Here you will find some guideline advice for buying an SUP board.

First Board:

There are a few things that will affect your choice for your first board.

Width - On the whole you should be looking for a board with a width not less than 30". If you weigh more than 88 kgs or are not confident with your balance we'd recommend looking for something around 32-34" wide.

Length - This really will depend on the type of paddling you want to do. If you want to do a mix of surfing and flat water cruising then look for something between 10'5" - 13'. If you think you will be doing mainly surfing then look for something between 9'8" - 11'5" long (remember the width guidelines above)

Try Before you Buy

This is the best advice we can give. You don't want to buy a board that you grow out of too quickly. Many shops offer a demo service as well as supervised paddle nights. These are ideal opporunties to try out a range of boards and find out what suits you.

Here is a list of board manufacturers

Starboard - The UK's number one board brand.  Great shapes and popular with all levels of riders

Red Paddle Co - The perfect family/All round boards or if you're stuck for space the infaltable boards offer a great solution.

Jimmy Lewis - The orginal SUP brand available in the UK. A good range of boards to suit a range of users.

Naish - Designed by the Legendary Robby Nasih. Good looking boards with a range of sizes

NSP/South Point  - Some nice entry level SUP boards.

Surftech - The worlds largest mass producer of Surfboards.

C4 - Hawaiian brand popular for the high end designs

PSH - Paddle Surf Hawaii, producer of full on custom and semi custom boards