Opinions of NSP funboard 6'8"

[silverfish]

Anyone tried this board? What do you think of it? I'll probably buy one this sunday..

Thanks! / David

[saffasurfer7]

Yeah, well, I got the NSP 6'8" surf betty. It's awesome for beginning. Really indestructable but not too big and awkward to take around. Great for learning on. :)

[kieran]

If you really want to progress (eariler thread you started) go for a glass board. I dont think youll find much difference between the NSP and the BIC.
They are tempting cos they are cheaper but a glass is so much lighter and more manouvarable (sp?).
Pop outs are good for learning on but hard to sling around.

[silverfish]

I agree, the best thing would probably be something like a well built custom glassfiber board 6'6" to 6'8", wide with a round nose and a flat entry rocker. Maybe a fish. But the supply is quite limited here in sweden so I haven't found one. I think I'll probably buy one when I'm on a surftrip somewhere instead.

The NSP board is used so I won't lose much money if I sell it. And surfing in sweden is more about having fun and trying to find surf whenever you can than progressing. It's hard to progress much when you mostly surf windslop 2-3 times per month.. Although you get pretty good at catching bad waves

David

[little waves]

im gonna have to disagree - a glass board is definately better, but not for a beginner. a beginner will just end up damaging a glassboard to much, and end up spending tons of money in the long run. best bet would be to get the nsp, use it for a couple seasons to get your feet wet and learn a bit, sell it for a hundred or so bucks (you will have no probs selling this to another beginner, or maybe to a surf shop) and then put that money towards a glassed board. - but thats only my two cents

oops - re-read your post, you never actually did say you were a beginner (i just assumed i guess). so, if you are a beginner my above advice stands, if you have surfed a few seasons, prob step up to a glassed board. if price is a buying point for you, most surf shops have some really nice used custom boards for a significantly reduced price - you just have to keep checking.

[jonny]

NSP and BIC have marketed themselves so well that anyone picking up a surf mag and trying to figure out the best board on will decide on one of their products. Outrageous!

I'm sorry, and I apologise to those of you with BICs and NSPs but they are mass manufactured lumps of plastic designed to make money and nothing else.

The reason they are targetted at beginners is they cost bugger all to make so they can sell them cheap and still make a load of cash.

There is a gaping chasm in the difference in surfing a pop-out board to a proper fibreglass board. Plus as a surfer, I think, you have a certain responisbility to keeping the industry going. You're not exactly doing your local shaper any favours buying a pop-out mass-made in China are you?

Yes they are hard wearing but if you learn to take care of your surfboard it shouldn't matter!!! Don't surf right into the shore, don't drop your board in the car park, take care not to hit someone else in the sea. It's not difficult!

The sooner beginner surfers learn to read through the hype and just kit themselves out with a decent second hand mini-mal or fun board to learn on the better.

I deal with people daily who put their blood, sweat, tears and invest their whole life in handmaking beautiful surfboards and it kills me seeing the popularity of these boards being mass made in a factory in china benfitting no-one but the corporate guys running it all.

Sorry, rant over now!

and relax.........................

[Hazy_daze]

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I dont really know what to say... i think so many people are suprised at how well the NSPs actually surf, most people have the visions of a Bic, which are the amateur, heavy boysterous boards, which personally i dont know if they are, but thats the general reputation of them, but the NSPs actually go.
But on the other hand, i also think its customs all the way, i am literally in love with my 6'6''!

Hang Loose

[Hazy_daze]

Ive just realised what a load of crap that last entry was, hopefully you guys got some understanding out of it....its been a long week ( my excuse )

[silverfish]

Hi Guys,

No I'm not a beginner but I'm not good either. I'm quick to get on my feet and I can make a quick bottom turn and cruise up and down along the wave but nothing more. Still trying to make a good powerful top turn.

I would be glad to support my local shaper if I had one. There's one that I know of in the south of sweden about 700 km from where I live. It would be perfect to go to a good shaper and tell him what I'm looking for in a board so he could shape one for me. I can get hold of bic-boards NSP-boards and nord-boards which are glassfiber boards but they are not custom shaped. Unfortunatly they don't make the shape I want.

