Went sailing today in 15- knts with NC8 ( laurent for those who have been here).
I was using my 112 firerace with 5.7 (thought it was windier but wasn't) and he was on his V3 Xfire 102 with 5.9 o², he kicked my ass as usual but had so much more speed it was unreal. (he usually beats me but not by this much!!
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back to the beach he offered me to try his board.
Holy sh.t !! the xfire went on plane so much faster than mine and kept accelerating.... I was gutted !! less volume ans still quicker at the start.
(we both weigh 90kg)
I made sure I kept away from the shore so he couldn't call me back, I had a ball !!
When I returned to the firerace, .... not even worth mentionning...
So now I'm pissed with my board and I can't afford a new Xfire !!
and now everyone knows your board is a slug and wont be able to sell it!
Start saving,
And it's supposed to be the same shape as the Xfire (mind you mine's a year older) !!!
did you try his board with his sail and fin as well or with yours? if you want to compare you need to be sure which effect each of the 3 parts has on performance
I am excited about this RRD boards but can not find shop online and prices for two hours already.
Preferable QLD but possibly shipping from other states could be considered ( unless is too risky for this fragile board 
Where to buy XFIRE V4 ?
I'd recommend you give it another run before you loose any sleep over it. Sometimes the grass looks greener (or faster in this case) onthe other side, or sometime you can just havea really good run when everything comes together. If its still great the second time around then you can think about selling one of your kids, or a kidney or something.
The last time I demoed a slalom board I did a PB on it. Yes I did buy it but haven't managed to beat that PB, still love the board though.
I agree with the original poster. It gets too tempting to try other people's gear.
This is esp. true of rigs. I'm happy with me boards, but whenever I borrow a nice brand new rig, it seems ever lighter or funner.
'console myself with the fact that the same friends change gear about every year.
Current trend is that I'll be buying their s**t real cheap within a year or so...
I'm becoming part of the big Tupperware party...
kept my rig but the fin probably made a huge difference too, I was running a select 36 and he had a Gasoil (the big thing here) 34.
I'll wait til he buys the new one and sells his, then I won't ever try his new board again 
isn't a 5.6 a bit of a small sail for a 100L+ slalom board? just curious cause I don't think many people here at least go for that kind of big board/small rig combo with slalom gear.
Volume/sail in my case depends on conditions.
That day the wind "seemed" strong but not so, plus in easterlies you need to get to the middle of the bay to catch the wind so in those conditions, rather than playing sinker, I usually choose a "floatier" board.
Our local god (A²) recommends volume before m²....
Back to topic, talked to the dealer (NC8), I can get get a brand new V3 for 1000$, who wants to buy a male teenager (I'll throw in a Firerace) ???
