The boards look good, the foil board is similar to the starboard 177 foil board.
Wouder if it's colour will generate too much heat from the sun on a hot day. Or delam quicker from the colour. Especally when foiling and not being in contact with water. The jp 135 foil board is black aswell so wounder if owners of that board have had issues? I have not become good enough at foiling to have the deck heat up to a point where it is burning my feet. I have nothing against black boards just raising the question
A general question.... are all these boards from different manufacturers actually different? A full on slalom board from RRD or the isonic, or the simmers, or these FMX boards. I wonder if you had them all lined up and rode them whether you could tell much difference. Especially since the design has been very similar for at least 8-10 years? Do you just choose the prettiest one, or the one you feel has the best durability?
Sparky said.. A general question.... are all these boards from different manufacturers actually different? A full on slalom board from RRD or the isonic, or the simmers, or these FMX boards. I wonder if you had them all lined up and rode them whether you could tell much difference. Especially since the design has been very similar for at least 8-10 years? Do you just choose the prettiest one, or the one you feel has the best durability?
As far as seeing a huge difference in performance, that would be questionable as most slalom boards a pretty good these days. But I do find that the feel and character of the board does vary between brands and it something that's usually noticeable as soon as you jump on a new board.
Sparky said.. A general question.... are all these boards from different manufacturers actually different? A full on slalom board from RRD or the isonic, or the simmers, or these FMX boards. I wonder if you had them all lined up and rode them whether you could tell much difference. Especially since the design has been very similar for at least 8-10 years? Do you just choose the prettiest one, or the one you feel has the best durability?
Some slalom boards are incredibly difficult to sail - even in a straight line, let alone gybe. I sure wouldn't buy one without trying it, having made that mistake a couple of times
As a rule of thumb, if it scares you, you probably won't be fast on it.
Speaking of sailing, it's windy! So I'm gonna go and do that right now
Sparky said.. A general question.... are all these boards from different manufacturers actually different? A full on slalom board from RRD or the isonic, or the simmers, or these FMX boards. I wonder if you had them all lined up and rode them whether you could tell much difference. Especially since the design has been very similar for at least 8-10 years? Do you just choose the prettiest one, or the one you feel has the best durability?
The prettiest one for sure - looks are everything !! I always leave ugly duckly boards for the others
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!! I always leave ugly duckly boards for the others 
