Simmer
6.0M CROSSOVER SAIL TEST 2014
READY FOR ANYTHING 6.0m Crossover sail test 2014 Crossover sails probably have the most demanding brief of all brands’ development programs. As the clichéd ‘Swiss Army Knife’ (…)
SIMMER IRON 6.2M 2014 TEST REVIEW REPORT
Simmer Iron 6.2m 2014 Test Review Report THE LOW-DOWN The Iron is one of four sails in the comprehensive Simmer wave sail programme. We can’t comment on (…)
SIMMER SCR 7.8M 2014 TEST REVIEW REPORT
SIMMER SCR 7.8M 2014 TEST REVIEW REPORT OVERVIEW The ‘Simmer Competition Race’ (SCR) is their top-of-the-line racing product that sits above the narrower-sleeved SCS freerace and 2XC (…)
7.5 – 8.0M TWIN CAM SAIL TEST 2014
HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE 7.5 – 8.0m Twin Cam sail test 2014 After taking a bunch of no-cam freerace sails (7.5s, see April 2014 issue), we questioned why (…)
110L FREERACE BOARD TEST
FREE TO RACE 110L Freerace board test 2014 Freerace boards, as the name suggests, crossover between the freeride spectrum and the full-on slalom racing segments of the (…)
7.8 SLALOM SAILS TESTS – POWER VS CONTROL
2014 7.8 SLALOM SAIL TEST REVIEW REPORTS It’s an age-old question. Tame and channel the power to your advantage, OR, be (arguably) smarter and choose a more (…)
7.5 NO-CAM FREERACE SAIL TEST
2014 7.5 NO-CAM SAIL TEST REVIEW REPORTS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE In recent seasons, for mere mortals, it’s pretty much been proven you don’t need cams in a freerace (…)
SIMMER V-MAX 7.9M 2014 TEST REVIEW
SIMMER V-MAX 7.9M 2014 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW The V-Max sits between the Enduro ‘freemove’ and 2XC twin-cam in the Simmer range. They also have the SCS 3-cam (…)
120L FREEMOVE BOARD TEST
2014 120L FREEMOVE BOARD TEST REVIEW REPORTS GAME CHANGERS? Report by Test Editor Brian McDowell Have the wide and thin freemoves outdated the ‘classic’ freeride board? Are (…)
SIMMER FREEMOVE 120L 2014 TEST REVIEW
SIMMER FREEMOVE 120L 2014 TEST REVIEW THE LOW-DOWN This is Simmer’s first foray into the ‘wide and thin’ freemove board segment and the 120 is the largest (…)
BWA RHOSNEIGR MEGA GALLERY
BWA RHOSNEIGR 8-11 May 2014 A mega forecast for the BWA Rhosneigr event drew in a record number of entrants. Hosted by Dave ‘Bucky’ Buckland from Funsport (…)
2014 105L FREESTYLE-WAVE BOARD TESTS
2014 105-LITRE FREESTYLE-WAVE BOARDS TEST REVIEW REPORTS JACK OF ALL TRADES What is a freestyle-wave? Why would I need one? Why don’t I just make up my (…)
SIMMER FREEWAVE 105L 2014 TEST REVIEW
SIMMER FREEWAVE 105L 2014 TEST REVIEW THE LOW-DOWN This 105 is the largest of a 4-size range that are delivered with 5 finboxes and four fins making (…)
2014 85L WAVE BOARD TEST REPORTS
BREAD AND BUTTER Ask any retailer or distributor and they’ll say that hardly any 75L boards arrive, or leave, through their doors these days. Maybe the odd (…)
SIMMER QUANTUM 85L 2014 TEST REVIEW
SIMMER QUANTUM 85L 2014 TEST REVIEW BEST FOR Making the most of hard-to-judge waves and those refining their turning skills in the surf. RECOMMENDATION We’re told it (…)