Bumping this because I'd like to know if anyone has feedback about the 3 bigger volumes , 95, 105 and the mamoth 115. There's hardly anything at all about them on the internet. A few pics of Antoine Albeau playing in some fun waves with his 115 but that's it. And he's a big guy. But are these shapes adequate for the average size sailor who just want an efficient toy specifically for float and ride in the surf ?
There's a test in the uk windsurf magazine its on the 85 litre ?
You're right though nothing else in the bigger sizes.
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There's a test in the uk windsurf magazine its on the 85 litre ?
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Yeah saw that too. It's the 82, and just like in the French Windmag test they mention that the board needs a short time to adapt to it, but they don't mention what specificity of the shape you need to adapt to. Does the boards needs more effort than most to plane ? Is it unstable when off the plane shlogging ? Is it the way it turns ? They just don't say. You're left with the impression there was something they didn't like about the board but are afraid to say what , for fear of being blackmailed by the brand of something. Sometimes I wish magazine tests were done by people a bit more serious and dedicated about what they do...
And still no Youtube test of the big sizes by average sailors...
Being a windsurfer scanning the market for a new board tends to be more difficult these days. I wish I was more into kiting or winging, I wouldn't have such problems I'm sure ??
Hi guys,
I've also felt the feeling describe in Windmag.
I've been riding the 95.
I don't have exact words to put on it, but I'd say, in a messy salad of words, that :
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The board has, in normal sailing (between waves), a feeling of a relaxed soft freewave board, easy and forgiving.
It doesn't feel very nervous and incisive, quite like a freeride board, but...
... In the same time, when you engage the rail, even hardly, the board is incisive and always follow/respond.
I haven't lost a single bottom on it even if I felt 2s. before that I won't get the grip.
The contrast between both feelings can be quiet confusing at first.
It's like the board hasn't a linear feeling like other shape could appear.
I think that's a thing some will love, some will dislike.
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It has that feeling when you get up and go to be gliding on an air pillow.
It starts to plane really but you don't really feel it at first if you're not used to this because of this softness under foot.
I generally like to feel the board/water contact, the nervousness of the shape, to be able to play with it to get up and go fast and then accelerate. This board doesn't work like this. It's all about smoothness and control. It goes fast but you don't feel it as much as other ones at first. I've experienced the same thing with a Tabou Da bomb prototype.
Another thing, connected to this, is that the foot supports/weigh positionning you have to use in normal sailing are slightly different than what you're used to do on a lot of most common shapes. Just slightly but you have to get used to it.
I think all this is probably due to the position of the straps / fins (very ahead), associated with the thickness of the compact shape that make you feel quite high on water.
At the end, the board works well, has a really good carving potential, but has a special thing you can hardly describe in 2 words that makes it slightly different overall, neither in a good or bad way... you just have to adapt a little bit.
It still is a plug and play board, and most riders may not really experience this as a major characteristic of that shape.
That adaptation is more of something you need to really feel efficient on it.
I'd say it takes 3/4 sesh to get 90% used to it.
Hi,
Is there anymore feedback now that this shape has been around for a couple of years? Its still the same for 2023 and I have found a 2021 model at a good price. Mostly sail in cross/Cross on with head high waves.
Anyone more info on this " unique style" that it seems to have.
Thanks in advance JB
