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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Design: The X 97 is a relatively long and narrow board, particularly narrow in the tail. The rocker is fast with minimal tail rocker and...
Design: Unlike the 76L model tested in the last issue which was a new shape for ’09, the 97L is carried over from last season....
Design: The RRD is a classic ‘fast tail’ all-rounder, with very little tail rocker and a standard (150cm 2cm point) FSW planing flat. Planshape is...
Design: The Quatro is very similar to the Goya One, with a very wave-oriented design featuring relatively high tail rocker, a rounded plan shape, fairly...
Design: As detailed in the Style write-up, you need to forget any old associations of the Syncro name with slower, wave / control biased boards....
Design: Mistral have had quite a major re-organisation of their smaller ranges over the past couple of years. Their very popular Syncros got a name...
Design: Standard tail width but slightly narrower than most in both mid point and nose. The planing flat is standard freestyle-wave, but the tail rocker...
Design: The defining characteristic of the Goya One is its rockerline which, with 7mm tail rocker, a 137 2cm point (i.e, a very short planing...
Design: Very middle of the road in design with a classic freestyle-wave rocker (half way between freeride and wave) and average widths throughout. It features...
Design: The Cross has a very long ‘planing flat’ section in its rocker profile, which places a considerable length of board in the water. It...
Design: The Rebound’s shape has been unchanged for a few seasons, which is apparent in some of the measurements. It is slightly longer and narrower...
Although not called a FSW the 3S is designed to cater for the same disciplines and users. In previous years the 3S’ have been wider...
The shapes of the RRD Freestyle Wave range for ’09 are unchanged to those of ’08, although the graphics have changed quite a lot! New...
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