I'm thinking of buying a nice wave board for those day I make my way up to Lancelin and Gerro and get pummelled pretending to be a big wave sailor.

I got my eye on three boards

1 - Staboard EVO 74 litres
2 - Original Wave 68 litres
3 - Amigu 7"4' 80 litres

Has anyone had any experience of these boards and/or which would you recommend for a 72kg sailor (Ok, maybe 74kg - I just ate a chocolate biscuit).

Which also in you opinions is toughest.
Gaz

PS

I weigh exactly the same as you depending on how many pies I eat.

I tried the Amigu 80 and it was sh1t.
Big, wide, boat! I havent seen any of these boards on the water in perth and they have been for sale in the shop for a long time. Is this telling you something?
Evo's are hard to find in shops and are always seen on the water.
I have the 70 and love it!
As for the original wave? they seem to be in the shop too. have only seen one of these boards on the water and that was a mate who has now moved from perth
Evo Evo Evo

it wouldn't be too small, but you would only use it when it was 4.7 weather I reckon. If you bought a evo 75 a would bet you would be riding your 84 alot less.... tough decision try and demo one

If your wife does read this Divaldo you're in for it!

This stuff is great, thanks. I liked the idea of the Amigu but GreenRoom is the only guy i've heard of actually sailing one..

I suppose the width of the thing makes it boatlike.

I wish I could just test all three and see how I go.

i've got the 75l original wave , cant fault the strength. landed flat too many times from well up and no problems.

love to decrepit, i'm just a bit far away, auswind may have one for demo...
Chat to matt

hey; i'm from germany and i just arrived last week in Wa and this is my first post in this forum (i actually already spent 3 summers in WA but i don't use to spend lot of time on the internet, i prefer to sail !!)
all these boards are really good, couple of years ago in europe i've been riding amigu and once you get use to (it takes about 10 sailing days) it's a really funny board to ride with, it's also one of the strongest one ; i did one season with an original wave and it is also a really good board, maybe it wouldn't be the perfect one for a double mast high in margaret river but this board can go anywhere and it's really easy to ride, the Evo i just tried my sister's one before she broke it (not her fault, she went to the rocks), it's also a really good board, it looks like it is really appreciate by the australian riders (mc kercher effect !)
in your case you have to know witch volume you want, if you go to gero and sail with 4,5 in side-side on wind and jumping in coro your starboard won't last a long time and you don't need big volume, you'd better go for the exocet, if you like to sail with 5 or 5,5 in lancelin the amigu 80 is the board you need and the exocet when it gets stronger, in margaret river with 4,7/5,0 the evo or the exocet would do it
personaly i would go for exocet or evo unless i find an amigu 70liters, you should also check boards like quattro, fanatic and goya they might be a bit harder to find (i don't even know if they have dealers in WA) but they look to be really good for the waveriding conditions you can get in WA (south passage lancelin, sunset beach gero, gnaraloo, margies...)
Hope you enjoy wathever you buy
bruce

Will keep you all posted on what I settle on. I will take an evo out for test sail first.

Thanks to you all once again for your valuable inputs.

Gaz

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Originally posted by Paul


Decrepit you borrow my board next time we catch up back home . (you might like a board designed this century)

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Thanks Paul, look forward to it, it's a while since we sailed together.

I have a feeling that a bit more area down the back will suit the waves here better, and less length should improve maneuverability. It's just a matter of how much rocker and V