Although we enjoyed the Quatro FSW we tested in 2007, this is the first experience we have had with Quatro waveboards for a while. On the...
This year RRD split their range between the bigger Cult range (the stubbies) and the smaller Cult HC (hardcore) waveboards (narrower trad style with single...
The Evo needs little introduction. It would appear that only details have been changed from the board that we tested last year. On the Water: For a...
The ’08 Evo 75 appears to have been subtly changed from the board we tested last year, with slightly increased tail vee and seemingly a...
The Pocket Wave is the ‘stubby’ planshape board while the Da Curve (not tested) is the more conventional of Tabou’s two wave ranges. Although anyone...
Pretty much a complete change from the Thommen X-Wave tested last year, and in nearly every way a change for the better. The X-Wave was...
Witchcraft is a Fuerteventura-based custom house run by Dutchman Bouke Becker that has recently branched out into larger-scale production via their own new Bulgarian factory....
Last year we tested the 83L version of the same range and found it very similar – though obviously a bit bigger – to the...
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...
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...
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 are making mileage from having come out with their twinser a little later than the other brands, giving themselves what they consider a crucial...
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,...
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...
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...
Mistral have approached the twinser from a slightly different direction. The planshape is similar, with the fairly standard narrow tail and wide nose – but...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Middle size in a range of five Wave Twins that RRD have introduced for ’09 for those “wishing to take their riding to another level”....
The Twinzer is marketed as a “waveriding sensation” and all the emphasis is put on its performance riding waves. It is the middle of three...
Another board into its second year on the catalogue. It is billed as a “radical” waveboard for “good wave conditions” but qualified as being “user...
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