NEW: racing SUP by C4 Waterman

Elite racing, fun-run races, coastal cruising. The 12-6 Pro is a modification of the prototype Travis Grant paddled to victory in the 2011 Elite Battle of the Paddle race. It wider by one inch. The low, even-bottom rocker, semi-displacement hull, and wide-point set under the paddler’s stance delivers the maximum in instant acceleration for sprint races. But the 12-6 Pro is stable enough to let you stop and smell the roses

Construction: C4 Waterman’s new FeatherCore Composite line of SUPs is based on the rigorous refinement of the foam sandwich/composite structures to find the construction that best suits the unique needs of the next generation of high- performance stand-up paddleboards.

Our testing has found that deck and bottom wood veneer laminates provide the lightest, strongest, least expensive ‘skin’ to complement our featherlight EPS-cored SUPs. These very thin veneer sheets are sandwiched between successive layers of fiberglass and epoxy resin and then pressure molded around the EPS core. This creates a sort of monocoque fuselage, much like an aircraft, in which the skin of the surfboard in effect becomes the stringer or stiffener.