Thanks DJ for again a nice vid. Beautiful surroundings. Are you going to downwind your other new Naish Jav 14' 26 LE? Like to hear a comparison. Haven't seen the new Naish boards in Europe yet. Hesitating between the Glide 14' GX and the Jav 14' 26 LE.

Cheers, Hans.

I am sorry to say this DJ but this has to end.

You are having way too much fun.

Great watch.

ET.

Stu (& all),
I had the misfortune of spotting DJ as he was heading up to st.kilda yesterday for his d/w.
I was on the way back from the dentist, a mouthful of juice, roaring headache and $2,000 lighter.
Then off to the office to feel sorry for myself.

Suffice to say I didn't have as good a day as DJ.

Thankfully the IT nazi's here won't let me watch vids in the office, or else I'd be feeling worse.

(Did have a magnificent paddle with the HMB Hard Core this morning, though)

Carvers said..

Thanks DJ for again a nice vid. Beautiful surroundings. Are you going to downwind your other new Naish Jav 14' 26 LE? Like to hear a comparison. Haven't seen the new Naish boards in Europe yet. Hesitating between the Glide 14' GX and the Jav 14' 26 LE.

Cheers, Hans.

Thanks Hans.. They were beautiful surroundings.. Both of them..

I should have used my LE .. The reason I didn't was because I thought it was only going to be a light wind with no good runners.. More of a downbreezer in only 10-15 knots.. I was actually going to use my new 12'6" Glide at first and last minute saw it was windier than I expected (15-20) and swapped to the 14' Glide and forgot about using the LE.. The X26 is still a little tippy for a bigger guy... But then so is the old 14' Glide.. How heavy are you?

DJ

foamballer said..

Looks like a great day out there DJ - nice work with the video again.
Out of interest, what is the water depth along that run? I get the impression it is relatively shallow (say 3m deep) ??

It is shallow.. I'm sure that has something to do with why it's so good.. There would be parts were it's only 3m deep.. I'm guessing most would be 4-6m.. The water is pretty murky now due to recent rain but when it's very clear you can see the bottom for most of the run on a glassy/sunny day.

DJ

Paddle last couple of mornings out from carrum....even this morning it's crystal clear. Haven't seen it this clear for along time. Even the patto river is clear. Could see the bottom which doesn't happen often. Rain this weekend should murk it up a bit. Paddled about 200m off shore this morning and could still see the bottom....down this way the bay is in awesome condition

Cheers

Abdillam said..

Paddle last couple of mornings out from carrum....even this morning it's crystal clear. Haven't seen it this clear for along time. Even the patto river is clear. Could see the bottom which doesn't happen often. Rain this weekend should murk it up a bit. Paddled about 200m off shore this morning and could still see the bottom....down this way the bay is in awesome condition

Cheers

You're lucky because the bay is often much much cleaner down there..

Gotta love it when it's clear enough to see the bottom..

DJ

nickmcd41 said..

DJ, word on the street is that the LE26 is more stable than the "standard" 14 Javelin (last years model)....what are your thoughts ? I have the 14 Jav in Carbon, and am interested in the comparison
cheers Nick

The new 14' LEx26 Jav is definitely more stable than the standard 14' Jav.. I had a carbon 14' Jav for years and recently sold it because I found it too tippy in anything but very calm water.. With the new LE Jav you tip a rail and feel secondary stability and the older Jav just wanted to roll over.. Even though they are the same width the back half of the board is very different.. The nose and tail outline are very different.. The wider tail must help also.. I'm not sure it's 100% as quick on glassy water because the LE has nose rocker causing a little bit of sprinklering because the belly of the board is pushing through the water rather than the nose cutting through like the older Jav... Still feels pretty fast..

DJ

Thanks for the clear update DJ, appreciated. Hope to find a dealer where I can demo the Glide GX 2014. And looking for a somewhat forgiving/not to stiff Kailoa Racepaddle. If you have any tips, appreciated.

Thanks DJ for tipping the new paddles! Found a review here: www.paddlemonster.com/2013/10/30/gear-review-kialoa-hulu-and-hulu-small-paddles/

Looking great. Better for my shoulders to go for a smaller bladesize. Better have a higher paddle frequency with a smaller bladesize.