sailquik said..
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Variable-Rocker-Tuning-System-Mistral?page=3

Wow! That came an went fast!

Anyone know what the story was with Mistral?

First they dropped one of the best designers and most successful board designs ever with CL, then they made a big HO-HA about the VTR, and then they completely disappeared from Windsurfing

Methinks there was some serious burning of multiple entities done there.

Neil's started up Windtech again ( so no longer with mistral). I'm guessing he's held exclusive rights to the system, as his new windtech boards have them (although I don't think he's kept the VTR label). Mr Slowboats designs may come out under tribal (just saying what I'm seeing )

Dunno what mistral are are up to?

Do Mistral still do windsurfers? I don't like their web site.

Subsonic said..
Mr Slowboats designs may come out under tribal (just saying what I'm seeing )

Is there any real progress on Mr Boat's designs being made by Tribal?

BSN101 said..
Do Mistral still do windsurfers? I don't like their web site.

Nope. Gone completely. Very sad.

^ very nice collection!

Is this photo contemporary?

I'm just going to leave this here

AUS4 said..

gavnwend said..
Some of the boards made by Mistral it's ashame they have gone

There is a Mistral Challenge Flex hiding behind the Mistral Naish, 5th from the left.

More on the Mistral Challenge Flex:

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/radical-designs-from-the-past?page=1

And the Tinkler Tail:

http://www.surfer.com/surfing-magazine-archive/surfing-news/tinkler-tail-100505/

www.surfresearch.com.au/1976_Tinklertail_Surfer_Jul_v17n2p142.html.htm

Bob Tinkler first started working on perfecting flex in stand up shortboards after living and surfing with George Greenough and Bob McTavish in Queensland Australia in 1967.... then into Windsurfing via the Mistral Challenge Flex ....... to where we are today... with the new developments by ATT and Windtech in windsurfing......and endless progression. I suspect ATT is much lighter than a Tinkler Tail and it follows much lighter than the MCF.