WOW I just found this!
www.tribalwindsurfing.com/en/home/157-4577-radix-slalom.html#/231-board_size-88

Looks like Slowy is back in a production team.

The only thing I don't like is the goretex valve, get a bit of moisture in the board and the valve stops breathing.

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decrepit said..
WOW I just found this!
www.tribalwindsurfing.com/en/home/157-4577-radix-slalom.html#/231-board_size-88

Looks like Slowy is back in a production team.

The only thing I don't like is the goretex valve, get a bit of moisture in the board and the valve stops breathing.

Yep... it happened

Goretex or not? A bit like politics. There are true believers in both camps.

I'll go on experience extensively using both, and being commercially on the hook.

Goretex: if you put a hole in the board and it gets water in, dry it out as part of the repair process. Easy.
Screw bung: Dont forget to put it in every time you go sailing, make sure theres no sand in the o-ring, and don't forget to take it out on a hot day or the board will pop- especially if you got water in at some stage from forgetting to put it in. Well its certainly easier to handle warranties "oh you left the bung in. Too bad so sad".

I really appreciate the saving of time and certainly don't miss bung-angst? whilst sailing.

fun times ahead.

Great news Chris, I look forward to seeing them on the water

How do they compare to your Mistrals, Chris?

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slowboat said.. >>Goretex or not? A bit like politics. There are true believers in both camps.

I'll go on experience extensively using both, and being commercially on the hook.

Goretex: if you put a hole in the board and it gets water in, dry it out as part of the repair process. Easy.
Screw bung: Dont forget to put it in every time you go sailing, make sure theres no sand in the o-ring, and don't forget to take it out on a hot day or the board will pop- especially if you got water in at some stage from forgetting to put it in. Well its certainly easier to handle warranties "oh you left the bung in. Too bad so sad".

I really appreciate the saving of time and certainly don't miss bung-angst? whilst sailing.

fun times ahead.

I'm not a true believer in either camp, I just think a bung is the lesser of 2 evils.
Drying all the moisture out after a ding is a hard ask. There are those that say it's impossible, and it doesn't take much to block a goretex vent.
The only good way is very light weight closed cell foam, all you have to do is source it.
I started converting my boards to gortex many years ago, but stopped when I found a vent completely blocked by moisture on both sides.
Left for months to dry out, it still didn't breath.

Anyway Chris, if I was buying a board, it's absolutely certain it would be a tribal.
I hope they take off as well as you deserve.

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decrepit said..

slowboat said.. >>Goretex or not? A bit like politics. There are true believers in both camps.

I'll go on experience extensively using both, and being commercially on the hook.

Goretex: if you put a hole in the board and it gets water in, dry it out as part of the repair process. Easy.
Screw bung: Dont forget to put it in every time you go sailing, make sure theres no sand in the o-ring, and don't forget to take it out on a hot day or the board will pop- especially if you got water in at some stage from forgetting to put it in. Well its certainly easier to handle warranties "oh you left the bung in. Too bad so sad".

I really appreciate the saving of time and certainly don't miss bung-angst? whilst sailing.

fun times ahead.

I'm not a true believer in either camp, I just think a bung is the lesser of 2 evils.
Drying all the moisture out after a ding is a hard ask. There are those that say it's impossible, and it doesn't take much to block a goretex vent.
The only good way is very light weight closed cell foam, all you have to do is source it.
I started converting my boards to gortex many years ago, but stopped when I found a vent completely blocked by moisture on both sides.
Left for months to dry out, it still didn't breath.

Anyway Chris, if I was buying a board, it's absolutely certain it would be a tribal.
I hope they take off as well as you deserve.

Thanks Mike. We do have (really) great foam available. I was excited when I got to play with some and saw how well stuck together it is. Its so much better than what you can source here, and what was used in the old Mistral boards. As long as the bung isn't actually wet on the inside it will open- obviously once the water is inside you need to dry it (at least take the bung out!). For those completely allergic or in the special case where you know water is inside and you can't get it out for whatever reason, its possible to remove the goretex bung and replace it with a solid plug. Leaks come with the territory for custom boards, but for well made production boards its a non-issue unless you puncture it and keep sailing.

Anita, the boards are lighter, a bit shorter (239 for the slalom), have similar bottom concept but adjusted to improve some of the shortcomings of the previous generation- but I guess you guys would expect me to say that

Nice one Chris great to see your designs back. So the big question are you taking the 37 down the channel next year

Nice Chris, they look great...

Love the lime green on the bottom - stoked you've got new boards Chris, the Mistrals were epic

Chris.......Alex was impressed with the 118 on Saturday....reckoned it was really good through chop

I guess if you are concerned about the bung, take some blue tack or such and cover the bung up whilst sailing.

Something i have witnessed by a regular sailor.

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Pcdefender said..
I guess if you are concerned about the bung, take some blue tack or such and cover the bung up whilst sailing.

Something i have witnessed by a regular sailor.

It's not water getting in that's the problem, it's air getting out. That's what blows the bottom off boards

ok,but still a good trick to remind folks to tighten up their bung before going out.

I am going to use blue tack this year on two of my boards

Great to see a new windsurfing board company in the market. With lots of riders switching to winging its nice to see Tribal offer a new range of boards. Can't wait to see the new speed range which I'm sure Chris will have out soon.

What's the meaning of Radix @slowboat

Is that $3799 price AUD, USD or EUD?

Amazing looking boards

Your new boards look great Chris
You MUST take your speed boards to Luderitz!

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Roo said..
Great to see a new windsurfing board company in the market. With lots of riders switching to winging its nice to see Tribal offer a new range of boards. ...

Fin forever! Fin is great. Foil is ok . Wings are silly, good for kiters who are sick of getting tangled in their stupid 20 yards long devices. (just my ultra-biased opinion )

For the Tribal, I was in the market for a 100 but I just ordered a 2023 AV Modena 62x100L x 228, I am not buying a 239 cm long board. I cannot really imagine a more comfortable slalom board then my AV modena 88x60x228, and it has an incredible low speed pick up! But the Tribal carbon fins look very good, might get a 42 MK2 for my Patrik 77x122 (2017 model, 230 long).

I owned a 122 Patrik and i used a 46 cms Lockwood carbon.

It was a little on the big side but it worked great in light winds.

I tried my 40cms G10 once in it and the board would not point and felt dead.

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Pcdefender said..
I owned a 122 Patrik and i used a 46 cms Lockwood carbon.

It was a little on the big side but it worked great in light winds.

I tried my 40cms G10 once in it and the board would not point and felt dead.

Ah, thank you. The Patrik is an inheritance from a friend of mine and it is definitely my light air board. Around here I used the AV 60 April to September! For the Patrik I used the biggest fin I had around, a Tectonic Falcon G10 40, and I really liked the board with it, but good to know that there might be room for improvement with a larger carbon fin. I do only use a 7.5 on it, because of my 156 pounds and local conditions, so maybe 44. The board gets big for me quickly!

(Sorry for kidnapping the thread )