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Manuel7 said..
Old sails means 90s- 2011 is very modern!

The sailor hasn't aged anywhere as well as the sails and he's looking distinctly worse for wear from 15 years ago.

Just a quick update, bought a 2024 Tabou 3S+ and have now had a few sessions on it. Performance has been great, the old sails are holding up and the pairing is definitely working until I can afford some new sails later this year.

This was from a fun little session yesterday, nicely powered up with my older 4.2 North Ice (2011 model?!?!?!)...

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Rolz said..
I haven't had any issues with windsurfing (tough wood), but with windfoiling I've had some massive crashes... I've since invested in one of these harness release hooks, it's helped send me away from the gear when crashing

I suspect the person posting is already unclipped from the harness when gybing ;-) so this might not help in this situation.

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kuotadriver said..
Highly recommend you look at Carbon Art. You won't have to worry about build quality that's for sure.

I did, but summer is here and blowing like crazy so I needed something for the summer. I will actually be getting them to shape me a bigger volume wave board later this year, in the mean time I need something to get on the water by the weekend.... actually have a Tabou 3S Plus 96 litre on the way....

Can anyone comment on the build quality of the newer Starboard boards? I had a Starboard longboard SUP in the wood sandwich construction and it snapped in a year... not sure whether it was just bad luck. Now considering a 2025 Kode in wood sandwich construction, but scared the same thing will happen.

Quick question for you guys. I have a quiver of North Sails (Duke and Ice) from 2012, still in good condition, definitely still have a few seasons possibly in them. However, I need to change boards and with the very limited access to second hand kit in New Zealand, I might have to look at 2024/25 boards.
Have sails changed so much in the last 12 years that they will no longer work properly with newer boards? I plan on updating my quiver over the next 12 months but right now a new board is higher on the priority list.