Makai Softop 11 Ft Stand Up Paddle Surfboard at Wet Feet Hawaii – Video Preview

Makai Softop 11 Ft Stand Up Paddle Surfboard at Wet Feet Hawaii – Video Preview

Author: StandUpPaddleSurf.net December 5, 2007 Duration: 1:20
[singlepic=1994,188,125] We get a short preview of the Makai Softop 11 Ft Stand Up Paddle Surfboard from the guys at Wet Feet. As we see on the video, the board has a soft deck ideally for people who are concerned about landing on the board hard or want something that is family and user-friendly.The performance is manageable for a board of this type. I think this is good as an entry-level board.(click thumbnail to launch video)[gallery=30]Wet Feet: This board is an 11-foot soft top, designed by Craig Hollingsworth in California. Itrsquo;s called the Makai stand up, soft-top board; very user-friendly, good for folks who arenrsquo;t used to dealing with surfboards perhaps concerned about landing on the board hard or they want a board that is family and user-friendly.Evan: Whatrsquo;s the response on something like this?Wet Feet: More forgiving. It has been great. Itrsquo;s a really good entry-level board. Craig Hollingsworth has done something interesting too with his finset up and then itrsquo;s a quad, which will help loosen it up. Itrsquo;s not really a performance board but that will help in the performance.Evan: Is it pretty stable?Wet Feet: Yes, it is. The width really gives it some good stability.Evan: So itrsquo;s just kind of a sheet ndash; like a body board-type, not really a hard foam.Wet Feet: Right. Sleek bottom like a body board. It actually has four stringers in it. Four PVC stringers so that addshellip;Evan: Try to keep it from getting mushy.Wet Feet: Right.Evan: Kind of got a lot of nose rocker.Wet Feet: Yeah, it has got some good kick in the nose.Evan: Kind of cool.

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