Everything now ready for Sandy Point.





Sam.

Drool, hopefully I can stand near it when I'm there in Oct?

That witches hat looks abit gruby

u dont need 2 boards, think u should give one away

Nice Sam. The 45 looks fast. We just need some wind in Sydney to test it out.

I wanna see you ride it with no footstraps like it is now

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Haggar said...

u dont need 2 boards, think u should give one away

actually quite handy then that Sam also sells them through his shop

Nice looking board.. I like the outline. Hope we get a few over here in WA sometime.. Would love to try the 45.

looks really good wouldnt mind one,but i dont need a another speed board yet

So...40 knot WSW...JP speed 45 - RSR 5.1 Evo ll...which fin Sam...X2 21 or Strike 18??[}:)]

That's the next project to think about. Pretty happy with my slightly ground and modified X1 21 but a backup to allow for screwups is on the cards.

Are you getting or have you got the 45 also? If so what have you got planned?

I think there might be one in the snail mail heading for Victoria
Hamma and I have had some good results out of the Strike 18 on our Sp40's on the really wild 5.0 days.

Hmmm. Strike 18's you say.

Might have to get in touch with Boogie.

See you at Sandy.

Sam.

I picked up 20cm strike for my SP 40 the fins have a real deep concave on one side and are angled off centre in the head hopefully i'll get to use the setup.

Saw one in flesh last night, I WANT ONE!!!!!!

nice looking boards there, heard you were giving them away hey hahaha

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sick_em_rex said...

I wanna see you ride it with no footstraps like it is now

And with no vent plug?

Hi guys,

I've tested both the 54 and 45 so far and I have to say I am flabbergasted about the ease of use and possible accelleration with these speedboards. Obviously I am sponsored by JP so draw your own conclusions haha. But for those who trust my judgement I can say the boards are super easy to set on the tail and keep the right balance when things get hairy.

The rockerline is pretty rounded with a very short flat combined with enough tailkick. The tailblock is relatively wide and judging from my first sail it seems you can get away with small sailsizes and still get very good accelleration values in (which I like a lot cause it means it's suited for "lighter" riders as well, lighter as in light for speedsailors). I would rate the 45 and 54 as superb flat water speedboards and the 54 for sure can be used for high wind slalom as the nose rides high enough. The 49 is designed differently with a constant v and wider hips around the front footstraps. I think that given board has been designed for strong wind Fuerte like conditions with messy chop and irregular waves as the outline and v set-up will help to settle the board. If you are thinking about purchasing boards for Sandy Point I would focus on the 45 and 54, for open water speed the 49 could prove to be a superb little open water speedboard.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Martin van Meurs

anyone know how the jp's compare to the starboards in price? in the speed/slalom range?

I heard they were line ball in price... probably made in the same factory.

All brands are made in the one factory. (Cobra Thailand )

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yoyo said...

I heard they were line ball in price... probably made in the same factory.

not quite..starboard seems to be more expensive still by at least 20% even if made in the same factory..i guess Antoine has to win at least 3 more years

Took the 54cm out today with a 7.2RSS and my 24cm weedy
One run which ran out of wind has me hanging for more
Super slippery and easy to ride

C'mon Huey you fat basket I wanna play some more