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there is another Naish in that same race .........it's behind the top 6..........put Kai on a Starboard and he kill's it all ! the "engine" is the key , the board is a small part of it;
I'm super curious to know how it rides.
It's interesting how there are hard rails the full length of the board; more DW/surf planing hull style. I'd guess that it steers surf-style when on at an angle (roll) rather than the dreaded reverse-steer of the displacement type hull.
Do tell if anyone has, or has heard, feedback.
I prefer the planing hull type feel. I skipped the whole race/displacement thing. I went straight from my long surf style SUP board that I paddled hard with friends on 12'6 race boards to a 14' DW board with hard rails right up to the nose (Jimmy Lewis M14). I figured I was too old to race so went for the fun option. Now a fast 12'6 race board might become an option. Exciting times!
Don,t worry, you have no competition for that part.
I haven,t really train a lot this year due an ongoing string of injuries. There is light at the end of the tunnel but no matter how hard and often I train out, such build as he got is way out of my reach.
At the moment the closest I come is: widest point around waist and rather small shoulders 
I've done a few downwind runs on them in Maui.
Really Stable, I thought more than last years X26. Nose comes up better than the old shape LE's when you bury into the wave in front, didn't test on the flat but the shape and the design brief for the board to suit flat water conditions more than the current boards.
The he big test will be when we get them over here and ride them in Aus conditions. The big tick for me will be that I won't have to buy a second board for flat water. This looks to be alot better in the flat and I was impressed with how it performed downwind.
We did quite a few Maliko downwind runs in Maui last week on the new boards. Firstly, they look sick. Couple of things I noticed -
- you need to transfer your weight continuously when catching runners to help trim the board and stop from nose diving, especially in short chop
- if the nose does dive, it recovers better then most boards I have paddles. You can pretty much keep the power on and the nose pushes through
- the board is on the fly the entire time. Its lively and easy to tap over the smallest of bumps. This makes paddling in running sea state exciting as you can continuously link your runs and get some incredible rides
Cant wait to get mine!!
I talked to Casper in Lost Mills. He said the boards will be available end of August, September. He preferred to use 26 wide version. The board looks nice, the pain job is cool. There is little volume in the back. Didn't look specifically faster or smaller than the other boards in the races.
