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Mistral Speed 47

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Created by Wind Foiler > 9 months ago, 6 Sep 2012
Wind Foiler
WA, 142 posts
6 Sep 2012 10:09AM
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One word....AMAZING!! Super stable and fast. STOKED. Worth every penny.

Ian1
WA, 129 posts
6 Sep 2012 10:16AM
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Awesome, where did you use it

Ian1
WA, 129 posts
6 Sep 2012 10:31AM
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Seriously tho I'd love to hear more about the new mistral slalom and speed so please share your experience as you finally get them wet. I'm considering saving my $ for a 90 slalom. The speed boards might be a bit advanced for me.

Crasher
WA, 71 posts
6 Sep 2012 12:15PM
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Best boards I have ever used. The finish on these things is the best i have ever seen. Very happy to have a few. Only used the 47 feels very stable an accelerates quick. Yet to get the 55 wet .

stringer
WA, 703 posts
6 Sep 2012 5:32PM
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i see there's one going cheap in the rockinham quoka

Rob11
240 posts
6 Sep 2012 6:08PM
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Crasher said...

Best boards I have ever used. The finish on these things is the best i have ever seen. Very happy to have a few. Only used the 47 feels very stable an accelerates quick. Yet to get the 55 wet .


Are they the production boards or customs made to Lockwood's specs?? Cant see the colour of these ANYWHERE? There was a thread a while back talking about a distribution in Oz but it died, and seems to be the same in other countries???

scarrgo
WA, 193 posts
6 Sep 2012 6:48PM
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Ian1 said...

Seriously tho I'd love to hear more about the new mistral slalom and speed so please share your experience as you finally get them wet. I'm considering saving my $ for a 90 slalom. The speed boards might be a bit advanced for me.




i have the 90 sl prototype, all i can say is SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
mines a bit heavy, but still performs great. The board feels and handles very small for it's size, i'm selling my 76 isonic as the 90 mistral is faster and has better control, on the other hand though it is completely different to most other 90 sl boards, it is a super high wind slalom board, handles chop swell and insane conditions amazingly, stupidly fast in crap conditions

ideal fins that i use are a carbon 34 pointer with 7.0 and then the 6.2 when it's a bit lighter, as the wind comes in i swap to a 30 g10 pointer with the 6.2, 5.6 and 5.0 and as for weedies i've only used a couple but anything between 31 and 24 seems to work well, my fav combo would have to be 5.0, 90 mistral sl and 30 g10 pointer

like this board so much that i have a 68 on the way which from what i can tell is a bit better all round slalom board

Rob11
240 posts
6 Sep 2012 7:30PM
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scarrgo said...
i have a 68 on the way


So these are available in shops or you're getting a custom?

scarrgo
WA, 193 posts
6 Sep 2012 9:09PM
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Rob11 said...

scarrgo said...
i have a 68 on the way


So these are available in shops or you're getting a custom?


ask slowboat
Boards are on their way
get in fast if you want one

Wind Foiler
WA, 142 posts
6 Sep 2012 9:34PM
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Ian.

i've got photos of the spot!!

Sort of bubbly in the middle, but super flat either side.

Ian1
WA, 129 posts
7 Sep 2012 9:32AM
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Ha! Ha! nice one Tom. How does it handle that chop out in the middle?

Windxtasy
WA, 4014 posts
7 Sep 2012 10:42AM
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Rob11 said...

Crasher said...

Best boards I have ever used. The finish on these things is the best i have ever seen. Very happy to have a few. Only used the 47 feels very stable an accelerates quick. Yet to get the 55 wet .


Are they the production boards or customs made to Lockwood's specs?? Cant see the colour of these ANYWHERE? There was a thread a while back talking about a distribution in Oz but it died, and seems to be the same in other countries???


They are a beautiful blue...
Order them directly from Slowboat.

yoyo
WA, 1646 posts
7 Sep 2012 2:02PM
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Are they the production boards or customs made to Lockwood's specs?? Cant see the colour of these ANYWHERE? There was a thread a while back talking about a distribution in Oz but it died, and seems to be the same in other countries???


Look a little further down the gear reviews..


or here

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Review/Mistral-Boards-Vid/

As Crasher said . The finish is amazing on the bottom. Like a Steinway.

choco
SA, 4037 posts
7 Sep 2012 9:34PM
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Don't you guys own a camera?

Wind Foiler
WA, 142 posts
7 Sep 2012 9:00PM
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Give me 10 mins Choco, but your wallet might run away in fear.

Wind Foiler
WA, 142 posts
7 Sep 2012 9:55PM
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If you need a box of tissues, i believe mistral are bringing them out too

Tried to get a good reflection of the bottom

stroppo
WA, 730 posts
7 Sep 2012 10:24PM
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A show car finish with plenty under the bonert

choco
SA, 4037 posts
8 Sep 2012 9:05AM
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Tomasz80 said...








