Hey guys,

A co-worker of mine wants to get rid of his O'Brien sailboard for next to nothing. Comes complete with gear. It looks pretty floaty but unfortunately pretty narrow for a beginner. Another co-worker of mine came up to me the other day when I was out on the water and he wants to get some gear. He took beginning lessons some time back and now wants to get some gear and get more into it. He can't water start yet. He says he can up haul and sail back and forth. I will probably have to work with him a little to get him back up to speed. Do you guys think this board will work for him? I know a wider board would be preferred, but for a cheap price, what do ya think?

He should get it for free, stuff that old have no monitory value, so if it doesn't work for him, nothing is lost.
But he should have a go at that.

it wont take him long to get his balance on that board.i use skinny boards to teach people and they get over the instability pretty quickly.teach them to use the rig and put the center board down

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grich62 said..
it wont take him long to get his balance on that board.i use skinny boards to teach people and they get over the instability pretty quickly.teach them to use the rig and put the center board down

Cool, that board looks kind of like the Bic Rock board I learned on.

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Magic Ride said..

grich62 said..
it wont take him long to get his balance on that board.i use skinny boards to teach people and they get over the instability pretty quickly.teach them to use the rig and put the center board down

Cool, that board looks kind of like the Bic Rock board I learned on.

its a bic salsa 200l about 330 long

I like the tennis balls .
the board will get him started ..
if he want s to progress ...spend more later .wider lighter .more modern .= easier.

Keep the tennis balls or extra float , but remember to remove when learning the footstraps or his balls could be all over the place