Looks great to me - much better SUP than K1, but how much worse in windsurf mode?  I think the king of crossovers to date has been the Starboard SUPer 12'6" (although RRD Cruiser 12 looks good too, though not for waves), but it is not great on a plane, I have heard.  I have the original Pacifico, which is good on a plane, but not surfy (and no daggerboard).  The WindSup is somewhere in between?

If I didn't have a longboard, or Pacifico, it's the board I would look at.

I believe it has the same daggerboard system as the K1. With use of a lubricant does the K1's loosen up and work smoothly?

So, has anyone tried the WindSUP yet?

If so, what did you think?

Would like to demo one of these. On another note, we were on a cruise recently and ported in St Lucia where we rode bus to The Reef windsurf/kite (search it out, pretty cool place)  I rode this Amundson SUP that had a full mast track, which my 11'3 Amundson does not (mine has bolt for mast foot which works fine). Anyway, this board worked great, it was either 11'3 or 11'6. I was really moving fast-definitely planing- with only the fin in the water. Conditions were choppy with about upper teens mph and a 5.7 North Natural sail. Continue to be very impressed with Amundson's boards as SUP/windsurf crossovers....

Got one. I bought the bamboo, beautiful board. I have SUPed it and it is much more stable than the Kona1 and tracks great.

Will post reviews as I get a chance to sail it.......................

I had the Kona 1 and the starboard 12'6" Super. I am a big guy (240lbs) and I found the Kona a bit unstable in lighter winds and the SB would never get up on plane and felt like I was towing a brick around. I had the Windsup back out paddling on another NO wind day and although there is only one more inch in width over the SB, what a difference. I was all over the board and didn't go in once...........I have an 8.5 Speedfreak coming for it, can't wait!!!!!!

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I would love to see a slightly smaller version of the WindSUP for my 155 lbs.

Take about 6-8" off the length and then thin it down so it's about 180 liters.

As is tho, it's at the top of the pile of boards I need/want  :-)

Drew

Drew, I''m waiting to hear from Sandy Point Sports in Daytona Beach about the smaller version of the WindSUP planned for the future. I'll post the info when I get it.

Geoff,  I like that 10'6 Fly too. I rented one at the Fanatic Boarders Center in St Martin. Nice place to windsurf with a long reaching bay and a reef break in the middle...

love my 10.5 in waves....check out....

place 'big left beat' into google and watch youtube.
cheers Mattt

Geoff / Todd -

The Fly 10'6" looks like a really good board for me...   I'm 155 lbs and my waveriding would all be here in the great lakes.  Looks like a good SUP/wave board for the GLakes as well.

I would like to have at least a little centerboard, but aside from that it looks like the Fly might be the perfect board for SUP waveriding & windsurfing in the mushy Lake Michigan "surf".

The WindSUP and Carve boards are quite a bit more $$$...  enough to put them out of reach.

Any reason not to grab one?

Drew

G'day Drew,

I'm 154 pounds and have both the 2009 Starboard Drive 10'5" and the 2011 FLY 10'0". They get shared amongst myself, my wife, my daughter and my son for paddling. My son and I both surf and windsurf on them. Windsurfing would be in anything from 7-14 knots, couple of feet surf.

I haven't tried the FLY 10'6", but the FLY 10'0" really is an excellent board. It surfs as though it is at least a foot shorter than the SBoard 10'5" - it is lighter and much looser. It does have a lot more rocker than the SBoard. It's pretty easy to paddle distances as well in not too much chop, but doesn't track nearly as well as the SBoard. Paddling it in anything over 8-10 knots cross-wind it gets squirrely - apart from the rocker also I think a lot because of the lighter weight compared to the SBoard.

With a sail on the FLY 10'0" - 5.3 Bolt or 5.5 SF - again it surf sails a lot better than the SBoard 10'5". It is much quicker rail-to-rail.

I also tried a 2009/2010 FLY 9'6"x30" - the one that had the swallow tail. It sailed really nicely with 4.7 and 5.3, was very easy to move around without needing to move your feet, as long as you had your back foot over your fins and bent your knees more throughout a turn. It was on vacation and no HOT sails unfortunately. Didn't get to paddle it.

At your weight, if you can, have a go on the FLY 10'0" because you don't want to go too big on these things - they can get unmanageable when the waves start to pick up and they get a bit long to quickly tack when you want to catch a wave (when sailing them). I don't think you need the volume so much, but I do think the width of 30" is nice, plus would suggest get one with a nice surfboard rocker.