i got my new board about a week ago, a 78l 2005 goya wave...it just doesnt feel det up right though, slogging way to much when i thought i should be planing, and finally when i get on the plane its a btch to keep it on there...i have no idea where to put my fin and footstraps, as its a pure wave board and i havent had one before...i was runnin a 2005 sailworks revolution 5.4 and it was gustin 16knots or so...i just wanna get it sorted!
thanks

hi rosey, at an absolute guess i think you need more wind than 16 knots. it's a pretty narrow tail for a board in light air. agree with haircut. the boards he referred to have wider tails and and wider in the middle, better for lighter winds.

but i have never sailed one so i could be well off the mark...

Waveboards sacrifice early planning and speed in favour of manueverability and control on the wave.
As the wave face is curved, the extra rocker isn't a problem while riding a wave, but off the wave it slows the board down, makes it harder to get on the plane and harder to get upwind.

I'm just under 70kg, with a 5.3 on my middle waveboard (about 80l), I'm starting to plane around 15 knots, but it's hard work, lots of pumping, and hard to sustain in lulls. On my 75l high wind board (more rocker) I'm planinng around 18knts, but it doesn't go upwind very well until about 20knts. That's wave boards for you. If you want to stay with wave boards and plane in 15knts you need a bigger board, unless you're signicantly under 70Kg.

cant get much better advice then the guy that you bought it off thanks rick