2022 Tabou 3s Plus vs 2019 Severne Dyno

What sizes are your tabous? I have the stubby 3s, very pivotey. Never been disappointed by either JP or Tabou.

Ok, well my tabou can jibe but my Goya (one) can carve! The Goya is more pin tail and the tabou wider maybe like yours.

On a wider tail board jibes can be a bit more upright not as carved and committed as some of wave boards.

Are suffering spin out issues? I read they can use a more upright fin.

Any chance of trying out something else?

Boards are such personal preference (like much everything else!) Although sometimes it's best to just move on especially if you can easily resell yours!

Replied in your other thread then saw this one was longer oh well

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Basher said..

Maddlad said..
Has anyone ridden both the 2022 Tabou 3S Plus Team boards and an older Dyno like the 2019 version and can advise of the difference?
Ive got the 2019 Dyno in a 95 litre and i feel like its not a great gybing board due to the straight rails. Im looking for something in a more surfboard style shape without being a full wave board. I have a lot of other Tabou boards which i love, so am looking for input from anyone whos tried both the above boards and can let me know the differences if any. Cheers :)

There is a long thread on the Dyno somewhere on here.
The 95 is in fact a lovely board in waves, but the key is to stick a shorter fin in the centre, 2 or 3cms shorter.
I used a K4 18cms centre fin in my 95, but kept the originally side fins, as supplied.
I also used a 17cms centre fin in the Dyno 85.
It's a simply upgrade, turning an intermediate/freeride board into a proper wave board.

The other tip for wave sailing on the Dyno is to shift the mast foot well back from the centre of the track.
It's also not true that the relatively narrow width or 'straight rails' makes it difficult to gybe.
Obviously, you want the footstraps positioned in the inboard setting, and with the front pair in their forward holes.

I can't comment on the Tabou 3S because I haven't sailed one, but a friend had 3S boards and changed to the Dynos - which he now prefers.

Thanks for your input Basher. I have read that other long thread on the Dyno, and I know that you are a big fan of them. I actually put a bigger central fin in mine because I felt like it just wanted to slide too much when I was using it for general sailing and bump and jump. I don't really agree about your jibing assessment of the Dyno, because I have no problems gybing slalom race boards, free race boards like the rocket, and the older JP 84 freestyle wave that I have. It's only the Dyno that I find wants to keep tracking straight when I try to gybe it. I have to basically just stand on the tail to gybe it and that's not what I'm looking for, because it just stalls. That's fine in the waves, but not when I'm trying to carve out the back and come back into the wave section or if I'm just out for a bump and jump in choppy water. I have also tried it with a single fin and outboard straps and it doesn't feel good at all to me. I agree with you that you need to run the mast track right at the back on that board too.