Stand Up Paddle Surfing / Stand Up Paddle Boarding in Swansea & Gower, Wales.
The Water Temperature is:17° C
The Average Wave Height is:1-5ft
Archives for November, 2009
Stand UP Paddlesurf Holidays
Written by matt on Monday 16 Nov 2009
If Getting cold and putting that wet winter suit on is getting you down, then why not join SUP Gower and Wavehunters for some Warm winter surf exploration to Morocco this coming february 2010.
Morocco has warm winter sunshine (sometimes 22 degrees) and you can easily surf in a shorty on a SUP at this time of year. If you fancy feeling some sunshine in your face and warm water between your toes then come on a surfing holiday this winter with stand up paddlesurfing Gower and Wavehunters who have been surf guiding for 4 years. We have built up good local knowledge & experience taking trips out to the famed surfing villages surrounding Tagazoute. We have all the equipment to introduce you to the fast growing sport of Stand Up Paddleboarding or Surfing.
Transport usually is by 4×4 or mini van
Accomodation is a villa which offers western style bathrooms, sea views
Day to day consists of :
- Breakfast after which you will have the choice to stay in the villa or taken on surf safari
- Morning Surf
- Lunch- (usually baguette and bottle of water)
- Afternoon surf – where we will either stay or move on depending if everyone is enjoying.
- Transport back to the villa
- The evening is up to you ! (there are plenty of traditional clean restaurants in the area)
Extras
- Stand up paddlesurf / surfing lessons are priced at 25 GBP per hour
- We will rent SUP boards for 40GBP per day
Flights
- Easy jet fly to Agadir DIRECT -where we will pick you up from the airport
The Currency is Dirhams
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
DROPS Stand up paddleboard Reviews
Written by matt on Thursday 5 Nov 2009
Drops 8’11 ‘Vulcan’ SUP review
Length : 8’11 = 272 cm
Width : 29″ 1/3
Thickness : 4″ 5/7
Volume : 142 litres
In brief
The Vulcan will have your nerves twitching, a powerful fast board with little limitations and suprisingly easy to paddle.
At first the board feels sluggish compared to a Longer style SUP board, This lack of glide is the only drawback of the board which needs solid controlled paddle strokes to keep the row effect at a mimimum.
Plenty of volume for 85 kilos, the board can be seriously pushed into some inspiring curves and also ridden off the nose for those who appreciate some Longboard style. As with the ‘Furious’ Fins can drastically change the boards performance- comes with quad fin US Tuttle box configeration
Waves-5/5
Stability-3/5
Construction-5/5
Style-5/5
Drops 8’10 ‘Furious’ SUP review
Length : 8’10 = 270 cm
Width : 29″
Thickness : 4″ 5/7
Volume : 138 litres
In brief
This is a ‘furious’ Shortboard style SUP board
This board commands some serious practice to enable the user to utilize its amazing performance in the waves. Whilst a 85 kilo paddler may find easy to flat water paddle, in any chop this board is very hard to bring back from a rail dive. In waves the board is ridden hard off the wide tail and therfore paddle length is important because of the lower riding style the board adopts the rider to approach.
Great performance in 2-6ft surf – Fins can drastically change this boards performance- comes with quad fin US Tuttle box configeration.
Waves-5/5
Stability-2/5
Construction-5/5
Style-4/5
Drops 10’11 ‘Spirit’ SUP review
Length : 10’11 = 330 cm
Width : 28″ 3/4
Thickness : 4″ 2/3
Volume : 185 litres
In brief-
A brilliant competition SUP board which will amaze surfers into how manoeuvrable a Stand up board can be but still easy for a beginner to gain their balancing techniques.This board is fast and aggressive to turn , a great longboard style board which can be pushed to its limits with tight cutbacks and noseriding style. Very stable even at 28 ” wide- This board is a great allrounder and will easily please the Beginner wanting to get into SUP to a Surfer worried about getting a SUP board they will outgrow.
The ‘Spirit’ is a SUP board you will remember for years to come !
Waves-4/5
Stability-3/5
Construction-5/5
Style-5/5
