AB+ 95 Litre Slalom Board
| Length - 275cm
Width - 58cm Volume - 95 litre Weight - 5.5 kg Tail (One Foot Off) - 35.5cm |
Awesome - Just when you think you're going as fast as physically possible you hit a gust and this board accelerates to yet another level.
Control
Never an Issue - This is one slalom board that NEVER makes you want to sheet out, in fact you look for bigger gusts ignore the chop and just smile!!
Gybing
Forgiving - Carries effortlessly through the gybe and even if you stumble and miss your foot placement it still carries through on the plane and doesn't try to bounce out of the turn at all.
Note - On the water testing done in 15-25 knots of wind on a Simmer 6.6 2003 TP Formula with 34cm Liberty Fin
Sea Conditions were Onshore Choppy Swell(Omana), Flat Water Estuary (Island Bay)& Choppy Estuary (Tamaki River)
Finish
Super lightweight stiff and crisp feeling board. Well presented immaculate finish with clean graphics.
Slippery looking and feeling Liberty fin, Da Kine adjustable foostraps, Vent screw between front footstraps.
This is the first production board I've seen with double screws to prevent strap twisting on the back footstrap.
The front straps are still single to give you a range of adjustment (these dont twist up like the back anyway)
Overall
Conventional looking slalom board (9' long) feels like a custom board weight.
Bottom shape is flat to V with rails tucked all the way back to the tail.
It seems to have a very short rocker straight and gets right up onto the tail when sailing but doesn't 'top out' and leap out of the water when overpowered like similar boards I've sailed have.
This is not a hyped up new concept but superbly refined evolution and convention.
It is a no compromise speed machine that is a joy to sail.
