I have a small collection of Starboards ready for a demo day(s) over the next couple of weeks. The demo will be at held at Lagoon Beach for the larger boards and either East or Bell Buoy for the Quad.

I have a 2011 Futura, a 2011 I-sonic 97 a 2011 Quad 77 and a 2010 Kode 122 tufskin so hopefully the weather does the right thing.

I will wait to later in the week to confirm the day and times of the demo, this weekend is looking OK for testing the larger boards but not so great for the Quad.

OK so the forecast is not so great for Sunday but hopefully next weekend will deliver something.

Hey Al, What size is the Futura?

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Jezstrt said...

Hey Al, What size is the Futura?

Its a Futura 122....

The forecast is looking slightly more positive for wind this weekend though it looks as if the wind might bring a few showers. It will be easier to know the chances of wind by later in the week.

Still looking good for this weekend, hopefully it wont swing too far south. Will be at lagoons both Sat and Sun if the conditions are good. Keen to Demo the isonic

Goodluck with the demo Al, hopefully the weather will be conducive to getting the most out the boards!!

You've got a good forecast for the demo Al, good luck, hope a few guys turn up for you

I will be there!, looking foward to trying out the demo boards as well as my newest addition to the board rack

OK Sunday at Lagoon Beach from 11am, the forecast looks good at this stage so hopefully the sun is out and we get a few hours of solid wind.

I will double check the forecast tomorrow morning!!!!!

Well done Al, hope it goes well.

Despite the fact that I had a stack of exciting demo boards to take to the beach last Sunday the combination of a head cold and a biting westerly slowed my journey to the beach. I arrived a little late to find Paul and Ben had already been sailing for a couple of hours and that Jason and Nick had already headed around to Bell buoy with the Quad for some testing in the waves.

It was pretty windy at Lagoon pushing over 25 knots in some of the gusts with a few holes and a solid chop, this made sailing the i sonic a pretty aerobic exercise, but damn, how fast are modern slalom boards? Apart from a few sessions on isonic in much gentler warmer climates ( not really a test of sailing skill, but flying around at mach speed across a coral lagoon in 10 to 15 knots of tropical breeze is not to be underrated) the last time i sailed a slalom board at Lagoon was probably in the early nineties. Traveling super fast across the Tamar river on a Sputnik 270 with a steep 2 to 4 foot chop was enough to make me consider all slalom sailors as masochists with no respect for the bendy joints in their legs. Despite the fact that an isonic 97 in these conditions is probably slightly larger than ideal in these conditions, and my technique need a massive update, this was seriously fun and probably the fastest I have ever been on a windsurfer.

I also had a sail on the Futura and that felt much more familiar. It is a lot less demanding and despite the large size felt pretty at home in the chop. Now all I need is one of those Gps thingies and a yen to sail remote stingray infested gutters in the far west of the state.

There were around ten sailor at lagoon during the day, a great turn out for this late in the season.

Hey Al, why wait, get yourself a GPS and join the team - you'll need a nice new iSonic as well though!!

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AUS02 said...

Hey Al, why wait, get yourself a GPS and join the team - you'll need a nice new iSonic as well though!!

Its on the list.... but the list is a bit long...
1=New wave board for Al
1=Shiny new board for Gill (preferably orange!!!)
3=New 5m wavesail
4=HD video camera (or any sort of video camera the old one died of exposure.)
5= GPS thingy
6= Futura 93 or similar (I don't think my technique justifies a pure slalom board)
7= fast 6.5 sail of some sort.




And I probably need to replace my rattley old Jeep with something that doesn't bankroll the global oil companies.


I think my Acid 68 would put down some fast times with a decent fin, what is the recommendation for this size of board?