Monthly Archives: April 2010 - Page 3

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Win Hot Sails Maui on Facebook

Look out for a distinct increase in competitions and give-aways on this very site, very soon. Meanwhile here’s a popular little competition from Hot Sails...

Win Hot Sails Maui on Facebook
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Shaw still in yellow at French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres

RS:X racer Bryony Shaw and Paul Goodison (Laser) head the British charge at the half way stage of the French Olympic Sailing Week in...

Shaw still in yellow at French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres
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Pitsford Pirates to host 2010 Team15 Champions Cup

Pitsford Water will be the stage for this year’s RYA Team15 Champions Cup, held over the weekend of 9-10 October at Northampton Watersports Centre. More than...

Pitsford Pirates to host 2010 Team15 Champions Cup
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Looping for Cancer Research

Club Vass centre manager John Palmer, and BOARDS Test Team member Sam Ross have come up with a novel ‘spin’ on the Sunrise to Sunset...

Looping for Cancer Research
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Connor Bainbridge scores £500 from Mars

Connor Bainbridge, from Halifax, is celebrating after receiving a £500 donation from the MARS Refuel Drink Fund. Connor is just 16 but already competes in Under...

Connor Bainbridge scores £500 from Mars
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Bryony leads French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres

Olympic windsurfing bronze medallist Bryony Shaw saw the best British performance on a testing first day of racing at the French Olympic Sailing Week in...

Bryony leads French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres
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Mat Pearch rules BSA Weymouth

Mat Pearch reigned supreme with three wins out of 5 races yesterday afternoon in the second round of BSA Slalom over the weekend of 24-25...

Mat Pearch rules BSA Weymouth
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Waveboard Test; Feb 2009

First things first. This test isn’t the definitive answer on twinsers. It’s going to take more than three weeks in (predominantly) one set of conditions...

Waveboard Test; Feb 2009
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Thommen MWX Wave 74 (2009)

Last year we tested the 83L version of the same range and found it very similar – though obviously a bit bigger – to the...

Thommen MWX Wave 74 (2009)
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Exocet X-Wave 73 (2009)

The X-Wave is unchanged from the board that we tested last year, although we did notice slight differences in the distribution of the rocker and...

Exocet X-Wave 73 (2009)
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F2 Rebel 75 (2008)

The board we tested here was actually an ’08 board from the OTC centre but as it missed our main test last year (getting tested...

F2 Rebel 75 (2008)
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Fanatic New Wave 75 (Team Edition) (2009)

Another board that we tested last year and which hasn’t changed shape at all for this season. On the water: By modern standards the New Wave feels...

Fanatic New Wave 75 (Team Edition) (2009)
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Fanatic New Wave Twin 78 (Team Edition) (2008)

Fanatic are making mileage from having come out with their twinser a little later than the other brands, giving themselves what they consider a crucial...

Fanatic New Wave Twin 78 (Team Edition) (2008)
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Goya One 77 (2009)

After two extremely successful years Goya have given their fast wave / freestyle-wave a redesign. It gets a very slightly narrower tail, slightly wider nose,...

Goya One 77 (2009)
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JP Real World Wave 74 II Pro (2009)

The Real World Wave boards underwent a big change in 2008, with a substantial increase in rocker turning them from ‘fast’ waveboards into fully rockered...

JP Real World Wave 74 II Pro (2009)
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JP Twinser Wave 76 Pro (2009)

Advertised as “Kauli’s Babes”, the JP Twinsers are shaped by Werner Gnigler and “developed for side-onshore to side-offshore conditions, achieving maximum potential when they have...

JP Twinser Wave 76 Pro (2009)
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Mistral Twinzer Wave RD 76 (2009)

Mistral have approached the twinser from a slightly different direction. The planshape is similar, with the fairly standard narrow tail and wide nose – but...

Mistral Twinzer Wave RD 76 (2009)
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Mistral Wave RD 76 (2009)

The Mistral Wave line is unchanged from last season’s line-up. On the water: Longer than most at 235cm and with a fairly standard (not stubby) planshape, the...

Mistral Wave RD 76 (2009)
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RRD Wave Twin 74 (Ltd) (2009)

At 230cm the length is pretty standard for the twinsers and the hull is single concave like the Fanatic and JP Twinsers (as well as...

RRD Wave Twin 74 (Ltd) (2009)
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RRD Wave Cult Hardcore 70 X-Tech (2009)

The Hardcore boards should not be confused with the ordinary Wave Cult boards which are all a little larger, wider tailed and with moderate vee...

RRD Wave Cult Hardcore 70 X-Tech (2009)
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Tabou Pocket Wave 75 HD (2009)

The new Pocket Wave from Tabou unfortunately only arrived near the end of the test trip and we only managed to use it in 5.2m...

Tabou Pocket Wave 75 HD (2009)
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Witchcraft 77 Wave series V2.2 (2009)

Witchcraft are a range of tri-fin waveboards CAD designed by Bouke Becker in Fuerteventura and CNC made in their own factory in Bulgaria. Last year...

Witchcraft 77 Wave series V2.2 (2009)
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Ryan Humphrey, K-862 freesailing Hove

Good honest British action – two hours of winter sailing at Hove from K-862, Ryan Humphrey. http://mpora.com/videos/lyoijQ08e

Ryan Humphrey, K-862 freesailing Hove
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Oisin wins Irish Speedsurfing Champs round 3

Irish Speed Surfing Championships Round 3 kicks off with a bang! After a long windless winter, and the postponements of rounds 1 &...

Oisin wins Irish Speedsurfing Champs round 3
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