RRD sail designer took his blow up speed gun to nearly 35 knts with a 7.0 
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I could see already on our beaches kiters pumping their kites and we our boards.
How convenient. 
We could then roll back and fit into backpack whole board.
Not sure if somebody did inflatable masts already ? then sail without batten or inflated battens ?
In fact I could envision sail without the mast. If we will be able to inflate whole pocket in race sails that should provided some rigid support.
Definitely do- able for Sunday recreational windsurfers.
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That would certainly make taking a quiver of boards to Luderitz a lot easier! 
I remember me and you talking about pneumatic boards at Burrum. Somebody must have been listening / spying and here is result 
If that was you Matthews ?
Theoretically pneumatic board could be one day much quicker that traditional.
Lets compare flat/soft tire to well pumped. Compressed air will spring back all absorbed energy on the bumps.
Soft will absorb and never give back.
Even better if one day somebody comes with "polarized skin" that will sail/flow one direction smoothly and resist back.
Then all vertical movements and vibrations could be transferred into forward propulsion ....like micro flippers.
One observe that we will avoid then stagnation layer and restore laminar flow from turbulent at high speed.
Simply by vibrating micro fibers facing backwards...
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I could see already on our beaches kiters pumping their kites and we our boards.
How convenient.
We could then roll back and fit into backpack whole board.
Not sure if somebody did inflatable masts already ? then sail without batten or inflated battens ?
In fact I could envision sail without the mast. If we will be able to inflate whole pocket in race sails that should provided some rigid support.
Definitely do- able for Sunday recreational windsurfers.
You can even get an inflatable chick if you want
Select to expand quotechoco said..
You can even get an inflatable chick if you want
Ahh, yes, I see... Very Pneumatic!
Select to expand quoteMacroscien said..sailquik said..
That would certainly make taking a quiver of boards to Luderitz a lot easier!
I remember me and you talking about pneumatic boards at Burrum. Somebody must have been listening / spying and here is result If that was you Matthews ?
Theoretically pneumatic board could be one day much quicker that traditional.
Lets compare flat/soft tire to well pumped. Compressed air will spring back all absorbed energy on the bumps.
Soft will absorb and never give back.
Even better if one day somebody comes with "polarized skin" that will sail/flow one direction smoothly and resist back.
Then all vertical movements and vibrations could be transferred into forward propulsion ....like micro flippers.
One observe that we will avoid then stagnation layer and restore laminar flow from turbulent at high speed.
Simply by vibrating micro fibers facing backwards...
A good idea to automate it, but I reckon experienced sailors do it without knowing it. Burn energy in your leg muscles to impart forward motion. Suck up the front of chop and push down on the backside.
From a French site (translation Google)
"At the forefront of the first inflatable boards for windsurfing last year, the Starboard brand seems to have stalled this year when RRD is very interested in the subject and even just released a few prototypes of speed board , yes you read that right, a fully air gun! Englishman John Skye and the Belgian Alain de Gandt, Mr RRD speedboarder in the country and well known, who had the privilege of receiving the first 2 models, a board in line with the Air Freeride Windsurf and Air speed windsurfing entitled, with dimensions that are still very accessible to a speed gun since the board is 240 cm long and 50 cm wide. Test in Arinaga on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, John Skye has already done 35 knots on 7.0 m² in an average day for his taste and according to him, 40 knots GPS Vmax should be achievable relatively quickly. Another interesting information, RRD and John Skye also testing a wave version still air. And really, between the foil trend of the moment and these new experiments in the world of inflatable, windsurfing, a sport soon old half a century, has decidedly not finished surprising us !!! "
So it seems there are just two protos at the moment but if John get to 40 then I guess RRD will be keen to put it into production.
Seen it touched it , hope to play with this week....the website is great, product is as good in the flesh (aside from the fins)
hopefully will get some decent time on it and do a review..won't be sailing this one as the sailing model is yet to arrive here in Aust.
The man behind the product has the runs on the board in product developement....all the info is on the website...
My tip...this will become the normal with inflatable tech....until someone works out how to get two hard sections folded, with air on top and enough centre support to stop a fold!
The video's on the website are real to...local Sunny coast crew feature...the sexy sup Suziki girls and Mike Walker smashing some serious swell off Moffat beach....I wouldn't be purchasing an inflatable until you look at one of these, on the beach it looks to be a game changer...looking forward to getting on board.
TheRRD speed board I'm sure would have gone quicker with a hard tail!
Why inflatable and deflatable?
Why not just two piece boards, each piece 4' long? Your MAST is still going to be longer than that even a 5 piece. And you sail is the length of the longest batten....so get SuperFreaks.
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Why inflatable and deflatable?
Why not just two piece boards, each piece 4' long? Your MAST is still going to be longer than that even a 5 piece. And you sail is the length of the longest batten....so get SuperFreaks.
already been done years ago
Already been TRIED year's ago, never close to perfected, as the joints would flex, wear out, and become useless after 20 outings.
Inflatable's have been around for decades, are heavy, need pumping, subject to wear, and can't take the loads of a hard board.
Who needs a inflatable/deflatable board that rolls up to a small package, when the sail, mast, and boom are 4 times longer in length?>
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Already been TRIED year's ago, never close to perfected, as the joints would flex, wear out, and become useless after 20 outings.
Inflatable's have been around for decades, are heavy, need pumping, subject to wear, and can't take the loads of a hard board.
Who needs a inflatable/deflatable board that rolls up to a small package, when the sail, mast, and boom are 4 times longer in length?>
I think you need to have another look at the pic ... the rig is also blow-up.
The blowup rig is another setup entirely, one for beginners only.
The original speed inflatable is for use with normal windsurfing speed rigs.
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Been annoying Decrepit about this idea for ages. He seemed unimpressed, perhaps aware that I never usually get past the thought bubble stage. . I knew if I procrastinated long enough someone with ability to take ideas and develop them would work it out. It seems so logical.
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I can confirm this!!!!!
And I'm still not convinced, could be handy for flights though, it's not so likely to get destroyed by baggage handlers. And I'm happy with the solid boards I make, there's no way I'd want to make a blow up.
The SUP idea is perfect for flying, traveling to Indo dragging a 9'6" Sup isn't my idea of fun and not on a M Bike either
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The SUP idea is perfect for flying, traveling to Indo dragging a 9'6" Sup isn't my idea of fun and not on a M Bike either
Then again, you could always go with a 7' 6" SUP! 
Not going to go too fast with a planning surface like that ...mine looks way better (in my mind)
