What is your favorite freeride board?

gvogelsang · Joined: 09 Nov 1988 Posts: 435

What is your favorite freeride board? Say, windspeed 14 - 25?

dcharlton · Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 414

My 2005 104 Synchro was the best Freeride board I've ever sailed, stick 5.0-7.0 and it handles a broad range of conditions.

DC

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

Down thru the ages, plenty.
Newest is a JPSuperSport109, perfect at that wind range, 33 fin, straps back, track slightly forward of center.

NOVAAN · Joined: 28 Sep 1994 Posts: 1549

All time fav....... Tabou Rocket 115. First one was 2010.
Very close second..... 2014 Starboard Atom IQ 110 2014. This one is better in lite and gusty wind.
Very close third..........2006 HI Fly free 111. ( red carbon )
Notable oldie............. Bic E-ROCK short wide and ahead of its time.

kevinkan · Joined: 07 Jun 2001 Posts: 1661 Location: San Francisco

I gotta say that one of my fav all time boards is the Mistral Flow 284 (113l). Old school shape for sure, but I learned so much on it. Even as recently as a few years ago, my gf was riding this board and learning... I hopped on it for a spin and was surprised how nice and easy this board was.

manuel · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 1158

2006 Goya FXR 105. Still ride it in the waves! Amazingly turny, effortless ride, I use a 23cm freewave fin with it and 5.0/5.4. From 5.0 to 7.0. Just a bit slow.

Close second a detuned 2002 starboard formula board (with small fin), amazing 7.0 blaster which crushes the longest inland lulls and whose speed would bug slalom guys.

Today I'd most likely get a freemove board for these conditions because I favor maneuverability to speed. Otherwise I'd get a slalom board such as the isonic.

jingebritsen · Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Posts: 3371

today- S-Cross 126. available now.

yesterday- first mistral screamer 115 made by mark nelson. unfortunately the importer back then had no idea how good that board was. not many brought in.

both cases, wind above 15 into stuff touching gales. awesome boards

gvogelsang · Joined: 09 Nov 1988 Posts: 435

Mine would be an F2 Ride 279 (I think that it was about 116 lt). It had the red and blue stripes, and was a fine all-around board with a Pryde Supersonic 6.7 and later a Pryde Diablo 6.7.

Looking for a new favorite.

Waterat Pat · Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 192

2006 Mistral Syncro Fish 118l. Innovative design with the square nose and fish style tail. It has just enough rocker to work in waves and is the easiest gybing board I own. Oh and it planes so easily in light air and handles high wind beautifully. Perfect fresh water midwest board.

windoggi · Joined: 22 Feb 2002 Posts: 2743

I agree with Kevin...the Flows are great boards. I posted these pics in another thread, here they are again. 113L on the left, 95L on the right.