Surfstore Starboard Windsurfing boards 2008

Starboard Rio 2008 Ref: 184
ALL WINDS -THE EASY CHOICE

The new shapes have evolved to offer the joys of pure freeriding to all, from beginners and progressing windsurfers to families and advanced riders, everytime: whether there's wind or just a light breeze, the new Rios offer more glide in the light stuff and a smoother transition on to the plane as it gets windier.

For advanced riders, the longer, narrower shape combined with the inboard heel-recesses and more flexible daggerboard allows the board to power upwind off the leeward rail. When planing, the wide tail with large cutaways and tail side-cuts deliver a powerful and exciting ride.

For intermediate and progressing windsurfers, the security of the daggerboard gives the confidence to go out without worrying about drifting. The radical deckdesign with its heel gutters and inboard-only footstrap settings make it easier than ever to get into the footstraps for the first time.

For beginners, the Rios pack plenty of rail volume around the midsection for optimum stability. The longer shape with a lower rocker offers a smooth gliding sensation straight from the start.

The full EVA deck - an orginal Starboard innovation - brings total comfort. Built in Tufskin for maximum durability, a new integrated nose protector provides further protection against mast impacts.

The Rios' Clipperbox III daggerboard system comes with newly developped uni-directional back-plated lips that totally prevents any water from gushing through the daggerboard case when the daggerboard is retracted and board gets planing. For the first time, you can feel the efficiency of a non-daggerboard hull in a board with a daggerboard system.

Rio	length	width	volume	weight	fin	sail	Price
Rio Small	269cm	76cm	175lt	12.3	DT41cm	2.0 - 9.5	£679
Rio Medium	275cm	80.5cm	195lt	13.1	DT41cm	2.0 - 9.5	£699
Rio Large	290cm	85cm	215lt	14.6	DT41cm	2.0 - 9.5	£719

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Starboard GO 2008 Ref: 6
The GO boards are the original all-rounders that offer the blend of performance, fun, comfort and value that have marked the modern era of windsurfing history. Having pioneered the widestyle revolution, the GO boards have become the World's most popular boards and the benchmark design for the progressive freerider. The 2008 edition continues the GO legacy with an extended range of six new super-slim models that raises the bar once more.

The new range starts from 122 litres and goes up to 177 litres, offering a high performance, comfortable and affordable freeride option to more windsurfers of different skill levels and different sizes.

The GO 122, 133, 144 and 155 share the same shapes as the Futura models. In the quest for more performance across a wider wind range, the Futura brought with them the advent of the thinner-wider shape concept. The widths have become as wide as that of the GOs. So with high-performance and easy-stability meeting in terms of design, it was natural for the GO and the Futura shapes to merge. The two larger sizes (166 and 177) are GO-specific, designed especially for extra stability, ease and lightwind performance with widths that extend beyond 85cm. The GO 177 also features heel gutters that allows footstraps to be positioned further inboard.

Go	length	width	volume	weight	fin	sail	Price Tufskin	PriceClub
Go 122	244cm	71.5cm	122lt	tba	DT40cm	5.5 - 9.0	£749	£779
Go 133	245cm	76cm	133lt	tba	DT48cm	5.0 - 9.5	£699	£729
Go144	248cm	77.5cm	144lt	tba	DT50cm	5.5 - 10.0	£699	£729
Go155	250cm	85cm	155lt	tba	DT52+41cm	6-5- 10.5	£699	£729
Go166	253cm	91cm	166lt	tba	DT56+41cm	6-5- 11	£699	£729
Go177	tbacm	tbacm	tbalt	tba	tbacm	tba	£699	£729

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Starboard Futura 2008 Ref: wbstarfutura
FREERIDE FREERACE -IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING

S-Type chassis, Carve suspension, iSonic engine - it's the freeride of the future

After 9 years of leading freeride development, we bid farewell to the legendary Carve series. The S-Type range - a 4 year old development that has dominated the PWA Supercross in its final year - also comes to an end, to be replaced with a brand new generation of all new, all slim, all freeride boards engineered from the ground up with iSonic genes.

Combining the best of two freeride ranges in a package that offers it all - control, comfort, wind range, early planing and maximum top speed - was never going to be an easy task. With the experience gained from the development of the iSonics and the new concept of thinner shapes, the Futuras bring you just that.

Wind range: 15% slimmer shapes combined with wider widths and low-nose rockerlines boost the Futuras' wind range at both ends: they plane up earlier and effortlessly in lightwinds and offer more control and comfort in highwinds.

