I’m currently using a Kalama downwind 8’ x 19 for foiling waves.
I love it because it gives you the ability to get up on really small bumps, but I know I’m losing some
Performance and lots of swing weight.
I wanted to check with everyone here to see what works for them. I see guys on YouTube on tiny 5’ SUP boards but I feel like that would kill my glide.
I’m on the east coast of Florida so I don’t wanna go too small and lose the ability to pop up easy.
This might interest you !
Hah I was about to link you to the thread I started on the same subject but @LaPaloude beat me to it!
I can actually add a little bit extra info now as in the past week I picked up a smaller SUP to finally find out if I could feel a difference at all.
I went from a 7’10 x 19.5 @110L board to a 6’10 x 20 @95L board so it’s not apples to apples with the volume but I can report back even at these early stages of getting used to a new board, it surfs and pumps much better!
I have definitely lost a bit of paddle speed so not sure how it would go in really small conditions but in the waves we had over the weekend I was getting 35 decent waves a session so it’s still a wave catching machine.
I don’t think I could go all the way down to 5’ though but can say I definitely noticed the difference of 1ft shorter and 15L.
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for!