Wood Finish SUP

Product Description

Dimensions

Construction

All SX SUPs are applied with extra layers of fiberglass cloth to provide the strength, so the lighter weight EPS core can be used to reduce the weight of the board. This is the reason why SX SUPs are strong and light weighted. 16oz fiberglass on the deck and 12oz fiberglass on the bottom is much higher than the average of the market. Solid wood stringer also provide more strength than laminated wood stringer. All the materials are top grade, which makes the board more durable than other brands.

Shape

The most important thing in paddle boarding is stability and maneuverability. While it is a shame that these 2 things can not be achieved together. There must be a trade-off. SX Surf has been working on the shape for years to get the perfect balance point. Why SX SUPs are 32″ wide? Because it is the best width to balance the 2 factors. Theoretically, The wider a board is, the more stable it will be while in the water, but the excessive width will make the board lose maneuverability. It may also lead to  excessive outline curve.  It is no fun to struggle with a nose that whips from side to side as you are perched on the ledge cranking to make a late drop. Meanwhile, the more vertical the paddle shaft as it is pulled along the rail, the more power you get with each stroke. If a board is too wide, the paddler will be forced to extend his paddle slant-wise off the rail, thus losing the optimum mechanical angle of the paddle stroke.

Rail shape

Full rounded rail

Another key factor we’ve been working on to increase the stability is the rail shape. There are so many choices, soft rail, hard rail, 50-50, 40-60. etc. They all performs differently. It goes without saying that how important the rail shape is to the performance of a SUP board. Before a decision is made, a question must be answered: How will you use your SUP mostly? Flat water paddling or surfing? We design this SUP board  for those who use SUPs 60% in flat water paddling and 40% in surfing. So we use the rail that provides most volume, Full Rounded soft rail. This kind of rails add more liters to your board than other kinds of rails. It helps the board to sit high in flat water.

Rocker

Low Rocker

Rocker is the curve in the bottom of a SUP board from the tip of the nose to the tail. In flat water paddling, a low rocker can generate more paddling power, which helps the board accelerate quickly and maintain glide and flow. If the board has too much rocker in the nose, the paddler needs to put more effort to accelerate the board because it just keep pushing water aside. For an all rounder SUP, we balanced the rocker to optimise user experience for both paddling and surfing. Rocker is essential in surfing to avoid nose dives when you take off at an angle down a wave. Insufficient rocker will make the board dive straight into the water and toss you off. To balance the speed in flat water paddling and performance in surfing, we came up with this low rocker design that helps you to keep the speed in flat water while still be able to handle 0-4 ft waves.

Choose the right size

How much weight can a SUP board carry? Actually we can use Archimedes’ principle to calculate. The buoyancy of a object with volume V equals to:

Take our 10′ board as an example, which is 166L. The maximum buoyancy it provides ( when the board is fully in the water)  is:

This much buoyancy carries the weight of the paddler and the weight of the paddle board which is 11kg.

We can get: The maximum weight it carries is 155 kgs. Theoretically, 1 litter can carry approximately 1kg weight.

However, this is based on the board is fully into the water. While when we choose a SUP, we can’t choose it by the maximum carrying weight. especially for those haven’t started paddling for long.

If you just start paddling, at least half of the board should be above the water.

For beginner to intermediate level paddlers

The more volume the higher the board will float in the water, the less drag it will have, and the easier it will be to paddle. Less volume boards on the other hand, will bring you maneuverability. This is the reason why the surf SUPs have less volume than all rounders.

Now we know that 1kg is approximately equals to 1 liter, so if you want at least half of your board be sitting on the water, you need to choose a board that has a volume twice as much as your weight. The following chart is our recommendation when you choose a SUP board: