Hi Guys
Take a read of this article from Jim Terrell, it's quite provocative.
www.supracer.com/the-death-and-rebirth-of-sup-racing/One of the comments he makes about deck depth is clearly a jab at Starboard. Personally I think he is being a bit sensationalist because his 11 inch canoe board is only ever going to be good at a straight line sprint in pancake flat water and most of us are more interested in beach and ocean racing with buoy turns etc. Everyone just needs to get over the dugout.
I also think the weight issue with sort it's self out. If some idiot want to drop a stack of $$$ to save another hundred grams off his board that is fine, I will just take a dump before heading out

At the end of the day the weight issue is over thought.
Loved the article though and I agree with a 4m stock race board length, the sooner the better. As for introducing the minimum width, just let the wind and waves sort that one out.