JP MagicRide 139 or 142. Personal experience?

Howdy all ! Does anyone have opinions, compliments, or complaints about the wider MagicRide 139 (2020) or 142 (2019). I've narrowed my choice to this board or the Fanatic Gecko 135. This is a big purchase and I want to get some beta before I commit.

This board will be for my light wind days (8-14 kts) in the summer. My everyday board is a 110L FireMove. But, this board is a bit small for light wind days. Slogging is a pain and big sails feel overbearing. I've heard great things about the MagicRide. I think this board will be perfect with a 7.2-8.2 sail and larger fin. I'm looking for more time on the water in the summer. Spring and fall are blasting 5.0-6.0 conditions perfectly suited for the FireMove.

Thanks for any and all opinions! Cheers

Thanks Awalkspoiled ! Good feedback about the MagicRide and Gecko. I am about 71 kg. I will look into the SuperSport as well. I'm an inland sailor at high altitude (Colorado, USA), so I need a floaty board to carry my 8.2 in light and gusty winds. Preferably around 80cm wide.

I've used a 154 Magic Ride as my "everyday" board since 2016 (and still have it), but I'm a 103kg clydesdale and I'm a competent sailor but not exactly pro level. The 154 was the same outline as the 142 with more thickness.

I've used it with sails from 5.3m to 10m with fin sizes from a 60cm pointer to a 44cm cut down formula fin for shallow water use. They are a board that does nothing really good but is good for just about everything, they plane really quickly and turn quick too, but they drop off the plane quickly as well.

You're kidding yourself if you think it will get you planing in 8 knots though, even my lighter mates with super light wind boards can't do that. Adam and I use old 155 GO's as our lightwind boards because whilst they are a barge to get onto the plane, once they get there they stay on the plane for longer than the Magic Ride. The wide tail of a GO is better than the Magic Ride in dodgy wind. The Magic Ride is a bit kinder on the knees than the GO when the water gets a bit rough because it has less volume in the tail and also a narrower tail so you can put weight on the tail and it rides softer. The big Magic Ride is a fantastic board that I might possibly never get rid of.

Last of all, the smaller Magic Ride boards are a completely different animal and cannot be used to gauge how these whopper size ones sail.

Bwahaha ..................... that sounds like that movie "Shallow Hal"

I have a set of 3 2015-16 Magic Rides. The 111, 118 and 132 (the larger 2 in Textreme carbon). They are great boards for going fast in swells and chop, and gibing. I know the larger Magic Rides 142 and 154 were optimised for beginners and intermediates and some sailors found them sluggish. I suspect the larger recent ones you're thinking about will be the same. At your weight I would try to get hold of a 118 preferably in Textreme or pro construction, otherwise wood, but not the basic epoxy, it was too heavy. You don't need anything bigger unless you intend to use 8.5-9.5. The 118 will carry an 8 metre sail comfortably.

I am finding windfoiling is the way to go for light wind sailing. It is super fun and super addictive. I'm in my 11th session and I keep learning more and more every time I'm out. The feeling of flying through lulls is amazing. Very little drag once in flight. I'm on a Slingshot Dialer 130L, using a 6.8 for my largest sail, I'm 175 pounds and I'm flying in a minimum of 10 mph winds, sailing through lulls of 6-7 mph now. I've noticed the better I'm getting , I'm getting out in lesser wind, but this is the very minimum winds I'm able to foil at this time which is pretty darn light.