board recommendation replace 103 Flow for gorge sailing

[StillSailin]

I'm 165# intermediate sailor. About 50/50 at best on jibes. I sailed a 103L Flow for years and it's delaminated. I liked sailing a 5.0 to 6.0 on that board and am mostly a slalom sailor. I've got a 85 L Flow for higher wind

I've got a 131 Carve for light wind with a 7.5 Retro. Seems like the wide board is slow to come around in a jibe. Thus I'm hesitant to get anothr wide board for 5.0 to 6.0 range.

I've got an Open Ocean about 100L and it seems a little slow to get up and go..So now looking for new or used board's fun to slalom and jibes well that's around 103L.

All suggestions welcome.

[cgoudie1]

So for Gorge sailing a slalom board wouldn't be my 1st choice (though I
used a dandy GEM slalom board for several years in the Gorge as my big board). I have to say though that a huge wave board might be more fun
for light Gorge winds. How about a Goya 105 Custom Pro Surfwave
Thruster. If they carried though from the other Surfwave thrusters it'll be
planey, fast, and turny.

I am a happy Goya (and Open Ocean) user in the Gorge

-Craig

p.s. it's not going to feel anything like your Flow. if you loved the ride you
got from that Board, maybe you should ignore what I just wrote.

[StillSailin]

Thanks Craig,
Planey fast and turny sounds pretty good. Thanks

You have any thought on a JP magic ride? Thinking a free ride board would be an all around user friendly board.

[U2U2U2]

You want a FSW, ie Tabou 3s, or many others. New or used? Single tri quad?
Possibly a wave board that’s freestyle wave oriented or a freewave as a Fanatic ,STB.
I would point you towards a Goya One, Big Winds in HR , can help.

[cgoudie1]

No experience with that JP, but I ride with guys who own Goya One and Tabou 3s , and they rip in light Gorge winds (light defined as 6.5 on down
to about 5.2). Then again those guys would probably rip on a Home Depot Door. I ride a huge OO ~110 ltrs in conditions from about 6.7 down to 5.2,
and I love that board, but since you've tired a big OO and didn't get what you wanted, take a look at any of those Boards U2 suggested, if you
can find any of those used (they're pretty popular).

-Craig

p.s. I weigh in at about 185 and 6'3"

[dllee]

Any 100 liter FSW.
Fastest and liveliest maybe JP.
Smoothest riding RRD or Tabou.
Any 100 liter freeride board.

[isobars]

[U2U2U2]

Any 100liter Freeride , no.
Swap meet in mid May, possible, likely hood with any social distance controls , how ?
They may not cancel anytime soon, I consider this a very fool-hardly (PC term) venue.

[dllee]

ANY fr board is equal to Flow 103.
Some faster, some turnover, some earlier planingn

[U2U2U2]