BIC 9'4 Nat Young Model

[Hugo]

Hello everyone,

I just bought the BIC 9'4 Nat Young model, and it's a great board, so I'll give you my 2 cents.

First of all, I'm an intermediate surfer, I've only ridden Longboards and a few shortboards jus to try them.
SO, about the BiC 9'4 Nat Young Model, the board is very beautyful, in a light blue with vertical classic style black lines. It's the best paddler that I have tried, it can catch almost every wave, even a few waves you don't want to it's a very very fast board, with great feeling while riding it. It turns very well too, although a few people have stated that it is very hard to manuever, I think it's not that hard at all. When you're on the board's sweet spot, it rides like the wind but to turn you have to move your weight and feet to the turning spot (I don't now if I'm making any sense, but that's the feeling I get riding the BIC).
The only downsise that I have found on the board is it's weight, it's veeeery heavy at 7.5kg. It's hard to carry under the arm, and I already broke two 7mm leash's on the white water, as the board goes with the white water, the leash just poped

So, I really love this board, sorry if my "review" isn't that good, but I'm still a "new" longboard surfer and not very good at reviews hahaha anyone wondering if they should buy this board, go for it, you will love it too. Oh and it's ptratically indestructible, so the board will be in your hands for years to come.

I'm from the north of Portugal, and the waves here are more carved waves (steep waves?tube like waves? hope you can understand ) , and 1 to 3 meters high. I've ride this waves with the BiC and it's awsome super fast board, it really trims very well down the line, Oh! and the noseriding is really easy too, I can't do it very well but a few times I did it (yeah!) and got an awsome feeling that I was like flying through the wave.

So BiC 9'4 Nat Young model? Super great board, try one, rent one, buy one.....

Cheers from Portugal guys.... any questions/critics, I'm happy to here them and answer them.
Hope this helps someone too...

oh, and a special thanks to Big H, what a great guy he is. thanks bro

[Big H]

You got it; glad that new board is working out for you.

[waikikikichan]

I already broke two 7mm leash's on the white water, as the board goes with the white water, the leash just popped

Can you explain more in detail how the leash popped ? At the ankle connection or near the rail saver ? Did the urethane cord snap ?

[Hugo]

Sorry for the late reply, it snaped near the rail saver (near the board's tail, I'm guessing that's the name for it ) . Why?

[oldmansurfer]

I have surfed quite a bit and never had a leash break. I have had the cord that fits in the plug that the leash is attached to break but so far never the leash.

[Jester]

They usually break around the swivel connection, my local board shop told me to run Vaseline into it to preserve the life of it a little longer. You get an almighty pull on your leg from such a heavy board when you go down on a wave of consequence!! I know the feels

Also glad that you too like the bic, I think they're amazingly good boards and not enough people stick with them after the learning phase so they always associate them with not being able to turn which is hokum. I'm never getting rid of mine...barring accidents of course