{"id":18078,"date":"2025-06-12T09:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supboardguide.com\/?p=18078"},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:02:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:02:53","slug":"honu-sorrento-11-3-isup-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supboardguide.com\/honu-sorrento-11-3-isup-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Honu Sorrento 11’3 iSUP Review – 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

This high-performance smaller tourer from Honu ticks a lot of boxes and makes a welcome addition to this extremely relevant board class.<\/h3>\n
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The Honu Sorrento 11\u20193 is a new addition to the already impressive line-up of boards from this excellent Australian paddleboard brand, and was conceptualised as a scaled-down version of the extremely highly rated Sorrento 12\u20196<\/strong>. We were really excited to check this board out, and not just because we know that Honu makes great boards. We\u2019re big fans of this very under-rated sector of the paddleboard market, and super happy to see new quality products arriving in it! So we should probably start by setting the scene on why we really rate this particular board style. <\/p>\n

For starters, smaller people (under 150 lbs \/ 70kg) don\u2019t have too many options when it comes to finding the right paddleboard for their requirements. The vast majority of non specialist boards are wide, particularly those from the cheaper\/budget brands. Yet for smaller paddlers, particularly if they\u2019re small in height as well as weight, anything much wider than 30\u201d is just a drag, literally. There\u2019s simply too much board! So this potentially very large sector of the buying market is currently not well served.<\/p>\n

Next up, a lot of buyers want a board with decent performance so they can enjoy faster, more fitness-oriented paddling. If you like to work up a bit of a sweat, burn some calories, cover some distance, then doing it on a wider\/round-nosed general purpose family board is just unrewarding; having a board that cuts a nice line through the water makes a huge difference. There are of course plenty of longer boards that do this job but many people still want a \u2018normal sized\u2019 board simply for its convenience, ease of carrying and putting onto the roof rack etc, plus which it gets blown around a whole lot less when it gets windy.<\/p>\n

For both these groups, something of normal all-around board size, but narrower and more performance-orientated is the perfect option. So you\u2019re probably wondering why there aren\u2019t more smaller touring boards made? Well, the problem from a manufacturing point of view is that it\u2019s much harder to make a narrow board that still feels rigid without making it thick, and thickness definitely starts to feel cumbersome when you get into the world of shorter narrower boards. This is where the high quality board manufacturers such as Honu, who have already mastered building thinner boards, have the advantage. <\/p>\n

So we\u2019re delighted that they have made their move into this area of the market with the Sorrento 11\u20193, packing exactly the sort of spec we want to see; a fast yet forgiving touring shape, reduced thickness, light weight and above all – not too wide! Spoiler alert, the board absolutely lived up to expectations, as we\u2019ll detail throughout this review.<\/p>\n

We think the Honu Sorrento 11’3 would be a great SUP for paddlers who:<\/p>\n