Came across this only moments ago... the 2009 Tabou Catalogue

www.wind-zone.com/2008/news/2008/06.17/2009t-manual-preversion-june2008.pdf

It's a 3.7mb PDF, so if your on a slow connection it might take a while.

The boards look awesome!

Hmmm WW, do hairy palms reduce calouces??

Don't know about the manual Preversion stuff, I guess it's a leak of a sample brochure.

TT, it all depends, if you order something that's currently out of stock it might be a bit of a wait, but in saying that I have had just as long a wait over the years for other manufacturers gear. If the gear is in stock they are really good with getting it out, all my gear has turned up within 2 or 3 days of being ordered.

It just depends on what the importer is carrying, remembering importing gear into our relatively small windsurfing market is a bit of a gamble for these guys. They could get heaps of gear in, end up with too much left over at the end of the season that they then have to sell off cheap. the outcome of this is to flood the market with cheap last season/run out gear, which de-values the stuff that people have paid full price for, and reduces the importers ability to make profit. So I guess it's a fine line for importers and just one of the things we live with in this country. It's not all that different to buying a car, I was recently going to have to wait 3 months for a Mazda in the colour we wanted.

All in all I think the new stuff from Tabou looks great...I'll take one of each please

I have ordered and paid for my Manta 59
I dont know when it will arrive but i do know prepaying for things makes them a lot cheaper..

and yes i will have to wait but i would rather wait through winter and not summer

chad

thanks to the people who stuck up for me. Yes we have had some huge delays this season. In particular between Jan and June there are problems for the following reasons
1) Pre-orders take precedence - and there is 60 day manufacturing time in the high Euro season and 3-4 weeks shipping.
2) We cannot order less than 30 boards ex the factory in one order
3) We then get one off orders from the Euro warehouse but until about May the stock is limited and depends on demand, they favour their dealers before us.
4) The cost of air shipping a board from Europe is about the same price as the board so it is done for service not for profit.

David

I don't think it matters what brand of board you order, most take a few months to get. Earlier this year i enquired about a new Starboard Isonic and got told they were sold out and that i'd have to wait about 6 months for the new range to come out. I recently ordered a couple of customs that have taken about 12 weeks to get.
We need to keep in mind that as far as the world windsurfing market goes, we are a very small fish in a very large ocean. The importers take a pretty big gamble ordering minimum numbers of 30 boards at a time for our fickle market. We need to try and support these importers and local shops as much as we all can.
All that aside, I agree with tt and silvec, that the new Tabou's are bloody nice boards and if you plan ahead and order them, they will be very much worth the wait.