stand up paddleboarding

flixmaster · Site Owner Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 7488

I have heard a number of the ATX boards are damaged from shipping. From what I have been told they do crack easier than other SUPS.. but they know the market they are after and have done a good job selling a huge amount of entry level SUPS. Hopefully a number of the entry level riders will move on and start buying the more expensive SUP boards on the market. I think I heard that ATX did millions of dollars in sales last year. Maybe I heard 4 or 7 million on the local news? whatever the number I was blown away and leaning towards the 7 million mark.

JT... you want to start a 6 pack let me know... Might be willing to invest a little for that. We could make our money back in a few days..

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

GnarShredd · Posted: Dec 30, 2011 1:08 pm Post subject:

Damn! i knew they made bank but that's seriously insane. I wish I had moved to St. Pete a couple years earlier. Paddleboarding is HUGE here but the market's pretty saturated already.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

@ ~$800 each, that's 8500 boards sold to get to $6.8M. not a bad year!

flixmaster · Site Owner Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 7488

JT.... chew on it.. let me know what you come up with.

tball · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 3953

Re-revival.

I'm moving to Tampa this summer. This will be my 9th move in 18 years (thanks, Army!!). Anyway, I really want to try SUP while I'm down there. Anyone still doing it? Seems like prices have stayed stable but options are growing.

Have the supatx boards held up over the years?

Word. Thanks.

GnarShredd · Posted: May 13, 2013 7:43 am Post subject:

tball, Still haven't gotten my own board (want to soon) but my fiancee and I rent occasionally. It's like $50 for the day. My dad has an ATX board. It's seen light use and has a few cracks and dings. It basically seems to be holding up like a very thinly-glassed, foam surfboard would. If you want it to last more than a few years with heavy use, you're going to have to baby it a lot. But if you just plan on occasionally getting out, pick up a bottle of suncure and go for it.

I've been looking at Isle boards but can't seem to find any good, unbiased reviews about them. Based on their construction description they seem a little stronger than ATX but haven't found anything to confirm my thought.

Your other option is to check out used. Lots of em down here but anything good gets snapped-up quick.

GnarShredd · Posted: May 13, 2013 7:45 am Post subject:

Should have also mentioned. I usually rent from Suncoast Surf Shop in St. Pete beach and then drive down to Fort Desoto and paddle there. I can slap together a google maps thing for you if you want to show you the route I take. We'll generally go around 10 or so in the morning and paddle for an hour or two, then eat a packed lunch and head back. Makes a good day and you get to see some cool wildlife. Can't remember a time we've gone out and haven't seen a stingray or dolphin. Even get a few sharks now and then.

Bambamski · Posted: May 13, 2013 9:07 am Post subject:

we rented SUP in the outerbanks a couple of weeks ago. HOLY F was that hard. I suck at surfing and I suck at trying to SUP in the surf as well. Trying to get out past the break was tough but tyring to surf those big boards is freaken hard. I don't know how they turn them? It was fun but what a work out.

GnarShredd · Posted: May 13, 2013 10:53 am Post subject:

Bambamski, They can be really tough to maneuver for sure. I pretty much have only taken them out to cruise in the flats (save for boat wakes).

buckthis · Posted: May 14, 2013 4:52 pm Post subject:

Well, I finally got to try SUP and I am glad I only spent 10 dollars, I was on a cruise and one of the excursions was SUP and they wanted 80 dollars(way too much!) I took a taxi to a local beach for some snorkeling and look who is coming in from their excursion, its the SUP crew, so I asked them how much for 1/2 half hour and they tell me 10 bucks. All I could think of when I was paddling was that it was just like canoeing but standing up, the water was flat so I didn't get to try and surf in the waves and made sure I was back in the half hour. I will not do any SUP again.

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

LOVE IT! Would do it every day if I bought a board. So relaxing and a great workout.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

jgriffith · Posted: May 22, 2013 8:19 am Post subject:

I think I'm going to have to try this

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Nor*Cal, kayaking killed my back until we found the right mfg. We ended up with Wilderness Systems who had a far better back support system than any other brand we tried.

Hopefully the boy will be more interested in it this year. Such a chill way to spend some time.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

chavez, it's hamstring tension for me. I'm working on it but in doing so realized I prefer SUP. So while I have a touring kayak, I'm looking for a deal on a SUP.

GnarShredd · Posted: May 22, 2013 9:19 am Post subject:

I just like the view better. I'm fortunate enough to live somewhere with GREAT seagrass/sand flats only a few feet deep. Tons of wildlife to see that I'd probably miss due to a lower angle of a kayak/canoe. Stingrays, sharks, fish, crabs, dolphin; all kinds of great stuff.

buckthis · Posted: May 24, 2013 2:12 pm Post subject:

Nor Cal, I am fine with canoeing, just don't want to do it standing up! I will try SUP again, just not when the water is flat, I will try it again if there is a surf.