Heya i am wanting to buy a new windsurf board. I havent been windsurfing for that long but seemed to have picked the basics of it quite
well. I have had about 8hours of lessons and 10hours rental. Will the hypersonic be out of my depth should i look for a easier board??
Thanks in advanced
kate
How much do you weigh, and what kit have you been using so far? Also how are you getting on with windsurfing, when you say you have
picked up the basics quite well, what exactly are you able to do?
Unless you are a lightweight and really have picked up the basics quite well then I would imagine the Hypersonic 105 would be too small
and too technical for you.
Al.
I would advise against a hypersonic very are really technical to sail. You really have to bear them away to get them planning and
trying to tack one is a nightmare there is nothing infront of the mast to stand on ! they are that short.
If you go to a smaller board too quickly it can make things really difficult all your feet placements have to be spot on. With a board
of 100 ish lts unless you are a real lightweight you really need to be waterstarting as uphauling is hardwork. A lot of the time even
the basic things become hard again when you change to a much smaller board
Depending where you sail it is often good to own a large board (130-150lt) for them lightwind days with big sails. I live inland and
my 150lt board is the most used and its the first board that I bought. It done me well for pottering about on learning with smallish
sails now its great fun with an 8.5 mt sail.
i recently bought a starboard carve 121 and find it to be exellent as a board for progressing on ie footstraps and gybing attempts and will take up to 8m sails you can uphaul it no probs.something like this or a jp x cite ride may be a better bet .look thru the mags to see who is having ademo day near u and try before u part with your hard earned cash
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Originally posted by badexcuseforasailor
I would advise against a hypersonic very are really technical to sail. You really have to bear them away to get them planning and trying to tack one is a nightmare there is nothing infront of the mast to stand on ! they are that short.