Wave Rally World Championships

Here was the finish line in the final, powerbox board blew everyone out of the water.

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curac said..

Gerowaterboy said..
Paul you've seriously gotta drop the power box thing gonna kill it heaps of people have them on their big boards as long as it's swept back wave style makes no difference I'm as slow as **** with powerbox, my wife passes me You're gonna lose heaps of people me included swept back in, slalom style out. You haven't had enough races to justify it maybe they were just faster sailors
Want this to be great for you but don't cut half the field that's stupid..
Many people fly past me on other fin bases every day even under full tilt. My personal opinion is if it gets above 20 kn have a category where you have to attempt a back loop on the course as an optional race all in together .Great for the cameras and more wave Rally .

what wave board has a powerbox?

Practically everything that is even a slight deviation from dedicated tri fin wave has a power box middle fin.


It really is the type of fin that dictates how hard you can push on it and how fast you can make the board go. There are some really rockered freestyle wave boards out there, as soon as you put wave fins in them any thoughts of back foot pressure/speed is cancelled. Wave fins slide out really easily if you're used to back foot pressure, weed wave fins do allow you to push a bit more (despite what was said earlier).


but its Pauls baby, and he's made the decision so thats that. I know exactly what its like running an event and having everyone else trying to redesign the rules and change what you want the event to be.

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curac said..
if its got a powerbox, its now a wave board. haha

I like how some people just **** on other people's skills. I mean, if you cant do a planing gybe, then really you should just give up on life all together.

Or... we could just recognise that some people are not you.

Your response is just shtty

Agreed Mathew
heavy guys use FSW boards as wave boards. The whole world is not Margies or 75kg people


Paul I think if you say old ppl can, then you need to consider heavy folks. Then you're back in the same problem as AA shows up with a Dyno ..

Pauls comp people, all done out of his own good intensions of giving back and having fun.

Make it to hard for him then working and going for a sail himself looks more apealing than organising an event.

Just MPO as a heavier old basket with two old single fin FSW boards which I only ever use weed fins and big sails on.

Carry on the good work PVB

So flat rocker freestyle boards are good to go as long as they have wave boxes while thruster wave boards with powerbox center fin are are nixed.

Yeah gotta agree with keeping it in the wave board theme , just makes sense given the name of the event and all ..... your vision .

I bet that dog is thinking ...... " you cheating bastard , you used a free style wave board "

Are the Zorb balls for the competitors with non conforming ger to wear?

Almost ready for printing!

Thanks to all the sponsors and supporters of Wave Rally. Can't do it without you.

With a fair bit of consultation with a few people, Wave Rally has decided to let 'FreeWave' boards with 'PowerBoxes' back into the event however there is a restriction. There are quite a few sailors down in Perth where this is the only type of board they have and we don't like excluding them.

Last year the FreeWave boards had a big advantage when the winds were marginal as sailors could put a big middle fin in and set the boards up with 4 footstraps outboard. With that in mind, the rules are you can't have more than 3 footstraps and the fin is restricted to the sizes on the chart according to your weight. It's a handicap to the sailors with FreeWave boards as they will have to purchase smaller fins than what come with the board as standard. Since the boards are generally flatter rockered I think this is a fair compromise to make the event appealing to as wide an audience as possible.

As an example of the changes, Albert who won last year on a Dyno was on a fin pushing 30-35cm, however according to these new rules, he would have to use a 22cm fin at his weight.

I have contacted K4fins in the UK to try and source some powerbox wave fins for those who turn up at the event with too big a fin but hopefully the message is loud and clear and sailors with these type of boards will sort themselves out before hand. I know the powerbox boards caused a few issues last event however with the new fin & sail size restrictions I think this a good solution.

Any sailors who enter Wave Rally with a powerbox freewave board will be required to register their boards at the admin tent and we can check the fin size.

Cool, see you there!