Gaastra
ROSS WILLIAMS – ROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT
ROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT – HOMEWARD BOUND After Windsurf’s Famous Five coast run from Weymouth to Lulworth, I mentioned to Ross Williams perhaps we should try (…)
GA SAILS IQ 4.7M 2016 TEST REVIEW
GA SAILS IQ 4.7M 2016 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW The power source for 2015 Wave World Champ Thomas Traversa, the IQ sits in the GA Sails range (…)
4.7M WAVE SAIL TEST 2016
THE DAWN OF A NEW CLASS 4.7M WAVE SAIL TEST 2016 Test Editor Tris Best // Second Testers Maurin Rottenwalter, Joe North and Dan Sallows Photos Nick George (…)
ROBBY NAISH – CLOUDBREAK
ROBBY NAISH – CLOUDBREAK Naish XXL Cloudbreak When the king of windsurfing, Robby Naish, calls a session his best ever, you know it must be special. When (…)
GA SAILS MANIC 5.3M 2016 TEST REVIEW
GA SAILS MANIC 5.3M 2016 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW The Manic is shorter in both boom and luff length than all its rivals in this group, giving it (…)
5.3M WAVE SAIL TEST 2016
FIVE OF THE BEST 5.3M WAVE SAIL TEST 2016 Test Editor Tris Best // Second Testers Maurin Rottenwalter, Joe North Photos Nick George // Test Location Southwest England The 5.3m is (…)
GA SAILS PHANTOM 7.8M 2015 TEST REVIEW
GA SAILS PHANTOM 7.8M 2015 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW The Phantom is surprisingly straightforward to rig for a sail with a deep luff sleeve. With pockets on both (…)
ROSS WILLIAMS – WIGHT WINTER !
ROSS WILLIAMS – WIGHT WINTER ! For the first time in seventeen years, Britain’s number one all-rounder, Ross Williams, made the decision to drop his normal winter (…)
COAST – OUT OF THE BLUE
COAST – OUT OF THE BLUE Many wave hungry sailors have faced those barren stretches of windless forecasts and then spotted a tiny glitch on the weather (…)
7.5M CAMMED SAIL TEST 2015
THE WINGS OF A DOVE – 7.5M CAMMED SAIL TEST 2015 Test Editor Tris Best // Second Testers MAURIN ROTTENWALTER, JOE NORTH Photos ANDY STALLMAN // Test Location (…)
GAASTRA CROSS 5.6M 2015 TEST REVIEW
GAASTRA CROSS 5.6M 2015 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW The Cross is the smallest sail on this test, both in terms of quoted sail area, as well as luff (…)
5.7M CROSSOVER SAIL TEST 2015
5.7M CROSSOVER SAIL TEST 2015 Board testing is a relatively straight forward affair, being easy to control variables as you experiment with different set-ups in changeable conditions. Sail (…)
GAASTRA POISON 5.4M 2015 TEST REVIEW REPORT
GAASTRA POISON 5.4M 2015 TEST REVIEW REPORT OVERVIEW ‘GA Sails from Gaastra’ have re-vamped the popular Poison powerhouse with a new reduced seam outline and batten layout (…)
GAASTRA VAPOR 7.9M 2014 TEST REVIEW REPORT
GAASTRA VAPOR 7.9M 2014 TEST REVIEW REPORT OVERVIEW The Vapor is Gaastra’s flagship slalom and Formula racing sail that sits alongside the Phantom twin cam freerace and (…)
COAST – WALES MISSION – THE GOWER HOUR!
December 2013 just has to go down as the most consistent months for UK wave sailing in decades. With low-pressure systems lined up in an orderly queue (…)