So since NSP has a board with the shape I want and I can buy it used, it seems like the best alternative. If I don't like it I'll sell it (and let you know what I think about it )

So for me it's mostly a matter of what's available.

David

[MAHALO7stefen]

no offence..but hell yeah jonny!!! hahah thanks man im glad i didnt buy an nsp now my worrying is over becuz i thought i shouldve had bought this nsp thats 20 dollars more (5`10 short) then this used PERFECT CONDITION (6`2 SEVENshort that i can learn on and grow to use intermediately) woooooohoooooooooooooooooooo MAHALO!

[Matt-Grom]

Anyone tried this board? What do you think of it? I'll probably buy one this sunday..

Thanks! / David

i actually have the board ive had for about 2 yrs now its brilliant its hit rocks so much and its still perfect plus it will last for ages

[Tom-Irons]

I went Surfing with Matt-Grom and tried his board out loads. Its Wicked! Can Take a Battering too.

[eastcoaster]

howzit! its early, theres no waves so another major rant coming...

if you hire a board in cornwall u r very likely to get an NSP or a BIC. this goes to show how tuff they are and that they are ideal for complete beginner surfing. HOWEVER, they surf like xxxxx and once you stand up and ride them thats about as far as one will take you performance wise and you will probably end up shelling out for two boards that year rather than one! they are made in thailand/china or wherever which has pulled MILLIONS out of the british surfing industry. they are marketed in a way which doesn't support local surf shops and favours internet only shops. this means that proper surf shops struggle to compete. i guy i know in north devon once told me that he made £10 for every NSP package he sold.

a glass minimal will surf MUCH better & still give you the same wave catching ability along with a better ride.

ok, they are a lot more fragile. which is not such a bad thing. if your are learning and you are frightened that you may damage your board yu will take much better care of it, you will learn to kick out properly, if you are going to take one on the head you will cling to your board for dear life. If you had a BIC or NSP you would more than likely bail it, possibly into someones face because you know its not gonna get a scratch.

so, the moral of the story is, show the corporate machines that you are not willing to line their pockets whilst they sell you a lump of tupperware that surfs like the door slater rides in fair bits (try doing a 360 on an NSP) and get your self a custom glass jobbie from a UK shaper. at least u know that your paying someone who put a good deal of time into a board.

watch out for the chinese import minimals bearing very english surf brand names! ive checked out a few and some are extremely good, some have one rail bigger than the other (do a bit of profiling run both your hands down the rails at the same without looking at the board, if one hand moves out before the other, theres a difference), some have fantastic glass jobs, some are full of bubbles. Most shops have to do these now to be competetive with price. If you get a good one it's fine, but its much better to support a UK shaper, also, who knows what conditions the kids (yeah, kids!) who make these boards work in but i'll bet they don't all have fancy 3M respirators, dust free zones, proper air conditioning/filtering. As for the kids who make surf tech boards with those incredibly dangerous epoxy resins, thats another rant for another day...

[derbyshire surfer]

I've used both NSP and BIC and there isn't alot to choose from. I learned to surf on a BIC, and have a fondness for them! I know they get 'stick' pardon the pun, but they are ideal boards to leanr on IMO.

I'm not going to metion his name, but I have a friend who is getting 'paid to surf' by a big Australian company, and he has just got a BIC 8'4 Magnum.

He didn't introduce himself at a hire shop, got outback, took off and was barrelled on a BIC. He's got a nice quiver of boards but finds the BIC great fun!

I've just got my first custom board which is ABSOLUTELY different from a BIC or NSP, however you do have to be VERY careful with a custom board, and it's a lot of money to ding if you are a begginer.

I would 'find your feet' on a BIC or NSP, develop some technique, and then you will know when the right time is to go 'custom'.

I do agree about supporting your local surf shop, and I have massive respect for their 'art', however when I first started surfing, I was advised by an owner to wait a while before I got a custom board. I promptly slipped on an ice morning, my board went flying and it took only a minor scratch! Glad I listened to him on that occassion!

