for the current overall 2007 PWA board rankings you might like to take a peek here:
www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=423 Obviously its difficult / impossible for 1 brand to win everything!
Although Starboard got close last year:
1st PWA wave - Acids
1st PWASlalom 42 -iSONIC
1st PWA Super Cross - Stype
1st Constructor world champion
2nd PWA freestyle - Flare
1st PWA Formula - F160
1st PWA Formula European Championship
That was the result of an un equalled r and D programme and some extremely hard work by the Starboard development team.
Not even the most optimistic members of the Starboard family expect to see a repeat of this result in the near future - many of the other board cos have now put in a lot of effort to catch up - everyone gets better product because of this.
Domination of results has never been Starboard's aim - delivering better gear to every day riders and getting more people into the sport is their real objective. Many of the developments at the top end filter down to everyday product. Even Starts and Rios use technology that was intially used in the iSonic programme (side cuts etc)
Admittedly Starboard isnt doing as well this year in the wave category- keep in mind that in the past it was VERY rare for a team rider to ride production boards in the PWA. Starboard riders have been doing it for years - Scott Mckercher won his world title on a board that anybody could purchase off the shelf - that was a definite first. KP did the same thing last year on Acid 80s and 74s
To give credit where credit is due Kauli is definitely taking the sport to new levels - and some excellent design coming from those guys-out of curiousity - does anyone know if he rides production boards in competition?