If you need a box of tissues, i believe mistral are bringing them out too

Tried to get a good reflection of the bottom


sweet looking board they build them nice in Vietnam, I've nearly finished building my speed board but dont think it's going to look that nice

Troppo
WA, 887 posts
8 Sep 2012 4:07PM
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just had some live skype video link up from down at the pit. seems that the big 137L slalom left a plume of chemtrails as it smoked down the course for perhaps a 41 knot 10 second run.

wonder what the 47 did there on its maiden vogage?

Wind Foiler
WA, 142 posts
8 Sep 2012 8:14PM
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who was on it?

Swwwweeeeeeeeeeeetttttt!

Hats off mr lockwood.

Spotty
VIC, 1619 posts
9 Sep 2012 5:03PM
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Troppo said...

just had some live skype video link up from down at the pit. seems that the big 137L slalom left a plume of chemtrails as it smoked down the course for perhaps a 41 knot 10 second run.

wonder what the 47 did there on its maiden vogage?



Damn straight! the 137 is a beast!! I had the new 2013 Koncept 5.4 and Ka23 fin onboard to make it happen, These boards are fast and eat chop, awesome!!! it pulls a mean gybe too, like the 47.

First run on the 47 had us peak over 48 in less than ideal conditions... days write up... gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2012-09-08&team=16

Mistral 137L 82wide Slalom, Doppler:- peak 42.5, 2sec 42.48, 10sec 41.07, 5x10 38.82.

Mistral 73L 47wide Speed, Doppler:- peak 48.11, 2sec 47.83, 10sec 46.05, 5x10 44.45

Ha ha those Geo Engineering Chemtrails, maybe they will fix the dunes??.. going by the doco "Why in the world are they spraying"

Windxtasy
WA, 4014 posts
9 Sep 2012 3:21PM
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Spotty said...

Troppo said...

just had some live skype video link up from down at the pit. seems that the big 137L slalom left a plume of chemtrails as it smoked down the course for perhaps a 41 knot 10 second run.

wonder what the 47 did there on its maiden vogage?



Damn straight! the 137 is a beast!! I had the new 2013 Koncept 5.4 and Ka23 fin onboard to make it happen, These boards are fast and eat chop, awesome!!! it pulls a mean gybe too, like the 47.

First run on the 47 had us peak over 48 in less than ideal conditions... days write up... gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2012-09-08&team=16

Mistral 137L 82wide Slalom, Doppler:- peak 42.5, 2sec 42.48, 10sec 41.07, 5x10 38.82.

Mistral 73L 47wide Speed, Doppler:- peak 48.11, 2sec 47.83, 10sec 46.05, 5x10 44.45

Ha ha those Geo Engineering Chemtrails, maybe they will fix the dunes??.. going by the doco "Why in the world are they spraying"


That's an amazing speed for a big board. And for less than ideal conditons too.
Looking forward to see what will come from top conditions.
Well done Slowboat, Spotty and KA.

Spotty
VIC, 1619 posts
9 Sep 2012 10:01PM
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Some more pics of the 47 with 41 and 82SL













TASSIEROCKS
TAS, 1651 posts
10 Sep 2012 10:07PM
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Spotty,
Those boards look sooooo nice

Russ

Jezstrt
TAS, 1471 posts
11 Sep 2012 12:56PM
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They look really nice

Where can you buy the boards?

Windxtasy
WA, 4014 posts
11 Sep 2012 1:00PM
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Jezstrt said...

They look really nice

Where can you buy the boards?


Order them directly from Slowboat.

ratz
WA, 473 posts
11 Sep 2012 1:32PM
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and if you sell your firstborn and a kidney or two you can even get one of his sweeeet fins as well.

Brent in Qld
WA, 1077 posts
11 Sep 2012 1:36PM
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Actually got to meet up with Anders last week, knew him from his time in WA.
Saw the whole range of boards incl. SUPs, they all look sweet. AB was saying these speed boards are the fastest & easiest to ride speed boards he's ridden at pace in a long time, I reckon he would know. A credit to Anders & his new venture at Mistral

yoyo
WA, 1646 posts
13 Sep 2012 2:44PM
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Love those reflections.. best bottom finish I've ever seen

DarrylG
WA, 496 posts
13 Sep 2012 5:14PM
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Maybe I shouldn't have sanded the bottom of mine already. I thought sanded was faster?

TASSIEROCKS
TAS, 1651 posts
13 Sep 2012 7:56PM
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Gloss is the new sanded finish

Good to see a game changer in the market.





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