favorites...can't wait to see you show Him how it's done 🙄 😜😏

If you ever see the ocean that colour of dayglo green that NSP are using, you'll know that the end of the world is nigh. That colour screams "man-made".

One reason why these garish colours are popular with some brands, other than that it makes them stand out and the brand to be easily identifiable (which is the principal reason IMO), is that they tend to reflect heat reasonably well. However you can't beat plain white for that of course.

A downside of these garish colours is that they make repairs harder.

Naish have managed to use bright colours and "youthful" type designs without the result looking like a 4 year old has vomited a popsicle. So it can be done.

Personally, I prefer more "grown-up" graphics though, like SICs. Some of the JL graphics are pretty tasty too IMO. If you want bright colours that aren't too garish then even the Surftech Bark graphics are less like a pair of '70s underpants than the ones NSP have used.

In question of taste for board colours, I like Infinity. The finish on the production Whiplash I have is impeccable and my repair/installer has noticed as much.
Not sure that hi-vis stripes would work :-)
I also like SIC scheme.

what happen to Naish racing this year and is it the budget or the rider/boards or both.
Maybe they're working on new Naish racing boards, any news?

Sunova's just released their 5th racing board. 

JP & RRD & NSP & any SUP brand, if you ever need opinion about detail msg me 

what happen to Naish racing this year and is it the budget or the rider/boards or both.
Maybe they're working on new Naish racing boards, any news?

Sunova's just released their 5th racing board. 

From Kelly Margetts instagram post:

Introducing the Allwater Faast Pro, the fifth and final board to round out the @sunova_surfboards Pro Race board range. This @marcus_tardrew brainchild, started as a prototype that I raced at this years @supcarolinacup. But after extensive racing and paddling up and down the east coast of Australia and America; seeing the way it handled downwind, upwind and all conditions from ocean, lakes, flat, as well as the messy inlet and river mouth waters, we knew it had to go into production.

Ha ha.....Area 10, I only post on YOUR thread, to see your instant dissent 

Anyway...... It seems to work well enough for some folks.

 

 

Well, if you are a fan of dugouts (or clogs), that Sunova is going to appeal. But getting back into that after a fall is going to be tricky, and beach starts and surf might be an issue too. Those side walls look potentially very painful in a stumble, and easy to damage when paddling or transporting, and it might be tricky to carry. In his way, these dug-out all-waters race boards aren't perhaps quite as versatile as they first seem.

Wood finish looks lovely. However, if we're designing a race board, I'm sure getting the weight down might be a bigger priority ?

Quote from: ukgm on June 28, 2017, 04:25:55 AM

Quote from: Area 10 on June 27, 2017, 08:18:33 PM

Well, if you are a fan of dugouts (or clogs), that Sunova is going to appeal. But getting back into that after a fall is going to be tricky, and beach starts and surf might be an issue too. Those side walls look potentially very painful in a stumble, and easy to damage when paddling or transporting, and it might be tricky to carry. In his way, these dug-out all-waters race boards aren't perhaps quite as versatile as they first seem.

Wood finish looks lovely. However, if we're designing a race board, I'm sure getting the weight down might be a bigger priority ?

Is the wood sandwich significantly heavier than using some other material (e.g. PVC)? The wood laminate they use will be very thin. More of a concern to me would be the difficulty of repairs and the likelihood of the wood absorbing water after a ding. But I'm not a repair specialist so maybe these are not things I should be unduly worried about.

I've ridden and handled most of the Sunova line. Weight seem to be on
par with many race boards for a certain size. Construction seems very solid.
That said I share your concern as far as dings and repairs, maybe someone
with more knowledge in that matter could jump in.