Naish Mad Dog

Hmmm. I've always found it interesting when a brand doesn't list the weights of their boards. They always seem to list every other detail like length, width, thickness, volume etc. But you only ever see weights listed by board companies that are, dare I say, proud of the weights achieved during manufacturing. So read between the lines if you will.

Not having a pop at Gong but their website says 8.5kg for a NFA Pro x28 wide..Supboarder weighed their one and it was over 10kg I think. That's too big a difference in my book and certainly made me think twice about which board to buy.

I'm sure Jimmy Lewis didn't actually say "who cares" so let's not take the man's word out of context. I think whatever he may have said in relation to weight could be summed up by saying that his boards are guaranteed to be lighter than the majority of boards out there and anyone who has owned one knows that to be the truth - his boards are perfectly super light AND absolutely bomber construction.

The only thing I want to keep in context is Jimmy Lewis sup construction,absolutely at the pointy end,arguably the best I.M.O.Not sure what was said by whom,but I also require weight ! from any manufacturer other than Jimmy,as I consider his boards the bench mark, Light / strong,value for money/ resale ect.,just wish he did customs from the kinetic Factory.

So what if it's slightly off topic, most topics have been discussed many times and it can get pretty boring without some off topics.

I asked Jimmy about the weights...he said he might ask the factory and start putting the weights up if it helps... and to prevent him searching through emails trying to remember them all Love his style. He also wasn't fussed about putting volumes of boards up at first because he reckons people should be more concerned with width and thickness. However, he concedes people like to know all this sort of stuff when trawling through websites so you never know..weights might appear.

Maybe it a new thing but I bought. Naish Mana 6 years ago and knew how much it weighed and it's volume, meant nothing to a novice at the time. Then 3 years ago I got a JL Sidewinder and knew it's volume and weight as it was the lightest 14ft board on the market at 9kg. Waiting on a Smik Lord Bonza 9.5 x 32 and again know the volume and weight?? What am I missing the info is easy to find??

The weight of a brand new board with fins and grip is extremely important,to me ,not just for performance ect,but for future dings /weight gain !!! You need to have a reference point to start with IMO.this has been posted many times before,and it has helped me in the past,problem solving,the forum working as it should !

You are of course correct the web sites are inaccurate. When I bought my boards they had the weight printed in the specs on the Naish Website and JL had the Sidewinder weight listed because it was 9kg and the lightest in the market. Smik have weights somewhere because the board stock standard in Carbon is 7kg but mine is longer but the same volume so I expect it will be around that mark.

So if a carbon 9'5 x 32, 140Lt approx 7kg and my Naish Mana 10x 33 is 12kg you would presume the Mad Dog is the same construction as the Mana so it would sit around the 7Kg mark give or take. Mad Dog is 101lt and Mana 190lt so it's close enough don't you think, 1kg differential would make no difference, they all get heavy the longer the walk.