Pure speed: the Futuras were benchmarked to beat the S-Types in speed. With concepts brought over from the development of the iSonics, the Futuras are faster with a sweet spot that covers a wider wind range.

Comfort: wider and thinner inherently means a more stable shape, before planing and when moving into the footstraps. The bottom line: it's just easier and more comfortable to get going.

Ride, handling and control: with its lowered centre of gravity, the Futura rider experiences a razor-sharp riding sensation with impeccable control. It's like switching from a truck-driving experience to that of a sports car.

Maneuverability: the team tested side by side two identical Futura 122 prototypes with identical rail shapes, identical bottom shapes and with only the thickness and the width changing: the wider and thinner Futuras respond quicker, faster and with more ease.

Upwind: Increased width makes the Futuras plane upwind with ease, which means more time spent riding free than trying to get back upwind to where you started from.

Futura	length	width	volume	kgwood	kgtecnora	fin	sail	Price (Technora)	Price (Wood)
Futura 93	240	61.5	93	6.3	6.5	T34	4.0-7.0	£899	£999
Futura 101	240	65	101	6.85	7.1	T44	4.5-7.5	£:899	£999
Futura 111	244	68.5	111	7.0	7.3	T38	5.0-8.0	£899	£999
Futura 122	244	71.5	122	7.15	7.55	T40	5.5-9.0	£899	£999
Futura 133	245	76	133	7.7	8.2	T48	6.0-9.5	£899	£999
Futura 144	248	77.5	144	8.3	8.9	DT50	6.5-10	£899	£999
Futura 155	250	85	155	8.75	9.3	DT55	7-10.5	£899	£999

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Wood £999

Starboard Kombat 2008 Ref: wbskombat08
WAVE FREESTYLE

TOTALLY REMASTERED

The Kombats are cross-over boards designed as one-board-solutions for wave rides, trick styles and fast rides. With six models ranging from 79 to 122 litres, the Kombats cover the widest spectrum of wind range for crossover sailors of all shapes and sizes. Evolved over four generations of refinements they've come to offer a blend that has won many acclaims and excelled in many magazine tests worldwide - particularly as maneuverability and waveriding orientated crossover boards. The new 2008 Kombats have been totally remastered to preserve their maneuverability and improve on early-planing, top-end speed and freestyle performance with a sharper and more aggressive riding sensation.

What's new?

Early planing and speed: new rockerlines with less curvature in the front half of the board and new outlines that are wider in the tail section make for earlier planing, greater control and a faster ride.

Reduced thickness: the Kombat 96, 105, 114 and 122 are thinner, improving the boards' responsiveness and highwind control with a new razor-sharp riding sensation.

Freestyle: the new rockerlines with less curvature in the nose improve the Kombats' ability to spin off the front half of the board and slide backwards without losing as much speed.

More aggressive: the new rail shapes on all Kombats are derived from the Pure Acids with a sharper edge and greater release - early planing and speed is improved with a sharper bite in the jibes.

The unique spiraling vee bottom shape introduced last year continues for 2008. This spiraling vee concept is the secret behind the Kombat's powerful maneuverability as the forward vee engages the rail to drive the board into the turn - like a car's front steering wheels. Reduced vee under your feet gives a high free ride and extra vee-kick in the very tail then brings an extra edge of control and fluidity to cut-backs and back-foot driven jibes.

The Kombat 114 and 122 also have new tail cutaways that sharpen the fin drive sensation. These two models stand out in particular with their quantum leap improvement in performance - speed, early planing and overall fun factor - the difference here is really quite significant. Paul Simmons from Tushingham UK distributors came to Thailand for a preview test: "The new Kombat 122 and 114 are fast and exciting in a straight line yet press the rail and the boards turn with supreme ease: loose enough to really rip in the waves! They're phenomenal crossover boards that truly do everything really well, with very little compromise!"

