Thanks DJ, am layed up with viral pneumonia, again, can't paddle so vids like yours are the next best thing.
Thanks
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It's interesting when the nose goes under it doesn't really looks like it slows down that much or develops any self steering at all, I might just have to take one for a paddle.
For anyone in the Naish camp watching - do the rest of us a favour and get this made in a 28 please.
Select to expand quoteSlab said..
For anyone in the Naish camp watching - do the rest of us a favour and get this made in a 28 please.
Have to agree,26" is way too narrow for this old bloke.
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Select to expand quoteE T said..Slab said..
For anyone in the Naish camp watching - do the rest of us a favour and get this made in a 28 please.
Have to agree,26" is way too narrow for this old bloke.
ET.
et you would be surprised.
demo it a few times when you get the chance
Select to expand quotelaceys lane said..E T said..Slab said..
For anyone in the Naish camp watching - do the rest of us a favour and get this made in a 28 please.
Have to agree,26" is way too narrow for this old bloke.
ET.
et you would be surprised.
demo it a few times when you get the chance
When your conditions are rarely as lined up as DJ's and your water is 6 degrees C mid winter then 28 wide sounds much better to me :-) I have an M14 which is ideal for the good stuff but would like a lighter wind board.
Yes, 28" please. Or at least 27.25" like the Bullets and Naish Glide Mk2 that sold so well.
It does look like it is very stable indeed for 26" wide. But in a wider version it might be a great do-it-all board for the average Joe who paddles only a couple of times a week and/or paddles in hell choppy conditions. Or indeed, a bigger guy.
Round where I am, there are many paddlers who love downwinding, or are very interested in trying it, but who do not race. These people are not interested in having the fastest possible board. They want the board that gives them the most *fun*, and they don't want to spend months attuning their balance to a tippy board, they want to be able to go straight out and start enjoying themselves.
yep they have got that nose right for sure going to be some boys going quick at the king of the cut this year now they have a nose the right way round 
Would love to know if you have had the Maliko out on a day when the wind has really been pumping DJ, and if you have, how was the balance?, looks like you have it dialed in so far, and if you think on a day where its really pumping whether or not a 28 wide (if they decide to make one in the future) would make much difference considering everyone has said that the 26 is super stable.
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yep they have got that nose right for sure going to be some boys going quick at the king of the cut this year now they have a nose the right way round
almost as good as the new falcon nose
I've ridden the 26 Maliko in 35knots+ and it just gets better the bigger it gets.....I rode the 24" yesterday in a soft one 15-20knots but quite choppy and stability was fine - a tad less stable than the 26" but nothing off-putting. I'm 88-90kg at present. The shape is extremely stable and seems to favour the bigger bumps where it almost rolls into them by itself. In smaller choppy stuff I do think an Ace design would be faster - but also more unstable.
The Maliko is a lot less tiring than previous LE and it doesn't really reward trying to paddle through and over bumps, so it's better to just sit back and time it into the real ones - and once you are in it just seems to carry on forever, which again saves energy.
It's a great shape......
How much fun is this board as only to go board? Also how does this board do it in the flats for a guy who weighs 85 kgs? Thinking about this board because of its strong pvc bottom above the javelin le. 26 must be wide enough as I now do 24 carbon raceboard of 9,2 kgs but this one is a little too tippy in cross water bumps for my liking.
If I every had to have one board this would be it by far
Its just goes so good in the flats too. In fact some of the crew I train with say its be best ive paddled out of any of them.
Love a board with a wide nose that is a goer.
Naish should stick with and keep developing this design imo.
Great design
Select to expand quoteCarvers said..
How much fun is this board as only to go board? Also how does this board do it in the flats for a guy who weighs 85 kgs? Thinking about this board because of its strong pvc bottom above the javelin le. 26 must be wide enough as I now do 24 carbon raceboard of 9,2 kgs but this one is a little too tippy in cross water bumps for my liking.
Currently I'd say its the best hybrid on the market - it excels in most conditions, very very fast in flats, I've managed 9.5km/h average speed on our time trial which i have only surpassed sitting in the draft of faster paddlers in the past. Downwind in the right conditions it will be as fast as anything out there, crosswind is a breeze, stability excellent. Straight into chop some piercing nose boards will be faster (but most likely less comfortable) and it also doesn't like to much cross bump on downwinds - not that it is unstable, but the wider nose will slow progress a little and some other boards will possibly be faster in these conditions. I've taken it out in surf and as long as you avoid very steep take-offs (like with most raceboards) it is very happy to surf as well. Definitely a one board does all. You would most likely be fine on the 24".....
Select to expand quotePeterP said..Carvers said..
How much fun is this board as only to go board? Also how does this board do it in the flats for a guy who weighs 85 kgs? Thinking about this board because of its strong pvc bottom above the javelin le. 26 must be wide enough as I now do 24 carbon raceboard of 9,2 kgs but this one is a little too tippy in cross water bumps for my liking.
Currently I'd say its the best hybrid on the market - it excels in most conditions, very very fast in flats, I've managed 9.5km/h average speed on our time trial which i have only surpassed sitting in the draft of faster paddlers in the past. Downwind in the right conditions it will be as fast as anything out there, crosswind is a breeze, stability excellent. Straight into chop some piercing nose boards will be faster (but most likely less comfortable) and it also doesn't like to much cross bump on downwinds - not that it is unstable, but the wider nose will slow progress a little and some other boards will possibly be faster in these conditions. I've taken it out in surf and as long as you avoid very steep take-offs (like with most raceboards) it is very happy to surf as well. Definitely a one board does all. You would most likely be fine on the 24".....
peter, agree with in the cross bumps. not unstable but doesn't go as could as it does elsewhere. the only thing it doesn't really good.
goes to show those who like the board are prepare to state that and not hide or bury it
ps im on no special deal with these board. its just good
