Received: from hpoclrf.sj.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA19468; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 14:11:34 -0700 Return-Path: <kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: by hpmsd3.sj.hp.com (1.37.109.16/15.5+IOS 3.22) id AA166628293; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 14:11:33 -0700 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 14:11:33 -0700 From: Kirk Lindstrom <kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <199510272111.AA166628293@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis, wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Re: recommendations for light wind board
I have the 9'6" ASD CS. These are not for those that are learning to
jibe....They are narrower than other boards of that size and thus are
ALOT faster. Sharp rails make them hell in chop or swells. They get on
a plane quick due to light weight while a heavier, wider board like the
Rock or Explosion plane easy since they are wide. I've sailed the Rock
with a decent fin and it is harder to get up and over the hump than a
smaller ASD due to its old shape. Really a transition board for lighter
folks. I'd really look at the big Mistral boards if you aren't hitting
alot of jibes now. They are probably alot more fun.....Now, if this is
the 3rd or 4th board in a board quiver....then the ASD is a good choice.
A good pumper can have alot of fun and once on a plane the big boards go
thru huge holes.
> > Does anyone out there have any recommendations for a big slalom board?
> > I'm thinking about a cheater that will add range in light winds.
> > I'm 6' 240lbs and currently use a 9' CFX.
>
> For your size, I'd look for a 9'4-9'6 or so. CFX does make one. Also, I
> can't say about the current CFX shapes, but my '95 ASD Course Slalom is
> dramatically faster and quicker to plane than my '92 9'0 CFX was. For
> light air, I think a newish course-slalom board (fat tail, thin nose,
> mast track way back) seems to be a good choice.
>
> Note that these boards are not always the easiest to sail - I've gone
> over the handlebars more in the first 4 sessions with this board than I
> did in the previous year. But I'm getting better at it (avoiding
> catapults, not just getting better at catapulting :-).
>
>
> Ken Poulton
> poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
>
> "Windsurfing is so addictive because it's like sex: you don't know when
> you will get it, and then you don't know how good it will be."
> -- Randy Johnson
Kilgore Trout "The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest." (Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr.)
Kirk out
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