Monthly Archives: May 2010 - Page 5

News

Steve Thorp does Fraisethorpe

Just in case you’ve forgotten what it looks like, some real world British wavesailing action from a real world British location… Steve Thorp: “Not quite the...

Steve Thorp does Fraisethorpe
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Sportif's 5-star Prasonisi luxury

Sportif are now offering the new 5-star Atrium Prestige Hotel & Villas in Prasonisi. This deluxe resort offers the perfect location to relax with its Thalasso...

Sportif's 5-star Prasonisi luxury
Freestyle Wave

Exocet Cross 84 (2008)

We have been impressed by several examples from this range over the past few seasons. It isn’t the easiest range to pin down in terms...

Exocet Cross 84 (2008)
Freestyle Wave

F2 Spice 86 (2008)

The Spice range fits between the Rebel waveboards and the XTC, Stoke and Chilli freeride and freestyle boards and appears to be unchanged fromthe shape...

F2 Spice 86 (2008)
Freestyle Wave

Fanatic FreeWave 86 (2008)

Unchanged from 2007, the FreeWaves have for several years enjoyed a reputation for fast, early planing performance, with sharp carving and high comfort. On the Water:The...

Fanatic FreeWave 86 (2008)
Freestyle Wave

Goya One Aqua Series 85 (2008)

Unchanged from the board we tested last year and the bigger brother of the 77 tested in the wave test last month. Goya have sensibly...

Goya One Aqua Series 85 (2008)
Freestyle Wave

JP Real World Wave 82 (2008)

The idea behind including the RWW was to see how a ‘fast’ (low rockered) waveboard fared against the FSWall-rounders on test.We like to do this...

JP Real World Wave 82 (2008)
Freestyle Wave

JP Freestyle Wave 84 (2008)

The board that launched the freestyle-wave genre and redefined the wave-slalom concept for the widestyle age, the JP FSW has always had a reputation for...

JP Freestyle Wave 84 (2008)
Freestyle Wave

Naish Global Wave 83 (2008)

The 83 is a new shape that slots into the existing Global “versatile waveboard” range and stays true to the early planing character of the...

Naish Global Wave 83 (2008)
Freestyle Wave

Quatro FreestyleWave 85 (2008)

This is the redesign of the board that did so well in our all-rounder / freestyle-wave test last year. It has been changed quite a...

Quatro FreestyleWave 85 (2008)
Freestyle Wave

RRD Freestyle Wave 85 (2008)

2008 sees more minor tweaks to RRD’s successful all-rounder. They have retreated slightly from the much wider nose and tail of the ’07 board, cut...

RRD Freestyle Wave 85 (2008)
Freestyle Wave

Starboard Kombat 89 (2008)

Starboard have gone for quite a radical redesign of the Kombat for ’08, signalled by changing the colour from the traditional blue and grey to...

Starboard Kombat 89 (2008)
Freestyle Wave

Tabou 3S 87 (2008)

The 3S stands for three style which means wave, freestyle and freeride – in other words, a real jackof- all-trades. Last year’s 3S, however, was...

Tabou 3S 87 (2008)
Group Test

All Rounders All Round; Jun 2008

Freestyle-wave, small freemove, freewave, cross, wave-slalom or threestyle; call them what you will, they’re the most exciting boards you can find for all-round sailing in...

All Rounders All Round; Jun 2008
News

SB's W4CR El Tur master blaster

WINDWISE MASTER BLASTER 4 CANCER RESEARCH, 2nd May 2010 El Tur, Egypt Photos: Danielle Lucas Whilst many areas of the UK were supporting the ‘Sunrise...

SB's W4CR El Tur master blaster
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Jim Collis visits Notts County for National Windsurfing Week

National Windsurfing Week, it must be time for Jim Collis to visit Notts County. For a change he brought wind, but it was a cold...

Jim Collis visits Notts County for National Windsurfing Week
Group Test

Soft Tops To Freerides; Jan 2009

With the help of some senior instructors, Ian Leonard charts the (new) right board progression to windsurfing competence… In recent years the landscape...

Soft Tops To Freerides; Jan 2009
News

UKWA Freestyle and BSA Slalom hit Poole this weekend

Latest: The slalom event is confirmed to run! The BSA is on this weekend...

UKWA Freestyle and BSA Slalom hit Poole this weekend
News

PWA Podersdorf 2010, day 6 – result!

At last, wind and action on the final day of the 2010 Austrian leg of World Tour Freestyle. An early morning of explosive action allowed...

PWA Podersdorf 2010, day 6 – result!
Wave

Waveboard Megatest; March 2008

Since being shaken out of their cosy stability some  years ago by the arrival of the Starboard Evo, waveboards have been the most ‘happening’ sector...

Waveboard Megatest; March 2008
Wave

Exocet X wave 73 (2008)

The X Wave takes over from the Exo Wave as the principal higher wind riding board in the Exocet line-up. The design is similar in...

Exocet X wave 73 (2008)
Wave

Fanatic AllWave 72 (2008)

The AllWave is the ‘stubby’ of Fanatic’s two dedicated wave ranges. Although nominally only 3 litres smaller than last year’s smallest 75L, this year’s 72...

Fanatic AllWave 72 (2008)
Wave

Fanatic New Wave 75 (2008)

This is slightly the more ‘trad’ shaped waveboard of Fanatic’s two lines, although apart froman extra 7cmlengthmany of the other differences of style and planshape...

Fanatic New Wave 75 (2008)
Wave

Goya Custom Wave Series 75 (2008)

Despite the quoted 75L of volume the Custom Wave is actually a very small board which, as well as being the narrowest on test, also...

Goya Custom Wave Series 75 (2008)
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