2015 All Star / Race / Ace / Sprint. anyone tested

Anyone on the breeze had the the op to test out and paddle any of the new 2015 Starboard boards?

2015 ALL STAR - no longer with sidewalls, more of a flat/open deck.. looks interesting, nose doesn't look to different from 2014..??
plenty of rocker but still a pointy piercing nose. (great all round conditions??, not perfect for DW?? )

2015 ACE - just looks like it evolves every year and I am sure will be epic in small down wind conditions like all previous years.. (don't see many of the top guys rocking it in races though besides Beau and he wins when he's on it..)

2015 SPRINT - looks like it has evolved again from what I can read about the bottom working even more to be quicker..

2015 RACE - This is something I am really interested in.. is it going to be a better all round board than the all star? if so why continue the all star, or are these two boards very different and aimed at different conditions?? The Race is meant to be quick in the flat and quicker in light chop but does it Downwind well? does it downwind better than the All Star as both have similar rears but different noses..

Am interested to hear what people think?

any links to the graph and specs of the boards?

Haha I realise that was hoping someone maybe overs seas had a spin or a team rider or something.. Keen to see the difference from
Race to all star

Connor and Zane ride complete customs of the allstar from what I have been told. That's a little hard to believe that what they ride is what you get in the shops..

And another one of how different the tails and bottom contours are. With the race in the middle and all star on the left.

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AndyR said..
Connor and Zane ride complete customs of the allstar from what I have been told. That's a little hard to believe that what they ride is what you get in the shops..

Obviously, they ride customs, that's how prototypes are tested on every brand... But they usually ride custom AllStars, not Sprints or ACEs...

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surf4fun said..

Argosi said..
That's a great comparison graph. I really like the detailed side profile contour overlay also.

Do you know where the Ace would fit in the comparison graph?

I know where I would personally put it in relation to the 2014 boards, but with the changes in 015 and a whole new board in the race I can't compare it to the boards already on the graph.

Understandable. I'd be interested in your opinions for 2014 as well though - as a baseline until we get more feedback on the 2015 boards.

Here are my rankings of the 14' 2014 models (assuming the same approximate width for each model, say the Sprint 14x24, Ace 14x25, All Star 14x25.5).

Speed in flatwater and small chop:
1. Sprint
2. Ace
3. All Star
Guess for 2015: Sprint should increase it's lead here since it only comes in 14x23" in the 14' length. 14x23 Sprint should be faster in these conditions than 14x23.5 Ace.

Efficiency (not sure how this is different from Speed).

Speed in small to medium chop with wind from various directions (new category I added):
1. Ace
2. Sprint
3. All Star
Guess for 2015: 14x 23.5 Ace should be faster than 14x23 Sprint and 14x23 All Star.

Upwind:
1. Ace
2. Sprint
3. All Star

Downwind:
1. Ace
2. All Star
3. Sprint
Guess for 2015: Should be same as 2014. Nothing I've paddled goes downwind as fast as the Ace in winds up to 25 knots or so. Once you get past 25 knots, I find my All Star is faster since it's more stable and easier to surf than my Ace.

Light Downwind 10-15 knots):
- Same as Downwind.

Surf:
1. All Star
2. Ace
3. Sprint


Side wind (new category I added):
1. All Star
2. Sprint
3. Ace (I find my Ace's nose tends to gets blown off course more than my All Star in side winds)

If the (R)ACE is better in almost each category why do the pro's use the all star? I can't buy that it's because it's a better all round board to travel with. These guys are pros and winning at all costs...

I have always thought that if the race has buoy turns then the all star would be better

given that graph is the Race a replacement for the ACE, the names seem a bit to similar for a whole new line of boards

Any news on the waveboards?

Theses are my thoughts on the 2014 boards:
In the flat water sprint is fastest and it is a tough one between the Ace and All Star. The Ace is faster if you can get it up on the plane and keep it there which most people can't do for any length of time. The All Star is surprisingly good in the flat water with the piercing nose.

Upwind i I would say the All Star and a Sprint are a head of the Ace, with the goofy nose of the Ace tending to slap and not pierce like the others.

Jeroen - new to the line up is an 8'0x29, a new 11'2x30 called 'the nut', 8'8 Airborne. Also lots of tweaks to boards with bottom contours and rail profiles.

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dralyagmas said..
If the (R)ACE is better in almost each category why do the pro's use the all star? I can't buy that it's because it's a better all round board to travel with. These guys are pros and winning at all costs...

I have always thought that if the race has buoy turns then the all star would be better

given that graph is the Race a replacement for the ACE, the names seem a bit to similar for a whole new line of boards

Sprints (with buoys) and beachraces are much better on an AllStar than on an Ace.

Surf4fun, if Starboard doesn't make public those images i wonder why in the hell you do so... I assume that if you have them it's because someone gave them to you, and probably asked you to not to make them public...

These images are from the new catalogue that dealers get sent electronically to order from and therefore we get to see them long before the official release date. Now the release date has passed they are allowed to be shown publicly. Some shops that sell Starboard already have them on their online shops so there is nothing I have put up that isn't already in the public domain and will be in some shops physically within a week.

Do you know how much volume the 8.0 has?

anyone know the width of the race in 14'