Tabou Magic Carpet crossover board

Hello,

just got one last week end to replace my wizard 125, should be able to test it next week on windfoil, wingfoil(first attempt ever) and perhaps sup foiling to.

will do a feedback

Hello,

did have a quick 2hrs to test the board, it was not the best weather conditions (except the sun)with a side side off wind make it gusty with a lot of shadow, sea was choppy with long wave after 2 days storm.
Wind was at first with max 14-16kts in the gust on the outside and nearly nothing near shore my wind meter did not work and confirm the accuracy.

foils: I went with the I84 in B position with 42 rear wing full back of the US track that located few cm forward the back of the tuttle. AST 70cm to be able to switch to winging after.Sail : it was my first time with wave scape 6,2 that replace my super session 6.0, mast track fully forward that give us a 90-100mm from front Tuttle bolt.

footstrap: The board is the one from photo shoot I just put them where they was mark on the pads and for the rear one the one above tuttle

Shape comparaison:
the tabou is few cm shorter, thinner and tail is less wide than wizard 125
rail is clearly different with round part on top follow by a with reduction idem for the tail that got a mix of cut out and
mast track is short and position is much backward.
the rocker is kind of straight except at front.
rider : 1,82m for 75kg

carrying the board to the water is much easier due to the reduced width and the handle in the bottom.
up-hauling is much easier we don't have the nose dive tendency of the wizard.
the volume on the Tabou is located more at the center compare to the wizard where it is more at the back.
same for both you can jump right on the footstrap.
on the stage before tack off on wizard I always feel a bit back footed here it is really at the equilibrium, pupping is easy and the board get her speed more quickly than the wizard due to the reduced rail but you need to be use to it as at the transition time you loose a bit of lateral stability.
At the take off, the reduced tail width + the cut out are super for me as I can really change the board longitudinal angle compare to wizard where I need to push hard and event harder with I84 here it is super easy.
once on the flight the board feel smaller than the wizard 125 the equilibrium is super even with the shorter mast I did not breach and the reaction feel more smooth feel a bit like my stubby boards.
the landing and water touch did feel nice don't have the nose diving issue of the wizard.
gybe was feeling easier to control pressure in the curve after as usual I did land mid turn. Here I am not sure if the sail did also do part of the improvements.

the reduced width is good also for upwind as in general with wizard I touch easily with the rail that can get me falling down.

for winging I did only few go and back before to get fully in the shadow of the building with high tide board is super stable and comfortable easy to stand up. Was my first time winging was more trying to see how to handle the wing than trying flying. At the end the wind was not enough to fly the wing and I did prone paddle to shore super easy.
board should be nice that way to.

so far I am really happy with the board, now I need to work on measurement to get all the thing in place and ride it with the I76 on Tuttle position to really validate the all tuning as reference base as I done on my Wizard.
as soon as I can get back on the water I will update the info.

now I am also thinking perhaps changing my wizard 105 with one of the smaller pocket air but before going more forward I will compare on similar day the magic carpet and the wizard 105