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NSP 9'2'' review

Postby 312T4 » Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:34 am

Hi.

As it's very hard to find reviews from users about this board I'm going to write down one for those like me in need of directions.

The board is:
22 7/8 wide
and
3 3/16 thick
(what the hell is 22 7/8?? why not cm? Still don't get it..)

Well, it's big!
It's not easy to carry around as it's a bit heavy and if it's windy it's a lot of fight!

Now, let me tell you: I'm 173cm, I'm thin, and my shoulders are like those of Sheldon Cooper! :)

Also, I'm 36yo and I didn't do any sport in the last 20 years. Also, I'm working every day, I have a lady with me, I have friends and dinners and movies and things to do. Basically I have a life and I live 100km from the closest surf spot. You know what I mean?

Now, my review of this board is: “Thanks God I got it!”

When I started I didn't know if I was going to keep surfing. It's hard. It's physically super demanding, it requires driving for hours, it's frustrating.
When you go to the beach, you really need something to enjoy. Something that allows you to catch all you can, mostly 20cm of white water, and no stress about maintenance.

This board gives you all you can get out of the water and of your body.

I started along with a friend, same body structure, same age, same lack of fitness. He got a nice second hand custom board.
Now, one year on, after lots of care, he went to the ding repair 3 times, he spent 200$, he waited 1 month -no surfing- , he had to fix something by himself.
He has the deck like a golf ball.

Mine? I bang the board to the car, to the roof rack, to the walls, sometimes it fell on the ground when I take it out of the bag, few times the wind flipped it over on the asphalt, I drag it on the sand, I had some 'closer encounters' with other boards in the water.. I put my back knee on the deck just like my friend..
Nothing. It's just fine.

Also, it's much more easy to paddle.I mean: EASY. I usually go faster and catch more waves then my friend.
And I'm Sheldon Cooper, ok?
I learnt on the white water. I moved to the green waves. I started to turn the board. Now I can really change directions, and I walk a bit on the deck, not to loose the wave.
It's a lot o fun and the day I will over stage this board is still far away.

I go surfing during weekends. My sessions last 2 hours. That means that if i'm lucky I get 8 hours in the water a month. If.
Also, I'm better then my friend now. He's still trying to understand what the board needs. But most of all, I catch more waves then him.

Now I don't understand who just bark against this kind of product.
Believe me, oh reader in my same, average position: they may have their reason, but they are NOT giving you the best advice!

If you have things in common with me, Mr Average, well, buy one of those big cheap board!
That's what you need to start with!
They are just fine and the shape it's just a copy/paste from handmade boards. Nothing more, but nothing less.

One day, maybe in 1 or 2 more years time, I will probably go to the local shaper and tell him what I'd like to have. One day, as a surfer. Not now, as an idiot.
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby jaffa1949 » Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:55 am

312T4 that's really great, you have used your brain to get yourself surfing NSP 9'2" review show all the reasons we recommend starting longer on those types of board, the more waves you can get under your belt the better you can progress.
I hear the stoke ringing out :lol: .
The underlying advice is sound learn long, then choose your length!

Good experiential review!
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby surf patrol » Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:36 am

An excellent review 312T4. Your clearly stoked with your board.

Tl;dr Now, my review of this board is: “Thanks God I got it!” :lol:
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby 312T4 » Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:59 am

:) thanks..
Actually I didn't use my brain. A friend of mine told me to start with any cheap longboard I could find. annd. I did.t like the idea of a longboard. He told me that so many times! Now I understand that and also I don't care anymore about a shorter board...I know my way! But thanks God because knowing myself I could have give up if I had another board. While I cant stop now!
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby jaffa1949 » Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:27 pm

312T4 wrote::) thanks.. . A friend of mine told me to start with any cheap longboard I could find. annd. I did.t like the idea of a longboard.


Many among us are trying to understand why so many learners of any age don't like the idea of a longboard.
So just curious, what was your thinking behind preferring a longboard before you knew better?
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby 312T4 » Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:20 am

Well..
I was thinking that I wanted to be able to move fast on the face of the wave. Up and down. Lot of speed. I didn't want the board to stop me!
Ahahah..
When I started, before of touching the water, I was thinking about myself starting from a point which I didn't reach yet!

..and now, meanwhile, my view has completely changed! Love the longboard style!
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby jaffa1949 » Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:34 am

HOOKED THOROUGHLY :lol:
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby Only Moses » Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:00 pm

Awesome review 312T4,

I've got a 10'2 NSP South Point board myself and seriously love it, for all of the same reasons that you said.

