I am 14 and am most likely taking part in Junior developement programe based primearaly on the racing side of the sport, ( in an aim for young riders to get to the olimpics i think ) and i was just wondering if anyone has any imput im looking for a race board ( dont want to break the bank but i think from what iv seen there not cheap ) i was wondering if there was any particular brand that makes good boards at a good price, i was looking at some 2nd hand boards and found one in my price range is thing any good thoughts :) www.seabreeze.com.au/Classifieds/Kitesurfing/Boards/~b_qlj/2011-North-Free-Race-5-3.aspx?search=5nd1NASKJ9j8%2bYPx6G8NTWP5ngOzL9qj and www.seabreeze.com.au/Classifieds/Kitesurfing/Boards/~bdbqd/2009-North-Race-Ltd-153-cm.aspx?search=x2wbC7D1FhuieKVO2LQiNrYEy2fRmpVlMoZB4EaYCsEVfMQ0%2bxGVGA%3d%3d
hey mate,
the north 59' and Sector 60 will be good for you.
You might be able to find a good price on 2nd hand one.
ok will have a look around, by the way great Job on Nationals couldnt make it this year but hope to be there next time
good on you for setting such a goal!
I was just talking to marvin about Jr dev programs and if a kid is 12-16 years old now, they are in an ideal position to have a real shot at making the olympic team.
if you are serious about it you will need a serious race board - i don't think a free race will cut it. but saying that if a free race is all you can afford now then its better than nothing.
good luck!
thanks for the support yea id love to get all the way haha im not good enough to make it for anything else so im going for it :) by any ideas on a sereous race board ??
As you can see here 14 year old Olly Bridge is using the 2011 69cm wide North Race, so it seems there is no racing advantage in going smaller than 70 cm other than maybe cost.
The newest 70 cm boards are reportedly easier to ride than previous models, so learning on a smaller race board would be more difficult but you then have a higher skill level and switching to the 70 cm board shouldn't be difficult.
Cheaper option would be advertise on gumtree for a "sugar mummy" i already have a gumtree log in if you want to pm me your details i'll put the add up free of charge today.
If not head down to doors plus and see what they have in stock.
JayP is right Andy.
Be great to have a schmick new state of the art board - and Im sure you will have soon enough. But for where ur at now anything will get the job done for you.
Once you start showing promise - potential sponsors will take your gear into account if its below par - the right gear will not be far away.
Go For It.
Will the Olympic gear be one design? Probably best to train with anything close to get good and then adept to 'the board' that will be used. As puppet says those that are any good will get sponsored, any board to get used to tacking/VMG etc.
yea thanks for the support guys, i think the organisers of the program are trying to sort something out with North so ill just hold out for the moment :)
The Sector 60 is worth checking out. It is heaps cheaper than all of the full race boards, very easy to ride but still fast enough to compete with the full race boards and you can start learning a lot of the technique required to race on the full race boards.
Personally i think most people will be better off starting on something like the Sector 60 and learning how to RACE before they start learning to squeeze out another 1 maybe 2 knots of board speed.
If you do decide to go for the full race board i wouldn't bother wasting your money on anything older than 2011.
Sector 60 is a great board and easy to learn to ride and tack and gybe,
Other then that you'd have to get yourself a newer 3 fin style race board which only really came out this year and are still pretty expensive even second hand.
Main thing is your learning on a race directional with decent fins and pointing, plus the gybing and Tacking is what you need to get down smooth and fast at these will cross over onto the bigger high teach boards when your ready for them..
