X-OldHeader: From leo_jb@yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com Thu Feb 12 13:02:16 2004 Return-Path: <leo_jb@yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_25183+JAGae58098)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id NAA23456 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:02:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from msgbas2x.net.asiapac.agilent.com ([192.168.216.27]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_25183+JAGae58098)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id NAA18237 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:02:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from web60409.mail.yahoo.com (web60409.mail.yahoo.com [216.109.118.192]) by msgbas2x.net.asiapac.agilent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 32921F01 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 05:02:13 +0800 (SGP) Message-ID: <20040212210211.25792.qmail@web60409.mail.yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from [209.77.148.155] by web60409.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:02:11 PST Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:02:11 -0800 (PST) From: Leo Bragagnolo <leo_jb@yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com> Subject: Re: Board opinion To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com In-Reply-To: <20040212194529.79167.qmail@web41015.mail.yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com>
One of the reasons I was looking at the board is that the shop
selling it says it's really popular in the Gorge and great in the
chop. I figure Gorge conditions are pretty close to Crissy, though
I think the chop at Crissy is more harsh. Then again, the shop
could just be feeding me a line of shit.
thanks for the input!
Lev Brouk <levb@yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com> wrote:
Never rode it, but saw it up and close many times... Even saw
Antoine Albeau on it in the french championship, riding 2-3 meter
waves in side-on conditions, quite impressive.
My guess would be that the wide tail would be a pain in the ass at
Crissy in particular, the chop will tire you out. But then, with
that comes a lot of stability for slogging out through the wind
shadow, and I bet it points really well and can take bigger fins
than most waveboards.
Me - I like narrow tails and small fins, so I would never want to
get a board like that. I rode one other board that had a similar
outline, it was a custom, but somewhat similar concept, real wave
rocker, wide and short, very thin. Was really sweet on a wave,
super-easy to plane off, but chop (especially on a bigger wave) was
a problem. Wouldn't be my choice.
Why not just get a more traditional wave board? 56-57 cm wide,
80-85 liters? Many of them are superfast these days. One board I
would consider for the mix of conditions you are describing is the
Fanatic Goya FreeWave 85. Never had that one, but the Goya boards
are my favorite of all production boards I've ever had/ridden.
- Lev
--- Leo Bragagnolo wrote: > It's time to retire my Mistral Screamer
and I found a great deal on > an '04 AHD Attitude wave 58. Seems
like a good fit - bump and jump > board for Crissy and occasional
trip to the coast (I'm 5-10, 165)- , > but of course I'm a little
reluctant to buy a board I've never > ridden. One of the hazards of
buying used boards via the web. > Anyone out there care to venture
an opinion? > > Thanks, > > Leo > >
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