Hi there looking to find a board around 130 liters,good through chop and is not to technical to sail,at present I sail a AHD 116 liter and have a Bic tecno 152 liter.I only use the Bic when there is light wind so I use an 8 metre sail which is still good fun although getting a bit old.Looking at reviews there are numerous boards that would suit but I have 4 in mind.Isonic,Tabou Rocket,F2 Stoke orFanatic Falcon or possibly Starboard Carve.The reason I am looking at about 130 is because I sometimes sail on a gusty freshwater lake where the AHD will not make it through the lulls in the wind.I am 80 kgs.I also do not want to have to buy specific race sails and masts as I use only Ezzy Infinitys.Any advice welcome.

i have a starboard carve 111ltrs and its the best with sail range 5.4 to 6.7 for my wieght (70kg) and i sail it in big chop. (waist high) and it is really good

The 'cross boards seem good (Fanatic - Exocet), also Starboard Aero carries well through the lulls, planes early, and being fairly short (but wide) easily manoevreable.

Cross Isonic and Falcon off you're list. There is no point getting a dedicated slalom board if you are not going to use a dedicated race sail, they are also more fragile than any of the cross boards and more demanding through the chop. Many don't plane as early as cross boards either.

My picks are:

Starboard S-type: take you're pick the 126 or 137 would probably replace both of you're current boards.

Tabou Rocket 125

Starboard Carve 133: also good but not quite as fast as s-type but less demanding also. (However slightly shorter length of the s-type 137 would make it behave a bit better and "feel" like there is more volume).

Exocet Scross 120: 8m is as big a sail as this board can take though and it's probably a little small.

The F2 stoke is quite demanding to ride, especially through chop. You might like to consider fins also; the starboards and exocet are all tuttle box, the tabou is powerbox.

A good article in the latest british Windsurfing mag about the best 130ltr boards.....

Hey Padi,would love a go but as I live up in Townsville I have never had a demo of anything.Looking at the latest British windsurf mag they seemed to be a bit critical of the Tabou's top end speed ,is this only on the 140 because it is the only model unchanged or is this just because other boards have started to come up to the legendary Tabou speed.

hi,
i have a hypersonic 105 & have found it rides through the lulls well and handles chop well. There's some new 2005 133L hypersonics for $999 available from starboard dealers, i'd think they would have a fairly similar ride. Check auswind.com.au for details. They are not for every one but should suit gusty conditions well

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Originally posted by divaldo

A good article in the latest british Windsurfing mag about the best 130ltr boards.....

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Read this today - the best were - Starboard Carve, Mistral Screamer and JP X-cite ride all on par with speed control and early planning, with the JP just the best in their opion.