Thommen Wave 83 Windsurf Mag Test
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Editor's Pre-Test Notes:
- Lightweight, with an unusual bottom shape.
- Vee, double concave, single concave with vee, back to vee.
- Gotta ride this.
Test Team Notes:
Intermediate/Advanced Testers
Eirini Smyrnaiou, lightweight
Its shape is short and maneuverable and its weight feels well balanced. I would own it - feels like a do-everything board I could improve with.
Catherine Kurz, lightweight
Slices through the water nicely at speed. Carves great and good volume for a variety of conditions. Good speed - I would own it. Is it a pure wave or free wave board?
Mac Barnes, middleweight
Comfortable, balanced, easy to master, jumps great. I would own this for high-wind sailing, even though it's a bit small. Much better for me than other boards in this fleet. But when the wind stops, it stops working very quickly. It's a little more difficult to waterstart and slog with this board.
Ray Scott, middleweight
Light and lively, yet controllable. Challenging for an intermediate in a good way. Slogging was exercise, but doable.
Expert Testers
Giampaolo Cammarota, lightweight
Good board, well balanced and turny enough.
Jake Miller, lightweight
Quick to plane, fast, comfortable pads, easy to jibe. Feels like an easy-jibing big-wave board. Not as slashy as OES.
Dave Wissink, middleweight
A perfect floaty onshore and down-the-line board. Good for bump and jump too.
Eddy Patricelli, middleweight
Lively, direct, slippery feel over the water. Lightweight, and somewhat high strung. Nice in the turns. Can't tell if it was made exclusively for waves - a good thing. On a wave it feels right - both backside and front side. Cons - still looking for 'em.
Dave Troup, heavyweight
Turny with super smooth ride and excellent upwind performance. Felt like a good high-wind board for heavyweights.But it's a pure wave board and I don't live on Maui.
Had a quick look on the Thommen site
www.thommen1.com
and cant find any mention of the Wave 83 
is this the equivalent board http://www.thommen1.com/proof/wave81.html
G'day
No the Proof is a diferent board, I sail the T1 in Holland it's realy a cool board, plane's verry fast end have a good control.
sorry for my bad Engish!!
Cheers from a colt Holland!!!!
Rob.
Hi grumple
The 08 t1 site is not up yet. You should be able to see it next week. The board you are looking at are the custom wave boards made by proof for Bjorn.
More info regarding t1 2008 models is on the way.
First production is sceduled to leave the factory at the end of the month.
www.thommen1.com
Now up and running. Boards will be available around end of March.
They are coming with a CNC machined Kai hopf fin and a board specific bag.
Construction is going to be exceptionl from this factory and backed by a 24 month warranty.
The MauiX wave 83 and Cross X 97 will be available for demo in Sydney by this weekend coming.
Please contact me on 0410507420 if you would like to take a look at the boards or organise a demo.
regards
David Ford
Those board will now be in-store at onboard in Adelaide, I just coudn't keep them all wrapped up any longer.
