What do you guys think about this board for a brand new beginner? It's a buddy I'm going to teach to windsurf. He is 180 pounds and pretty athletic. This board is 79cm wide, 293cm long and 26 pounds. I thought of this board, due to its durability when learning. It's classified as a beginner/freeride board.

I'll be teaching him to uphaul first in 5-7 knots of wind on one of my 5.4 sails for starters and then progressing from there. Average winds here are 10-15 knots.

Perfect.

If it is the old 293 which doesn't have a centreboard you can easily make a temporary one there a threads here showing all kind of cleverness, like a breadboard with suction cups etc.

However I gather you are talking about the current one that is a beginner board....?

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Mark _australia said..
Perfect.

If it is the old 293 which doesn't have a centreboard you can easily make a temporary one there a threads here showing all kind of cleverness, like a breadboard with suction cups etc.

However I gather you are talking about the current one that is a beginner board....?

Yeah, either the 2017, 2018 or 2019 model. The 2017 seems to be on sale brand new. But yes, it's got the centerboard option, so that's good.

This is the board