i had a nude 54 speed board,still prefer allround performance of slalom board.
i found nude 54 worked best with a softer fin like techtronics,carbon fin overpowered board too easily,especially in chop.
super narrow tail equals nightmarish upwind performance,enjoy the walk of shame if its a speedboard you bought.
It's actually a little bit larger than 54, that just what we decided to speed limit it to.
will trouble him
Pete the 54 you had is a very different. Its quite flat through the middle, which makes it different to gybe compared to slalom boards. When you figure that out it gybes really well but you have to commit pretty hard. It was also pretty low in volume with a very narrow tail extended between the straps so it was really only suited to stronger wind, and smaller fins. Its a great board for going really fast, in control in nasty conditions. ie a WA allround speedboard, and for that its really good. Upwind is a bit tricky if underpowered. I had a ball on it in the ocean. It was a gybing weapon out there.
The specs of the new one Darryl has are 55cm wide, 94 litres. Its got a bit more rocker in the middle to tighten up the gybes, and the outline is wider in the tail to help upwind and through lulls. Its more of a crossover board between speed and slalom, and is more practical for bigger guys in the gusty conditions we have here.
Sweet board Darryl.
The footstraps at the rear appear to point forward, twisting the body forward, not parallel to the centreline. Is this technique not spoken of?
Select to expand quotewell except for the tail i cant see a lot of similarity, maybe this is one of those pick the differences can you pick the difference, opps changed my mind the tail is different and the falcons nose profile is simular to a mike davis slalom from the 80's
Toby, When you strap on the larger nut sack in the stronger winds it makes you walk like a cowboy so the angled straps are just more comfortable.
New toy as well, straight out of the box as you can see by the mess.
I will take better shots and do a seperate post later.
Stuart from Cheeky Monkey has done an excellent job!!!!
Purple dot on the Ka logo to match my new Purple KaRace sails!!!
236X70X113 Litres.
V right through with subtle double concave in the middle. 172 mm nose rocker, 1.3 mm tail rocker.
6.75 Kilos, full carbon with glass over the top for extra durability.
Carbon T stringer from fin box to under mast track.
I'LL TAKE KEEFS PNUT
HAD A LOOK AT THE FALCON 45 DAM THAT THINGS HEAVY !! ALSO WHATS WITH A LL THE GRAFIX O THE BOTTOM THEY REALLY PROTRUDE SURELY THAT CANT BE FAST OR IS IT ? ... LETS NOT OPEN THAT CAN OF WORMS
SAYING THIS I'D LOVE TO TAKE IT FOR A SPIN JUST TO SEE THE ADVANCES .
LOVE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE NUDE IN A 40 ? THE WEB SITE IS VERY LIMITING ON INFO U STILL TESTING LOCY ?
NEED SOMETHING A LITTLE SMALLER MIGHT STICK WITH CA ANYONE HAVE A 40 ?
NICE NEW TOY DARRYL HOPE YOU GET SOME WIND ENJOY YHE RIDE TO 40 !
Only really used the board once so far Lelos and had a 40.2 screen display. Really happy it so far, can't fault it. This is Chris's 42 which might be what you are after.
WELL THAT DIDNT LAST LONG ! HA
NICE ONE FIRST TIME OUT !! I'D BE HAPPY WITH THAT !
HAD A BLAST ON A FRIENDS SP 40 LOVED IT NOT SURE IF THERES GOING TO BE ENOUGH IN IT FROM THE SP44 TO A 42 ?
THE SP40 SURE FELT MUCH FASTER THAN THE 44 AND LOOK FORWARD TO MY OWN ONE DAY .. AND 45KN RUN
, doesn't it Snides
