JP Australia Surf 8'6'' - SUPboarder Magazine

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Stability

8.5

Wave catching

9.5

Ability to turn

Fun Factor

Fins & Fittings

7.5

Weight

Build Quality

9.5

Value

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daccia16

5 years ago

Ciao,
at minute 6:45 you are on the rocks, is it available the jump into water part of the video? I am used to jump from a rock or dock into wave with surfboard but SUP is quite big and the paddle need a third arm :-O

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Reuben Ellis

5 years ago

Reply to daccia16

Hi, So do you want us to make a launching off rocks video? I wouldn’t recommend it to everybody ;-). Its not the safest thing to do. But it is fun!

Sauceman

3 years ago

Reply to Reuben Ellis

Hey yeah
If you happen to have the time. You’ve got Beau there to sacrifice on the rocks to get the video

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Reuben Ellis

3 years ago

Reply to Sauceman

Let us see what we can do… 😉

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What the brand says

The JP-Australia Surf range is designed for the “no-compromise”, top to bottom performance in the proper surf conditions for riders of all sizes. The whole Surf line has unique features; single to double concave flowing into a V tail, pulled in nose and tail, progressive rocker line and thin rails. All new for 2019 is the 8’6”x29”. Werner has slightly thinned out the rails and pulled in the nose and the tail, but the volume remains at 113L.

All of the PRO boards come with a 5 fin setup option and 3 fins. The smaller sizes from 7’2” through to 8’6” all come with 3 FCS plugs for the center fin position instead of the US box to keep the weight down to a minimum. The 3 plugs provide 2 center fin position options and the boards come with a RTM thruster fin set. The 8’10” and the 9’2” have the 5 fin option with the US box for the center fin to be able to accommodate a bigger fin. The Wood Edition come with standard – US box thruster set up.

The PRO layup of our SURF boards has no carbon as we believe that carbon makes the boards too stiff for the surf. We have kept a natural flex pattern with strategic dual density sandwich layup and optimized fiber direction. For 2019 we have developed rail construction with Innegra fiber on the PRO boards and Basalt fiber on the Wood Edition boards. No more paint chipping.

Innegra on the PRO boards adds the abrasion resistance but it doesn’t add stiffness as we didn’t want to alter the flex pattern of the boards. Basalt on the Wood Edition boards adds strength, stiffness and abrasion resistance. Basalt is 100% volcanic rock, a natural and sustainable fiber.

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JP Australia Surf 8’6”

Reviewed by us on Apr 3, 2019

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