Hi, I live in Boracay and I just destroyed my second board there (first due to mid-gybe crash/knee trough board, second to to jump-landing/board in half)...
Now all the boards left for sale on the island are oldschool, like a mistral flow and a mistral classic (from what I can tel from memory, this mistral classic shape looks not identical to the mistral flow like in some pictures on the internet, i think it may be an older version of the classic).
Anyway, my choice is a mistral flow with a deck thats a little bit soft, not really, but with a good press it budges. And then there's the mistral classic, it looks like a really old shape and the nose is kind of flat compared to other boards, but the condition is tip top, stiff everywhere an didn't see a scratch. Both the classic and flow are 103 liters.
I was wondering a few things about the mistral classic that i'm hoping to find some answers to, they are:
1) What would be a fair price to pay for one (103 version) considering the condition is good, but it's an old version of the classic, not the flow copy.
2) Is this board any good for jumping? What about the somewhat flat nose? How can that cause problems? Someone told me a flatter nose not good for jumping... Can anyone tell me why exactly? Jumping is something that I really want to learn to do well so it's important to me when considering a board (the small jumps i did with it during my test run went fine, but they were more like hops, nothing flying which is where I want to get to).
3) I am considering this board because I think I can buy it cheap. Because then when I break it I wont be breaking the bank. And also I read on the net that the construction of the classic is stronger then that of the flow so maybe better resistant to jumping. So then my final question is: someone told me you should not be jumping with slalom boards, he kinda told it to me like a slalom board breaking in half because of jumping is something you should expect sooner or later. Is that true? Should jumping really only be done on smaller wave like boards? I always had the impression that any small enough board that's constructed in a not too fragile way should be able to handle jumping...
P.S the board i broke in half is a jp super x 106.
P.P.S. I'm still learning how to jump well so some flat landings happen sometimes, not a lot, but once in a while.
P.P.P.S. I think it's this one (the classic i want to buy):