I started surfing about 10 years ago on a bic mini-mal and was always obsessed with switching down to a shortboard as soon as I could and thats exactly what I did.
This was fine at the time, because I was surfing every day and was in pretty good shape.
However after being forced to take a few years out of the water I went back in on my shortboard and found it to be a real struggle, so I took what I had always considered to be the soft option and got a cheap second hand longboard, my 10'2 South Point.

My god how wrong I had been, since I got my longboard Ive caught more waves, made way more improvement and had way more fun than I ever had on my shortboard.

I only wish I'd started longboarding 10 years ago.
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby 312T4 » Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:49 pm

Yes, i know..
Tuesday I had my longest ride: 50 secs on a small, ugly wave.. didn't do much.. just kept going till it died.. :)
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby WaveHunter » Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:07 pm

I tried the 8'2 and liked it. It floats and turns great!
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby cwall » Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:59 pm

Nice job with the review.

Seems likes it really simple sometimes for us beginners sometimes: just get something big, paddle hard, and you'll be stoked.

I'll keep this in mind while searching for a board. There is a lot of turning of the nose at NSPs, but when all you're trying to do is get in the water and catch waves its probably a good option. I went out and bought a used custom of similar proportions to your NSP and I'm having a devil of a time with it. I don't know if its a little water logged or just not the right dimensions, but I can only get up on it if the waves are over waist high and, unfortunately, that's frequently not the case here in SoCal.

Maybe a couple hundred for a new NSP would have been a better investment than a couple hundred on a used custom.
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby 312T4 » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:39 pm

Hi Cwall,
Im not in the position to say why u have difficulties, and I'm not saying that nsp are very good surfboards. I just say that if u are a beginner and you are not 12 anymore, then nsp are a very good way to start with.
I'm going to be a 2years old surfers soon and I still don't know what I need next.
I'm learning how to carve and I really need to try few boards before I can say what works for me. Really I don't know how someone can suggest a beginner to buy a custom board.
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby jaffa1949 » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:46 am

312T4 wrote:Hi Cwall,
Im not in the position to say why u have difficulties, and I'm not saying that nsp are very good surfboards. I just say that if u are a beginner and you are not 12 anymore, then nsp are a very good way to start with.
I'm going to be a 2years old surfers soon and I still don't know what I need next.
I'm learning how to carve and I really need to try few boards before I can say what works for me. Really I don't know how someone can suggest a beginner to buy a custom board.


This might help about "CUSTOM" and used
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22156
A board can have the same dimensions but rail rocker, plane shapes, concaves and other things will make the boards very different in performance.
I Think Cwall is struggling not because of the board but just from being a beginner. As we all did! :lol:
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby cwall » Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:43 pm

Well, half and half, Jaffa Man, half and half.

The board I was describing in my last response was not the right board for me. It was too narrow not quite long enough. I traded it for a Walden Magic Model that was wider, thicker, and longer. Takeoff problems solved.

The easier time I've had getting going on the new board probably has more to do with the increased size, and not the make of the board. So yeah, when you are getting started it probably doesn't matter if you're on a Walden or an NSP. What probably matters the most is that your equipment is the right dimensions for you.

As a side note, I now wish I still had the 9' footer. Now that I can catch most waves I'm getting frustrated trying to maneuver my 10'er in the mushy surf that dominates my home-break. Probably back to craigs-list for another trade. One great thing about Los Angeles......surfing for 6 months and have had 4 boards. All have been used and I've managed to sell all of them for close to what I paid. It's like having the world's largest quiver of beat up boards.
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby jaffa1949 » Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:12 am

Good call and self recognition cwall, recognising your need and find a board that suits them is the beginning of understanding . A 9ft board at about 22" width and a good thickness will be an improvement,if the nose rocker is stronger then the board will paddle more like a short board, reall look at the boards side on and see what the rocker is, please feel free to post pictures or ask again and we may be able to find something that really gives you a boost! :D
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby Zich11 » Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:31 am

new guy (64 years old) just taking up the sport, kids and grandkids all surf and I got tired of sitting on beach watching. Was at local surf shop yesterday and they suggested, and I bought the 9.2 NSP...sounds like I made a good decision, thanks for posting the review
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby jaffa1949 » Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:34 am

Nothing could be finer than to be born a forty niner in the morning, as a fellow born in 1949, baby boomer welcome to something great :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Enjoy :!: You just lost 15 years off your chronological age!! :D :goingsurfing:
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby BuffDriver » Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:14 am

One of these just popped up here locally on the cheap side and in good condition, will the 9'2 float a 225 lb tuna like me? I've checked the specs on these and NSP says it's good for all weights, but wanted to get some opinions from people in the know.. ya know?
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby pandarturo » Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:17 am

Yes it will.
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Re: NSP 9'2'' review

Postby jaffa1949 » Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:53 pm

from a 220lber yes it will!
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