Slingshot Sports introduces the Space Pickle SUP

Slingshot's Space Pickle hitting the water up in Hood River, Oregon for a test ride.

HOOD RIVER, Oregon - Slingshot Sports introduces the Space pickle Stand up paddleboard. Designed for performance wave riding in knee to shoulder high waves, this board is a carving machine. The Space Pickle comes in an 8.6” and 7.6” and is truly versatile. The board easily pivots from rail to rail for quick turns due to its aggressive ‘V’ spine but is also super stable. It feels like a long board if you let it go straight but when you want to carve a turn it’s fast like a short board. Small enough to fit inside a van and big enough to take on the waves.

Based on Slingshot’s Future Response Technology, the Space Pickles are built with Slingshot’s proprietary Wood Veneer Sandwich Construction (WVS) that is a complex layering system of fiberglass and wood producing a stronger more durable board that is also lightweight.

“Beyond surfing what I was very surprised about was how well it tracks in flat water. I was able to get 2-3 more strokes on each side compared to other boards of similar size. Also doing a pivot turn by stepping back on the tail and sweeping with the paddle was really stable and fast because of the volume of the board. I think then when people try the board whether in surf or flat-water they will be pleasantly surprised by how easy this board paddles”, says product tester Nick Bjork.

Space pickle 8.6” – Surf (available now)

Length: 8.6”
Width: 30”
Weight: 22lbs
Volume: 136 Liters
Fin: Quad fin – DFS fin box
MSRP: $1,249

Space pickle 7.6” – Surf (available now)

Length: 7.6”
Width: 31.5”
Weight: 21 lbs
Volume: 121Liters
Fin: Quad fin – DFS fin box
MSRP: $1,199

The 2012 Slingshot SUP lineup consists of seven boards; two race, two surf, one adventure, and two all-rounder’s. All Slingshot boards are built with the most innovative materials and construction methods available to allow Slingshot to design optimum shapes, durability, flex and weight for specific boards, paddling conditions and ability levels. This development process is called *Future Response Technology™ (FRT), all slingshot products are based on this development philosophy.

Over the last 11 years the Slingshot crew has dedicated endless time and effort channeling their passion for watersports to people throughout the world. Established in 1999, Slingshot Sports LLC has worked diligently to establish a solid reputation in the kiteboarding, wakeboarding and stand up paddleboard market by manufacturing high-quality products, setting construction and design standards, and dressing it all up with an image that is unique, edgy and young.