Here's a good idea - kneelupps.info

I will explain how I have been surfing since mid 2012?

KUPS - Kneel-up paddle surfing

Any SUP I can stand up on is too big to surf. With the paddle I use I don't have to. It is a variable and in the short position just the right length.

Upsides:

• With the usual short period swell we get in Sydney SUPs get jostled by the chop,
  
• Stronger stroke at the take-off,
  
• Quickly adapt to different boards,
  
• Easier to get up than from lying-down paddling,
  
• Easier to take off by being hit from behind by white water, and
  
• All the benefits of surfing a long-board.

Downsides:

• Hard to keep your knees on the board as wide and your feet would be;
  
• Have to get up from kneeling at take-off;
  
• Some SUP people will say it's the lamest thing they have ever seen.

Boards that I have ridden:

Star Board 8'5"a bit like this 2012 model, but much older. star-board-sup.com/2012/product/?q=pocket-rocket-8-5-30

and

Bonga Board 9'6"

2019 - the Naish Crossover 120

supwindfoil.blogspot.com/2019/03/hover-crossover-120