If PT only knew how his boards were made
I guess he just found out
Some mite say the hammer was not big enough
That's Jean-Louis Colmas from New Caledonia, who helped Svein develop the very first Starboard back in 1994. He also invented using light-weight wood technology in boards around the same time.
He's been pretty active with Starboard ever since, so this prototype is probably very real.
The new 14' x 23' Ace is insane, would love to see what an 18 footer could do.
The Point was a weapon Woody but i believe there is only a couple or 3 in Aus unfortunately.
The 18 ace custom is built from a 14 ace blank extended to 18 with hollow carbon sandwich construction.
The first test here :
Very interesting. I take it this is a private project and nothing to do with Starboard?
your right dj- what the.
honestly if 18' canoes start coming out i'll have to start thinking about whether i want to be in the sport.
enough is enough.
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After watching the vid a few times I like it.. I don't think it's just a chopped in half Ace with a bit added.. It might have an Ace like front but that's about it.. It looks very fast.. I like the letter box slots for water drainage and check out how far the rudder is from the tail of the board.. It looks more a flat water board but can't help but wonder how it would go catching ocean swells and downwinding.. Looks like it would fly.
DJ
Also interesting how big the fin is. Most unlimited boards or boards with rudders that I have seen have a relatively small fin.
