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Test 2018Sports and touring boards 12'6"

Stephan Gölnitz

 · 26.04.2019

Test 2018: Sports and touring boards 12'6"Photo: Stephan Gölnitz
Test 2018: Sports and touring boards 12'6"
No matter what you're looking for: A board - just to paddle to your next cappuccino? To train for your Rimini figure - or to go on a big lake tour? Whether fixed or inflatable: In the test you will find exactly the board that can sweeten your paddling life.

12'6" boards are the premier class of SUP. World championships are held internationally in this length - and for long tours, for training and fitness, but also for leisurely lake cruises, this class offers excellent directional stability, carrying capacity and a little more speed than shorter boards. All the boards in this test are sufficiently stiff with a thickness of around six inches, although some are a little firmer than average.

You can find the full test report with these boards in SUP Magazine 2018, which you can still order - see below:

Hardboards

  • Infinity Wide Aquatic Tour 12'6'' x 30''
  • JP-Australia Allwater GT 12'6'' x 28,5''
  • JP-Australia Outback 12'6'' x 30''
  • Starboard Touring StarLite 12'6'' x 29''

Inflatable boards

  • CrosLake Bellagio 12'0'' x 34''
  • Fanatic Ray Air Premium 12'6'' x 32''
  • GTS Touring 12'0'' x 32''
  • Indiana Touring 12'6'' x 31''
  • JP-Australia Sportsair 12'6'' x 30''
  • Mistral Spirit 12'6'' x 30''
  • Naish One Air 12'6'' x 30''
  • NRS Escape 12'6'' x 30''
  • Oxbow Explore Air 12'6'' x 28''
  • Quatro Roam Air 12'6'' x 30''
  • Red Paddle Voyager MSL 12'6'' x 32''
  • RRD Airtourer Convertible V4 12'0'' x 33''
  • SIC Air Glide 12'6'' x 30''
  • Siren Mola Allround 12'0'' x 33" XPL
  • Starboard Touring DeLuxe 12'6'' x 31''
  • Sup-Monsters Orca 12'0'' x 36''
  • SUP & Soul Expedition 12'6'' x 31''
Infinity Wide Aquatic Tour 12'6'' x 30'' (Hardboard)
Photo: Stephan Gölnitz
You can read this article and the entire SUP 1/2018 issue in the SURF app (<a href="https://www.delius-klasing.de/digital" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">iTunes and Google Play</a>) - the print edition is available <a href="https://www.delius-klasing.de/sup-special-01-2018-sup-2018-01" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.Photo: Jeremie TronetYou can read this article and the entire SUP 1/2018 issue in the SURF app (iTunes and Google Play) - the print edition is available here.
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Stephan Gölnitz

Stephan Gölnitz

Deputy Editor in Chief surf

Stephan Gölnitz comes from Bochum and had Holland as his home windsurfing territory for many years before moving to Munich in 1996 for the job of test editor at surf magazine. The materials engineering graduate worked as a surf instructor on the Ijsselmeer during his studies and competed for several seasons for the Essen sailing team in the Surfbundesliga and the Funboard Cup. He completed a traineeship at surf-Magazin in the test department and since then has actively accompanied almost all tests on the boom and for more than 10 years also as a photographer. Stephan has covered many thousands of test kilometers, mainly on Lake Garda and in Langebaan, but also in Egypt and Tobago. He gets his hands on over 100 new sails and boards every year as his company car. Privately, he prefers to surf with a foil on Lake Walchensee or “unfortunately far too rarely” in the waves. SUP is Stephan's second passion, which he pursued for several years at numerous SUP races. Today, he prefers to paddle on river tours with family or friends - even for several days.

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