[surfsc77]

i actually had the exact board your talking about. youd probably be better off getting a 7' 2" poly mini longboard, youd have a lot more fun and progress quicker. your board wouldnt weigh a ton either. it was a nice beginners board but it was too hard to advance on. good luck with whatever you do.

[geez]

Quote "so, the moral of the story is, show the corporate machines that you are not willing to line their pockets whilst they sell you a lump of tupperware that surfs like the door slater rides in fair bits (try doing a 360 on an NSP) and get your self a custom glass jobbie from a UK shaper. at least u know that your paying someone who put a good deal of time into a board."

"but its much better to support a UK shaper, also, who knows what conditions the kids (yeah, kids!) who make these boards work in but i'll bet they don't all have fancy 3M respirators, dust free zones, proper air conditioning/filtering. As for the kids who make surf tech boards with those incredibly dangerous epoxy resins, thats another rant for another day..."


Sorry guys but im new to the forums, not to the sport or industry, but what a load of Bull *****

The fact is we are in a global trading economy, end of. What possesions do you have in your life that are truly made in Britain, with british parts from British Materials???
I can assure you that there are no "kids" on the pay role, neither are they endangered by hazardose epoxy resin??? And how the hell do you produce a epoxy surfboard without "dust free zones, ventilation etc"
As for support your locals, yeh i agree if you know what you want and are honest about ability, but the majority of beginner to good intermediates would be best off with the nsp type boards for a season atleast. It gets you used to the sport without the repairs, and when you come to sell them they hold their money, Experienced "pro" type surfers know what they want and have it made,as for earning £10 per board sold?
I hear the same old thing,support the UK all the time so just think about this for a moment.

1) A friend of mine took ownership of his new "traditional polyboard" from one of, if not "the" oldest shapers in the UK, it had "designed in Cornwall" on it, actually it was manufactured in China. Now im not one to start a rant so i wont tell you of the countless other "traditional boards" now being manufactured oversees. My friends board in question was poorly made, and the glass job pretty shoddy, after a few sessions it cracked along the stringer! And lets not forget that well known shapers are designing these "pop out, doors,whatever else their called" and demanding good premiums too!

2) If you live by the "support British economy ethos" fine and i respect you. But how many off those that claim it, drive a German T4 (cos its kool) not a bedford formerly made in the UK, they wear jeans imported from usa or worse (a continent that does use child labour) and wear flip flops made in the very same place by the same people as the "pop outs"
Eat french produce whilst our farming industry collapses, drink imported milk whilst our dairy farmers are clinging on by their teeth, I dont hear anybody moaning that the Phillips (pye telecom) UK manufacturin plant went bust, of course not, there all happy to buy a fair quality DVD player for £25 at the local supermarket (from China) along with all the other cheap imported products,

So you see, like I said its all a load of Bull, until you actually go and see what, where and how things are done, negative opions simply hold no water.

[bmth.longboarder]

i had a bic to start with then i went into plenty of surfshops and bought a second hand custom glass board. And i have to say i have progressed far further and quicker with it as apposed to a nsp or something at the same price.

[essex sucks]

(Quote)The fact is we are in a global trading economy, end of. What possesions do you have in your life that are truly made in Britain, with british parts from British Materials??? (Quote

i have three gutairs that i hand made my self from all english parts and amps and two boards. anyway that was not the point by buying nsp and bic all the time it will destroy the whole surfboard indusy in the contry. those meaning u will noo longer be able too have a board made too suit u and how u want it in every detail just a bit of plastic.

[geez]

You missed the point, local shapers provide a real service to Real surfers that know what they want, I have my own board, exactly how I want it.the whole nsp bic debate is targeting an audience of newbies, providing a board which has double the resistance at half the price! Dont you get it, after they decide (more often than not they dont) that they are going to surf and keep it up, THEN they go and have a board made to the spec. but lmao, you made guitatrs out of English parts,
Whatever!!!
Tell me who manufactures Guitar strings in England, not sells or markets, Manufactures! Oh and the wood, grown in Epping forest was it! not imported,
the Resin, the blanks, the power tools, even the light bulbs used in the sheds, made in the UK???,do me a favour, when this country stops importing/Exporting goods, its finished... FACT

[essex sucks]

yep sorry dude i miss read your post