Sea Lotus said..
It has been 5 weeks on the waves with new boards, so adding my wave comments.

Goya c4 68: used with original 250 fins, carries 4.4 nicely even in overpowered weather, it is very agile, can point the board anywhere you want at an instant, rail to rail at an instant too, small or big wave works great, can chose to do sanppy or carved out turns at any speed, slow speed rail digs are happening much less, rails cut through rough areas smoothly. Planing needs active footwork and pumping, especially in light winds, but its quick to accelerate once you have some power in the sail. Keeps the speed really well at bottom turns. Tracks upwind great, nonplaning or planing. It feels stiffer over chop compared to the 2016 version i tried, olso if wave face has a chop when dropping in on a steep section, i dig the nose several times and catapult but thats probably my mistake. This is my main and favorite board now, i can slog and ride fine, just a little hard to tack and low speed jibe, love it.

Cube 82: i moved around the original 300 fins, got it to most pivoty setup but i still couldn't even come close to make top turns like c3 75 or c4 68. Tried 250 fins, was a little better but my legs still crumbled when hitting critical sections, and still no where near snappy. Ordered new fins (muf dtl+ 14/8, which has very small area) and tried different setups, yes it was better but then it felt too nervous in bottom turns, and my legs still couldn't cope with critical sections.
Bottom turns are bouncy over chop and i dig the rail a lot with this board, but smooth and predictable when there is no chop, just needs a lot of toeside pressure.
Early planing is just amazing, its really fast too, it is very comfortable blasting over chop, rides a little more over the water.
Meanwhile i was using my c3 75lt with 4.8, old board is much better for wave riding, just losing early planing, blasting speed and comfort, so i cancelled selling it and now i am selling the cube, this was a costly mistake.
I think cube is not a good dtl wave board for lightweight riders, great for b&j though. Yes 82lt is too big, but feeling difference between 75 c3 is huge (not a huge difference between c4 68 and c3 75), so i think its not only about big volume.

AlexF said..
I'd say it depends on your (varying?) conditions.
If you sail mostly cross on or your waves are less powerfully the Nitro could be a one board quiver.
But for side to side off conditions and pushy waves I won't miss my C3.
I haven't tried the Nitro in these conditions though, so can't say it wouldn't work there too.
As you I'm winging too, but I still tell myself having two waveboards is worth the effort.
Despite I use them much less than my winging gear.

AlexF said..
I'd say it depends on your (varying?) conditions.
If you sail mostly cross on or your waves are less powerfully the Nitro could be a one board quiver.
But for side to side off conditions and pushy waves I won't miss my C3.
I haven't tried the Nitro in these conditions though, so can't say it wouldn't work there too.
As you I'm winging too, but I still tell myself having two waveboards is worth the effort.
Despite I use them much less than my winging gear.

Krul1973 said..









Hello Alex,

Can you give me a update of your experience with the Goya Nitro? How does it perform in sideshore conditions? I am thinking of buying the Nitro 98 for those powerless waves with lots of current of here (North Sea , Holland).

Martin

Krul1973 said..









Hello Alex,

Can you give me a update of your experience with the Goya Nitro? How does it perform in sideshore conditions? I am thinking of buying the Nitro 98 for those powerless waves with lots of current of here (North Sea , Holland).

Martin

AlexF said..








Meanwhile i had several sessions with the Nitro in side to sideoff conditions, on days with smaller waves or where i needed the +8 liters against my C3 for float and ride.
The Nitro works in these conditions due to it's rocker, V-bottom and thin rails in the tail but it definitely doesn't carve like the C3.
You have to push it a little more with the back foot and on faster, bigger waves like i had in Glaizia this summer it isn't that settled on the wave face like the C3. In these coditions a C4 104 or 114 would for sure be the better option.
But that's no issue on the smaller wave days, here the shape of the Nitro helps a lot to carry the speed through the turns, and i really prefer it in these conditions over the C3 because it does make life easier there for an 55 yo wavesailing tourist.
So if the wind is strong and constant enough for both boards i decide on wave size and quality if i take the Nitro or C3, doesn't matter which sail size.

AlexF said..








Meanwhile i had several sessions with the Nitro in side to sideoff conditions, on days with smaller waves or where i needed the +8 liters against my C3 for float and ride.
The Nitro works in these conditions due to it's rocker, V-bottom and thin rails in the tail but it definitely doesn't carve like the C3.
You have to push it a little more with the back foot and on faster, bigger waves like i had in Glaizia this summer it isn't that settled on the wave face like the C3. In these coditions a C4 104 or 114 would for sure be the better option.
But that's no issue on the smaller wave days, here the shape of the Nitro helps a lot to carry the speed through the turns, and i really prefer it in these conditions over the C3 because it does make life easier there for an 55 yo wavesailing tourist.
So if the wind is strong and constant enough for both boards i decide on wave size and quality if i take the Nitro or C3, doesn't matter which sail size.