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Kona ONE OK for SUP? |
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Michael
Date : 1/7/2010 3:01:27 PM |
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I have a Kona ONE, and I'd like to try it out as a SUP board. I don't want to get another board for SUP, so I'm interested to hear about anybody else's experiences on the Kona ONE.
What leash length did you buy? Where did you attach the leash?
Thanks
Michael
Edinburgh, Scotland.
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John I
Date : 1/8/2010 7:33:39 PM |
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Leave a back strap on either side for the leash. Lower center of gravity is better from dedicated SUP's, but that's another board.... Flip side is the dagger adds tons of side to side stability. Jack of all trades, but master of fun. Should work fine.
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Ian Berger
Date : 1/10/2010 3:21:20 PM |
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I've paddled my Kona One lots of times on the Hudson River. It's not a great SUP board, but it does the job fine. The higher center of gravity does make it less stable, and a little slower, than a dedicated SUP board. I don't know about taking it out in the waves, but for flat water it's fine.
I took mine out at the end of November on the river. The water was 47ºF. While I wore a 5 mm wetsuit, let's just say that I tried my best not to fall. I only got dunked once in an hour and a half. The daggerboard helped a lot with the stability. The fall was off the back of the board, which popped the board forwards about forty feet. Let's just say, at that moment I'd wished I'd put the leash on. I'd left the collar of my suit open because the air was about 65ºF and my neck and the upped part of my torso got a chilling, a really intense chilling.
http://hudsonwindsurfer.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-guess-seasons-over.html
The think about the Kona is that there's always a better board than the Kona in a discrete set of circumstances, but there are almost no boards that can perform in as many different conditions than the Kona.
-Ian
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Michael
Date : 1/11/2010 12:04:39 PM |
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Thanks for the feedback guys.
I'm assuming the stock fin would be larger than necessary for SUPing.
I have a 25cm powerbox wave fin that I was thinking of using. Either that or a 38cm freeride fin. What would you choose between those two?
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