Kombat Series	Length	width	volume	Woodkg	Technorakg	Fin	sail range	Price Technora	Price Wood
Kombat 79	236	57	79	6.1kg	6.5kg	us24	3.5-5.5	£929	£1049
Kombat 89	237	59	89	6.35kg	6.7kg	us25	4.0-6.0	£929	£1049
Kombat 96	237	62	96	6.65kg	7.05kg	us28	4.5-6.5	£929	£1049
Kombat 105	237	66	105	7.1kg	7.5kg	us30	5.0-7.5	£929	£1049
Kombat 114	235	68	114	7.15kg	7.55kg	tuttle 34	5.2-8.5	£929	£1049	£599
Kombat 122	235	72	122	7.3kg	7.7kg	tuttle36	5.5-9.0	£929	£1049	£599

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Technora £929
Wood £1049
tufskin 114/122 only £599

Evo XTV 2008 Ref: wbsevoxtv08
EXTRA VERTICAL

The Evo XTVs are the evolutionary new-generation wave boards. Their introduction in 2003 has made them the stuff of legends, revolutionizing wave board designs with their ability to maximize wave-riding performance in the widest variety of wind and wave conditions. Suitable for everyone from the pros to the progressing wave-sailor, an Evo makes the most of every ride with its ability to maintain speed on the wave face, flow through tight turns and project big aerials off the lip. With the new models now ranging up to 100 litres, the 2008 Evos extends the world of pure-waveriding to cover a wider spectrum of windsurfers of different ages, sizes and skill levels around the world.

What's new?

The Evo XTV 70 and 75 are all new shapes with wider tails and even more tail vee to push the balance between more radical performance and increased versatility. The Evo XTV 80, 90 and 62 continue unchanged for 2008 with designs that have extended the extreme end of performance without compromising all-round versatility.

The Evo XTV 100 is a new addition for 2008, developed with Antoine Albeau who's a pretty big person at 97kg.

Summary:

Evolutionary waveboards for maximum waveriding performance in the widest variety of wave conditions

Suitable for experts and progressing waveriders alike

New more radical and versatile 70 and 75 shapes

New XL 100 litre model

Dur-X construction and heel bumpers standard on all Wood and Technora models

Suitable sail types are sideshore wave, onshore wave and crossover sails.

Starboard	length	width	volume	kg Wood	kg Technora	fin	sail	Price Technora	Price Wood
Evo XTV	219	53.5	62lts	6.0kg	6.55kg	US21	2.3-4.7	£899	£1049
Evo XTV	230	55	70lts	6.25	6.85	US22	3.0-5.0	£899	£1049
Evo XTV	233	56	75ts	6.4	7.0	US23	3.5-5.5	£899	£1049
Evo XTV	234	58.5	80ts	6.7	7.2	US24	4.0-6.0	£899	£1049
Evo XTV	237	62	90ts	7.0	7.5	US25	4.5-6.5	£899	£1049
Evo XTV	237	63	100ts	7.4	7.9	US26	5.0-7.0	£899	£1049

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Technora £899

Starboard Flare 2008 Ref: 329
FREE STYLE WITH FLAIR

The Flares are the fast-freestyle boards designed by our riders forstaboard riders. Taty Frans, Kiri Thode, Frank Diaz and Sara Quita Offringa developed the range around the idea of mixing speed and freestyle for an explosive combination. Instant power, pin point control and aerial balance lets you fire up any trick with more speed, more style and more smiles.

What's new?

The Flare 99 and 111 have a new wider, fatter tail design that pops you up on the plane, switching on acceleration and power at will. These new shapes will give you more tolerance and more float for longer slides and faster tail rides. There's also a new constant-curve rocker that boosts aerial pop and improves maneuverability. The trademark heel gutters first introduced back in 2005 continue in 2008, increasing deck-dome to provide impeccable comfort and grip.

The Flare 60, 72 and 88 continue unchanged for 2008 with their slalom rockerline and slalom vee: these are the team's weapon of choice for high wind conditions or lighter riders.

Starboard	length	width	volume	kg Wood	fin	sail	Price Wood
Flare 88	239	60	88lts	tba	US22	4.5 - 6.0	£1049
Flare 99	239	65	99lts	tba	US24	5.0-6.8	£1049
Flare 111	239	65	111ts	tba	US26	5.2-7.0	£1049

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Starboard Acid 2008 Ref: 388
Aggressive wave boards for riders who want speed, power and drive. They are rated as the fastest and the best waveboard for the front-foot driven rider by German Surf. They mix aggression and speed with a natural carving instinct using a wave shape that integrates a fast rockerline and the spiraling vee concept. Pin-point precision, a sharp, direct and engaging ride is what the Pure Acid delivers. Big waves, onshore, sideshore - the Pure Acids perform in a wide variety of conditions when the wind gets howling. No waves? The Pure Acids' speed and maneuverability mix make it the ideal highwind crossover board: "Absolutely recommended as a highwind freerider and small freestyler." German Surf, January 2007.

