I can't wait to buy my second board, but what to get? Looking at possibly a Starboard Carve or JP Freestyle Wave or???????
Been sailing since Easter and get out usually 1 or 2 times a week on Port Phillip Bay, Victoria.
Learnt to plane, waterstart, get in straps, use harness, tack and very carefully gybe once in many attempts. Love the sport, just wish I had taken it up sooner. Currently using a JP Funride 140 litre. I weigh 66kgs. (sails 6m and 5m) I like to get on the waves whenever some bay chop is around and looking forward to the S.Westerlies.
I tried a F2 Axxis 85 litre but was just kidding myself as the nose kept wanting to turn upwind. Feel like I need to have something bigger than this as I hopefully progress.
Any suggestions? JP Freestyle Wave is my frontrunner at this stage. Size?
Hi Waggles
I'm 72kegs and ride a 105L Starboard Kombat (freestylewave)
The JP is a nice board. At my weight/skill (1.5yr) it is an all round board from next to 0kn on the river to 20kn coastal (then gets a bit big for windy ocean sailing from there).
Hope that helps. My ideal board quiver:
- ~130L Starboard Futura type ride
- ~100L FSW board
- ~80-90L FSW-Wave board
edit: thats a 89L F2 Axxis in my avatar, still yet to get the right time to use it (but I get the pointing up too, I reckon mastfoot forward, but probably more like it just needs to be powered up and plaining properly first)
Dism, were you happy with the 105 L when you dropped down? Did you ever wish you had gone for either more or less volume?
I already do the ironing to keep in good with the missus. Pays off
my suggestion was the JP Freestyle Wave 98 as well... they were sold in pretty big numbers so you might be able to track down a used one 1 or 2 years old for very little coin.
Try SBHQ in Melbourne... as well as Windsurf n Snow here in Sydney or Windsurfing Perth for any run out / second hand stock.
Any of those shops might even let you try the board first if it's already used. They should also have comparable boards from other manufacturers.
The Carve is not really in the same category as the Freestyle Waves. No matter what the brochures or various sponsored riders in this forum say my personal experience is that the JP Freestyle Wave sits between the Starboard Carve and Starboard Evo.
I think the Starboard Kode is probably closer to a JP Freestyle Wave. Another option is the Freewave from Fanatic but I they are more wave than freeride.
Found a JP FSW 101 litre demo board for a good price. Was thinking the 107 L but maybe the 101 L now ????
Will I or won't I??
101, twelve months down the track it will be your big board and you will want something like 80litre
Waggles, yeah happy with the 105L, plenty of float to do a very dry uphaul, easy enough to learn to waterstart, so enough volume for safety to give you better confidence to go out in increasing difficulty conditions
Waggles, I used to sail with Wormy(hey Jeff, how's Mackay goin now?), and bought the 105L off him after obliterated the nose, now prob 6months later, i'm starting to think of the ~80L boards (just need some wind)
Mark_Aus - yeah my quiver is floatier then your, but I live in NSW, not windy WA, and less skills = more volume. One day maybe i'll be on a 60 or 69L board (need wind first)!
I'd buy the 101L Wags
