Goofcat said..
I had their 2021 6'7" model. I bought the board sight unseen because I've been a Starboard customer for years and trusted them to make quality boards with functional features. I even got the Starboard foil system and the Airrush wing. Overall I was very disappointed with their very poor execution and ended up selling everything but the wing. It's clear they didn't have wingers on their wingboard design team. That board was HEAVY with a tiny 3 finger handle.! I still have tennis elbow from doing the walk of shame with that thing! The whole thing was so poorly done. Looks like they made significant changes to their 2022 line (basically an admission that their 2021 WingBoard line was a mistake).
The 2022 models would be state of the art, last year. All those funky shapes on the bottom = increased surface area = increased drag. The current understanding is that a totally flat bottom and no tail rocker is faster for take off. The rails look too short and too far back, even all the way forward will only get your mast about 1/3 the way up, not going to be enough for HA wings. Just take a look at Armstrong's FG boards and see how far forward the rails go.
Not sure about cost, sounded like the video guy stated 1800 euros? for the "cheap" version? May be he said 1080, then 1700 for the carbon? either way, that is a lot of money for an outdated board. Sorry to be so harsh, but Starboard burned up all their good will with that horrible 2021 wingboard. (I have a garage full of Starboard SUP's for racing, surfing and cruising).
2021- 4"6 x 69L is a weapon. Not sure what size you rode, I can see some of the larger boards sucking a bit, but for a little board, loved it to bits. I got mine new for $1100, and it replaced my 6" x 90L immediately. Never missed the bigger board and have enjoyed every session with it.
I'm swapping now to a 3"10 x 32L but that being said, the starboard will remain in my quiver for light days.
