Ronix Boards

[BrentP]

Is anybody surfing a Ronix board? Specifically a Koal Fish Classic? Any thoughts? How much do you weigh? Have you put a heavier surfer on it? >270 lbs.

The folks at the boat shop recommended this one.. Their prices suck, so I dont want to do a test drive with them (where they take a hefty deposit towards a new board)... Ideally, someone about my size has a board on here like this..

[sandm]

I think around 250lbs was the largest I have had on the boat surfing. had a ronix koal that I left with a buddy in wisconsin when I moved and was a nice board. surf style. lots of guys rode it and was our go to board to train on when someone wanted to try a surf style ride. kept them off my soulcraft
it held up well to the dents/dings of boat life and didn't discolor as bad as some other boards in the heat- athough not a ton of direct sunlight in green bay.

[BrentP]

Good feedback. I may have to starve myself down to 250... I can pick up the 2018 like 40% off, and i want something super flexible that will last a long time but not be a turd that i'll hate in a year. I'll never find a skim-style that will hold me I dont think so surf is about it..

You guys boating up in the north.. I dunno how you dont freeze your rear ends off.

[bsreid]

Ronix koal fish was the board that I learnt on, decent board for sure. Would I buy one again? No. It’s not really a great beginner board tbh, it’s fast in a weird way it wants to take off on it’s edges and you have no chance at recovering after burying the nose.

My opinion Ronix boards are so overpriced for what you get it’s kinda crazy, I wouldn’t buy one anywhere close to full list. For the money I would highly highly recommend the phase 5 model x. That board is a lot more stable but also has enough speed to be worth while. More of a skim style that’s still got multiple fins to make it stable and not totally skim. I’ve got buddies who teach surfing and have other board sponsors but still choose to use the model x because of how great it is. Another great option is the liquid force primo for a bigger guy.

[freeheel4life]

Im 275 and my go to Ronix board would be a Blender, but they dont make it now. I believe the closest to it now is the Sprocket.

Lunatic is my least favorite. Havent spent enough time on a Koal Fish to have an opinion.

[UNSTUCK]

My opinion Ronix boards are so overpriced for what you get it’s kinda crazy, I wouldn’t buy one anywhere close to full list.

This seems to be the norm now for all these manufacturers. They are getting into the realm of custom hand made boards. I bet the OP could find a custom within his price range. Try Lakewakes or Chaos. I went to Chaos, told him my budget and he built us a board to fit it. What more could you ask for?

[BrentP]

Yah, this is awesome feedback. I spend most of my plane ride yesterday reading up. Honestly, all of these boards are stupid expensive. I see the value in a 600-800 dollar Chaos Ringer, but not for my first board, and not for the all-around board to keep on the boat. Then Ronix has a mass produced board in the same price range as a custom Choas.. Remember back when we all skiied? We had the set for everyone, then that special slalom that was built for you.

My goal was to spend less then 400 bucks on something that would work to learn on from my wife up to me (A 2018 Ronix Koal Fish is 379 on Evo, for example), then when I felt like I was hot **** I could go grab a good high-end big board for me and a good lightweight skim board for the now capable wife and kids, and still have the 400 dollar board for everyone else.

Reading through the "what board to buy" threads on here, we all tend to gravitate to recommending a high-end board, which makes sense, under the logic "Your going to spend 700-800 at some point, why not just do it now". I get it. But I need 2 boards more than likely anyways.

Thanks for the help guys.

[D&P Powell]

I have an old Inland Surfer Red Tide I would be willing to part with for the same reasonable price I paid for it ($125). I bought it about 5 years ago from another gentleman active on this forum (XPJim) at the Tige Reunion at Lake Mead. It's truly a big boys beginner board. If you are interested, let me know, as it's just collecting dust on my board rack. Here's a picture of a very similar board (just a newer model... ours is all red) - inland surfer.jpg

[sandm]

keep in mind that the board is one thing and fins are another story. my soulcraft came with a basic set of fins. adding a set of blackstix woke it up in a night and day way.

koal was a good beginnner kind of like the broadcast was for so many in the late 2000's. and I like your thinking in keeping the beginner board you buy for others. this has kept beginners off our higher end boards until they learn.
I would suggest tho that unless your kids and wife are your size, buy 2 boards to start. a good skim for the kiddos/wife to start on and surf for yourself. my experience has been the added foam and buoyancy of surf style make it a harder board for beginners to learn on.

dunno where you are located but finding others that ride are a good way to try out other boards.

[Zackdogg]

We have a Ronix Koal Classic that we call “Old Faithful” because we’ve gotten, I have no clue how many, first timers up on it, at this point. We have a couple of 250-300# guys that ride it, down to 80# kids, it will definitely do the trick. It’s slow though, harder to ride without the rope, although it’s good beginner board at a good price.

We got a Phase5 Wire that costs a little more, but is a lot more fun than the Koal, and will handle us bigger boys with ease.. If I were to recommend something that I’ve actually ridden, that would be the board. I’m 230-250# most of the time, one of my boys is a 300# ex D1 linebacker that the Wire carries his big *** all day long.


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[dakota4ce]

Ronix surfboards......keep shopping. IMHO


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[gumby]

I also have a Wire Wow what a board. I am not 275 but have friends that are close. (260-265ish) They both learned on the Phase 5 wire 53" The nice part I still surf it when I want to get my surf stile on. It has lots of pop.(I am 170) I bought it Used from a chick who loved it (so she said)and she wasn't 110lbs when wet. I also start all beginners on that board. I guess that board has seen people from 50- 265 Lbs.

[Zackdogg]

I’ll say another thing about the Koal vs Wire, you can poke your finger through the outer layer of the Koal, I don’t even want to call it fiberglass, I have no idea how many holes are in mine, at this point. The carbon fiber they use on the P5, feels like you could smack it with a hammer, it’s so much tougher, it’s insane, for a similar weight board. I’m sure I’ll never buy another Ronix, but I’ll ride that Koal, once in awhile, because it’s there. I have 2, Phase 5 boards that I love both, and I’ll order a custom board, for me, at some point.


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[Rbuss4]

Ronix boards are fine as far as mass market boards go. As others have said; look into a custom board like Soulcraft that will grow with you. I bought Dakota4ce's Soulcraft a year or so ago, and could not be happier. If you don't want to spend the $$ on Soulcraft or other custom board; I agree that Phase 5 is probably one of the best options. We have a Hammerhead that rides more skim-style than the Soulcraft does if we are looking at 360s etc. It has a tremendous amount of speed/push for that style of board. BEWARE that if you get a kick *** board like the Soulcraft; you may end up with the problem I have now. Everyone(except 1st or 2nd timers) wants to ride my board.