My wife and I were in Hawaii and after taking a quick SUP lesson, we went out on our own for a while and were instantly hooked! I've seen one or two guys here at home on Vancouver Island (Canada) stand up paddling and I'd love to get a board and continue over here. We can only afford one board though. My wife is 5'6" and around 115lb and I'm 6'7" and around 220lb. We're both fit and athletic but with our height and weight differences, which board(s) would you suggest which we could both use?

Thanks!

A board like the Naish 11'6" Nalu or 10' Mana.. or 12' or 12'6" Starboard.. or even the 11' or 11'6" NSP should be perfect.

There's so much out there now.. Go to a local SUP shop and see what they recommend.. Let us know what you choose.

David

I've demo'd maybe a half dozen boards now. They range from 10'6 to 11'6. Laird, Naish, Bark, Starboard and Surftech Randy French soft top. The only one which I'm at least a little comfortable on is the 11'6" Surftech soft top. The rest seem quite unstable to me. We even managed to do some tandem paddling on that board together. I heard very good reviews about the board. Many people love the stability and glide. They also mention it's easy to turn with and catch waves with. This is 11'6", 32" wide, 5" thick and 245L volume.

This board by NSP would easily care the weight of 2 people and has a massive 235ltr volume http://www.surfdiveskate.com.au/shop/nsp-paddle-board-116-sup-epoxy-p-1459.html

Thanks for the tip about the NSP, David. It looks to have the same specs as the 11'6" Surftech I'm looking at but this NSP is $400 more expensive and has less volume then the surftech. I took the surftech out for the whole weekend and managed to do some tandem with my wife sitting on the nose of the board. The water level stayed below the deck pad but not by much.