RE: ASD vs Mistral

From: Wiesner, Craig (craig.wiesner@lmco.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Wed Sep 17 1997 - 12:35:58 PDT


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From: "Wiesner, Craig" <craig.wiesner@lmco.com-DeleteThis>
Subject: RE: ASD vs Mistral
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I am 220# and have been banging on my 8'8" ASD Epoxy as my main board
for 5 years. This board gets 50 + days per year and I learned to jump
on it. No problems!

HEY LOCALS.......BUY AMERICAN!! SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHOP!!!!!! WHY BUY
INTO THE BJORN DUNKERBECK PROPAGANDA AND SEND YOUR MONEY TO THE
EUROS......

I am not saying everything has to be American, but at least check them
out (ASD, Haut, Priester, Ruger, Dill, etc.). These guys will take care
of you! When I see guys giving money to Mr. Pride who has done jack
shit for windsurfing in America it pisses me off! Especially when we
have better stuff here! I like having a local shop and I intend to keep
them in business!

     - Mr. L
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        From: Booker Bense
        Reply To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
        Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 1997 8:12 AM
        To: Multiple recipients of list
        Subject: Re: ASD vs Mistral

        On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Bilbo Innovations, Inc. wrote:

>
> Several people praised ASD boards above all. Are they really
so good?
> Better than production boards, even top of the line
production?

        - Well, I don't own one, but I keep demoing them every year. I'd
say
        the big difference in ASD is that you get a board that is
exactly
        tuned to sailing in the bay area. Board design ( like any
design) is a
        series of compromises. The guys as ASD know which compromises
will
        work best on the bay. The other difference is weight and speed.
ASD
        boards are generally a pound or two lighter than a similar
production
        board ( less footstrap screws, higher quality fiberglass ). The
other
        thing is that the guys at ASD like FAST boards, even their wave
boards
        are faster.

        - I was very tempted by the 8'11 mutant this year. This was the
first
        ASD bay slalom board that I've demo'd that was fun to jibe. Very
fast,
        and eats chop. It wasn't the board I was looking for ( a light
wind
        slalom ), but still very tempting.

        - As far a durabilty goes, you can have them build a bombproof
board
        if you want. But a custom epoxy is never going to be as abuse
proof
        as a plastic coated board like the Mistral. You pay for the
        performance.

        - Booker C. Bense : bbense@stanford.edu-DeleteThis



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