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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 (…)
FIT TO DROP – FIT FOR WHAT?
FIT TO DROP – FIT FOR WHAT? – MASTERCLASS TECHNIQUE Élite windsurfers are supremely fit. Lesser performers often aren’t. But, at recreational level, is fitness so very (…)
RARE DAY AT HONOLUA BAY
Words Zane Schweitzer // Photos Kapule 21st January 2014 I woke up early at 4 a.m. to help my dad Matt and brother, Matty, load up the (…)
WINTER STORM HERCULES – CODE BLACK
It’s likely that, in ten year’s time, U.K. wavesailors will look back on the winter of 2013-14 and talk about it in the same tones as a (…)
SCOTTISH POWER
Two huge storms headed across the North of Scotland were too much temptation for the Motley Crew to resist. The infamous Red Phone soon started flashing, a (…)
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 Report by Test Editor Brian McDowell Have the wide and thin freemoves outdated the ‘classic’ freeride board?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 (…)
STARBOARD ATOMIQ 120L 2014 TEST REVIEW
STARBOARD ATOMIQ 120L 2014 TEST REVIEW THE LOW-DOWN First launched in 2009 the, then ‘Atom’, dropped out of the Starboard range for a few seasons after probably (…)
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 (…)
STARBOARD KODE FSW 103L CARBON 2014 TEST REVIEW
STARBOARD KODE FSW 103L CARBON 2014 TEST REVIEW THE LOW-DOWN The Kode freestyle-waves consist of 3 singlefin sizes (86/94/103) that sit ‘on top’ of the ‘Kode wave’ (…)
EL CONFITAL – THE DESTROYER
Words DANY BRUCH & JOHN CARTER // Photos JOHN CARTER El “Confital” or its original name, “La Machacona” (the destroyer) is in my opinion, one of the (…)
ESPERANCE – GREAT WHITE HOPE
Story & Photos JOHN CARTER Many say the pearl white sandy beaches of Esperance are the finest in Australia. Throw in translucent blue water and steady cross-offshore (…)
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 (…)
STARBOARD QUAD 82L CARBON 2014 TEST REVIEW
STARBOARD QUAD 82L CARBON 2014 TEST REVIEW BEST FOR Any level of wavesailor will step aboard and love this shape. In terms of conditions we can only (…)
WHEN THE NORTH WINDS BLOW
COAST – WHEN THE NORTH WINDS BLOW Story & Photos John Carter (This feature originally appeared in the September 2013 issue of Windsurf Magazine. Print and digital subscriptions for readers worldwide (…)
STARBOARD KODE WAVE 92L CARBON 2014 TEST REVIEW
STARBOARD KODE WAVE 92L CARBON 2014 TEST REVIEW BEST FOR Heavier riders who enjoy sailing well- powered. We didn’t get to try it in true down-the-line conditions, (…)