Al.
Looks as though there could be some decent wind around for the second half of the week.... Who is coming out to play??
Al.
me ,me, me
not that way though .
hopefully it will stay as forcast this week .
tides not the best for waves this way in afts though
Plenty of wind out there at the moment.... Just a shame that Anna decided to share her stinking cold with me!
Al.
foregoing the beasly eastly for today to finish repair on board ready for some tidy sw in week .
another board about to bite the dust soon I think , not bad this one 3 yrs to hammer the deck to a pulp !
Thursday is looking good at the mo.
Kel...What board is about to bite the dust? Sounds like time for some retail therapy!
Al.
Hi - am in Wolverhampton at present - I have brought over my instinct 13m; from where I live; what would you recommend as the best
places to go in the next few days.
Borth is looking good for the next few days and there will no doubt be other kiters on the beach to keep you company.
Al.
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Originally posted by justal
Thursday is looking good at the mo.
Kel...What board is about to bite the dust? Sounds like time for some retail therapy!
Al.
Looks as though the wind isn't going to arrive properly until later in the day now.... So I shall wait until then to go out.
Kel... At least its better to use your kit and break it rather than simply have it get old in the garage! I snapped another boom
yesterday!
Al.
Here we go..... averaging 25 knots, gusting to 30 knots now... Time to head to the beach 
Al.
Its at times like these that I really don't like the power of the internet. I'm stuck in a crummy little office on the 5th floor of a
soul-less building in Norwich, the clouds are scudding past the windows in a stiff breeze, and worse - I know its FAB in Borth - Al
will be telling us all about it in a couple of hours.
Worse still - it's looking rubbish for the weekend.
Gotta try and sopt looking at this site during the week.....
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Originally posted by kelvin
f2 maui project 8 2" 76L me perfect match for a 5.2m , deck gone soft in front of back straps , just done a repair which should give it a bit more use , but its going to be a run it till its totalled job , no real rush to replace as i,ve several other wave boards .
no dought when it does go i,ll be scouring the ads for something similar new but several yrs on shelf ,
Was fun at blackrock spooks, just got back 25knts+, oh and went out at hells mouth yesterday excellent again with lots of waves to play in, oh and the day before wasn't bad either.........
must have been a hell of a flat landing Al .
Like the naish stuff got me a vector freewave and it too is one of the best turning boards i,ve tried , and i,ve tried a lot .
Plenty cheapies around could replace me maui project for £349 brand new , which is a bargain for a board that was once double that .
Whats happened with the naish ,?
It wasn't a flat landing at all, quite a nice tail first landing actually and only a smallish jump as well. Definitely shouldn't have
been enough to snap a board... Actually I don't even think I'm good enough to jump high enough to snap a board!
It actually snapped between the two sets of footstraps as well, whereas any boards I've seen that have snapped due to a flat landing
usually go between the front straps and the mastfoot.
I'm gonna see what Naish have to say about it first as its only a year old so is still in warranty. I'd like to get it replaced with
another Hybrid Freewave 86 as I really like the board and have been raving about it all over the net for the past year so it will be
shame to see it go.
Al.
opppps like this you mean ! this was from a flat landing
[IMG]http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j222/vtriders/PICT0007.jpg[/IMG]
oh this is where my maui proj started to go as well .
Had a epic one out there today, and I didnt snap my board!
Yep, just like that Kelvin... I've had plenty of boards delaminate and go squishy in between the straps before, but I've never snapped
one before.
I'd like to say I was out in mad conditions and doing massive jumps, but in reality it was only 2 foot surf and jumps not a lot bigger,
so I'm surprised it snapped so easily.
Al.
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Was fun at blackrock spooks, just got back 25knts+, oh and went out at hells mouth yesterday excellent again with lots of waves to play in, oh and the day before wasn't bad either.........
Here's a photo of my snapped Naish Hybrid Freewave
Al.
Ouch!!! That does not look pretty. Look on the bright side, you dont need an excuse to go shopping for a new one.
any news off naish Al ?
a full report of customer satisfaction in dealing with them !
Well... So far they take a while to answer the phone or get back to you, but I've sent them loads of photos and they have said that
boards shouldn't snap that easily so we'll see what they do next.... I've pimped their boards enough in the past, here, on other forums
and on the beach so hopefully they'll be nice to me... If not I shall just have to take back all of my pimping!.
Don't worry, whichever way it goes you'll get to hear about it along with everyone else in the windsurfing community! 
Al.
Well, Naish have been good about it all. It took a bit of time for the messages to get to the right person and for them to get the
photos etc. to the factory and such like, but once the necessary info was in the right hands they were really good.
I had a nice long chat with the guy in charge on Thursday, and they have decided to rule in my favour and 'get me back on the water
ASAP' by sending out a brand new board to replace the Hybrid Freewave under warranty. They didn't have any 86 litre ones left, just the
smaller 78 or the larger 96. I guess I could have waited until they had new 08 boards in but instead I have gone for the last remaining
2007 84ltr US1111 Pro Wave. Its a more expensive board with lighter,
stiffer construction, but I'm not paying for it so I'm not complaining.
I don't have it yet and they were a little worried that although the computer said there was one in the warehouse there might not be
one thee, so I shall try to curb my excitement until I actually have it, but overall its a good result and goes to show that warranties
(from Naish at least) are worthwhile.
I've always pimped the Naish Hybrid Freewave as a board, and now I have reason to rave about their customer service too. Can't wait to
try the new board.
Al.
Naish Customer care, certanly is up there at the top. Pleased things worked out well for you. They were pretty amazed that one of their boards had actually snapped, so it must be a rarety.
Looks as though they couldn't find the Pro Wave anywhere in their warehouse, but have found a Hybrid Freewave in a shop in Cornwall...
It'll probably take a couple of weeks to get to me though, I just hope it is here before I go to the Isle of Man.
Al.