Wave Board, I Think?

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Steptoes Son
Steptoes Son
QLD
88 posts
QLD, 88 posts
29 Sep 2006 10:26am
To anyone who knows.
Excuse my ignorance.
I've receintly ventured into the adictive world of windsurfing and have been on the scrounge for equipment.
I've managed to get hold of a very nice looking board from a garage sale, and having surfed all my life I feel confident that what I have is well made and in very good condition, but I'am unsure exactly what I have.
It's a "Performance Sailboard" (brand I think), shaped by Mike Manolas. 8ft 6 long. It has one removable skeg and two inbuilt outside fins that do probably the same job as a tri fin setup on a surf board. The rails are fairly round and it has a very pointed profile. I don't know how many but by the look of it not real big in the litres side of the house.

Can anyone enlighten me as to the type of sailing this board would be used for? I'm thinking wave board cos of the tri fin setup.
Also can anyone tell me of this boards reputation and quality as far as design and usability goes.

Cheers Simon.
decrepit
decrepit
WA
12885 posts
WA, 12885 posts
29 Sep 2006 7:26pm
G'Day Simon, I'm not familar with the brand, but you can tell a wave board by it's rocker and rear rails, The rails at the rear are sharp to give bite thru bottom turns, but start to round off in between the footstraps with a fair amount of tuck from the front footstrap forward. The rocker has heaps in the front to stop pearling, and a moderate amount in the tail for manoeuvrability on waves.
If it's a traditional urethane fiberglass construction, it's probably a wave board, old style slalom boards were usually longer than 8' 6" and didn't have the tri fin setup.
Steptoes Son
Steptoes Son
QLD
88 posts
QLD, 88 posts
29 Sep 2006 10:26pm
Thanks.

cheers. Simon
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