Thoughts on a size adjustable foil wing....

dllee · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay

Yeah, looking back, it was fun to go thru the shortboard revolution from 9'6" noseriders to 7'6" deep V bottoms to 6' wide flat bottom and so on....

fathomfathom · Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 52

dllee · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay

Had the 88 and 102 ? Berkey's. 1993?
A 7'7" x 23" double concave to v twin fin wave board in June 1984.
Offroad urethane bumpers 1986.
Fox Airs 1979. KX 250.
MonoShock Yamaha 1977.
Air chairs mid '70's.

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

I couldn't understand why they called boards with such long noses "no-noses". I got to test many of them long before they hit the streets ... er, water ... and hated most of them unless fully powered. The damned things weathervaned (swung into the wind) the instant they fell off a plane. Another example of "new is better" BS from the manufacturers. Kudos to the shapers who refused to follow that stupid trend at all, and to others who quickly regained their senses.

dllee · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay

I thought the 82 liter Sputnik the best all around board ever made. Fast in flattish water, jumped superb, early planing for 17+ breezes, and fantastic to jibe.