Vandal
WINDSUP BOARD REVIEW 2016
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS? WINDSUP BOARD REVIEW 2016 Test Editor Tris Best // Review Team Maurin Rottenwalter, Joe North, Joe Hennessey Photos Alex Best, Tris Best and Thorsten (…)
VANDAL FLOW WS 10’0″ REVIEW
VANDAL FLOW WS 10’0″ REVIEW THE LOW-DOWN Vandal’s Flow WS range remains unchanged for 2016 and comes available in 3 sizes, the 12’6” (based on the IQ (…)
VANDAL STITCH 7.0M 2016 TEST REVIEW
VANDAL STITCH 7.0M 2016 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW The Stitch stays in the Vandal range as their 6-batten freeride/freerace sail, but sees an update to its design (…)
VANDAL ADDICT 6.5M 2016 TEST REVIEW
VANDAL ADDICT 6.5M 2016 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW Outlined as the ‘bump-and-jump freeride’ sail of the Vandal range, the Addict 6.5m has a 5-batten layout, the two immediately (…)
7.0M FREERACE SAIL TEST 2016
THE SIZE OF COMPROMISE. 7.0M FREERACE SAIL TEST 2016. Test Editor Tris Best // Second Testers Maurin Rottenwalbter, Dan Hallam, Tom Wells & Scott Stallman Photos Andy Stallman // Test Location OTC, Portland, (…)
6.5M FREERIDE SAIL TEST 2016
THE STRENGTH OF BEING SOFT 6.5M FREERIDE SAIL TEST 2016 Test Editor Tris Best // Second Testers Maurin Rottenwalter and Joe North Photos Tris Best and Alex Best // Test Location OTC, (…)
VANDAL RIOT 4.7M 2016 TEST REVIEW
VANDAL RIOT 4.7M 2016 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW The Riot was one of the benchmark sails of the 4-batten wave sail movement back in 2010 and remains (…)
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 (…)
COAST – MEXICAN WAVES
COAST – MEXICAN WAVES Last winter was fruitful in terms of chunky low pressure systems battering the south west but time and again the wind was from (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
WINDSUP BUYER’S GUIDE 2015
THE FRESHEST Words FINN MULLEN // Photo JOHN CARTER Windsup maybe one of the freshest categories in windsurfing but the concept of light wind windsurfing is hardly (…)
VANDAL ENEMY 5.3M 2015 TEST REVIEW REPORT
VANDAL ENEMY 5.3M 2015 TEST REVIEW REPORT OVERVIEW Vandal (from the people behind GA/Gaastra) sensibly make solid wave and freeride designs in more economical constructions to appeal (…)
5.3M WAVE SAIL TEST 2015
DECEPTIVE POWER 5.3m Wave Sail Test 2015 More marginal wind on a wave test trip had us really testing the bottom-end of this selection of the latest (…)
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’ (…)