Wind magazine awarded the Pure Acid 74 the TOP CHOICE label in its March 2007 test: "You get an excellent grip, lots of stability and balance in the bottom-turn. Rail-to-rail is instantaneous with complete fluidity, it's a machine to make cut-backs that carves well and throws lots of spray. In side offshore conditions, it's a down-the-line jet. More accessible than the Goya, Quatro, JP and RRD. Better in side onshore than the others yet an amazing surfing potential in perfect conditions.

Aggressive wave boards

Fast rockers

"Spiraling Vee" bottom shape

Available in Dur-X Technora and Dur-X Wood

Suitable sail types are sideshore wave, onshore wave and crossover sails.

Compared to the Evo range, the Pure Acids deliver more hard-edged carving incisiveness combined with more classic rail-to-rail waveriding performance.The Evos are more suitable as a board to wave-ride in a wider variety of wave conditions. The Evos also have a different style: more fl owing, more fl uid and keen on big, tweaked aerials.

Compared to the Kombat range, the Pure Acids are more highwind orientated with volumes that only go up to 86 litres. The Kombat range starts at 79 litres. They are one-board crossover solutions for freestyling, fl at-water blasting and waveriding. They would be more suitable for sailors who do not only wave-ride or windsurf in highwind conditions but also enjoy freeriding and freestyling in a variety of conditions.

Acid	length	width	volume	kgwood	kgtecnora	fin	sail	Price (wood)	Price (technora)
Acid 68	234	52.5	68	6.15	6.70	US21	3.0-5.0	£1049	£899
Acid 74	239	54.5	74	6.35	6.90	US22	3.3-5.3	£1049	£899
Acid 80	242	56	80	6.5	7.10g	US23	3.5-5.5	£1049	£899
Acid 86	244	59	86	6.90	7.45	US24	4.0-6.0	£1049	£899

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Wood £1049
Technora £899

Starboard Isonic 2008 Ref: wbsisonic
SLALOM

MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY

The iSonics are back, faster, leaner and more efficient than ever before.

After dominating last season's PWA Slalom 42 tour and currently leading this year's season, the iSonic boards have proven themselves as the pacesetters of modern slalom design. No Starboard development program has been as challenging to the development team as improving on the 2007 models - we've made more than 60 different prototype designs to come up with the goods and have verified them in the widest variety of conditions, as found across Australia, Hawaii, Martinique, Thailand and Vietnam. To top it all off, we've been testing the boards to ensure they work with racers of all abilities and weights, from heavyweight world champions to recreational lightweight riders. Comfortable, easy, extremely efficient and with pacesetting performance at the highest level - this is what the iSonics are all about.

Evolutions of the high-wind models (76, 86, 96)

The 2007 iSonics had wide tails, the 2008 iSonic 86 and 96 have even wider tails. With this new wider tail outline, efficiency steps up another gear to provide more speed and more control. With a wider tail comes also more power, quicker acceleration and higher upwind speed: it's easier to overtake to windward and to recover your line after overtaking to leeward.

The iSonic 76 is an all new highwind special model, the smallest slalom board of the range. Like the 86 and 96, the iSonic 76 is quite narrow but the wide-tail concept gives it a wider wind range with a more powerful bottom end and better highwind control.

Thinner: the profiles of the iSonic highwind models have been thinned down for improved control and razor-sharp responsiveness. The deck area from the front straps forward has been scooped out further on the 86 model for an extra-low centre of gravity.

Evolutions of the medium-to-lightwind models (101, 111, 122, 133, 144)

The 2008 iSonic 101, 111, 122 have evolved with a new variant of the wide tail concept: the planing surface is made wider again to provide the efficiency gain but the outline is then pinched back in just ahead of your back foot to ensure that the back-foot power is not overwhelming. This new concept has brought a higher top speed along with quicker acceleration and a more balanced trim.

Improved jibing: the new tail outline has also improved jibing in two respects: the acceleration out of the jibe is quicker and the turning response itself is faster.

Improved control: with reduced profile-thickness and an exaggerated deck concave, the boards' centre of gravity is lowered for a sharper reaction to rider input and improved control.

The iSonic 133 W85 is an all new model designed for the ultimate in lightwind slalom performance following the PWA's 2008 85cm width limit. Featuring the same new design cues as the 101, 111 and 122, the 133 W85 also boasts a new "Dual Flat Bottom Concept" that boosts the board's lightwind performance. The "Dual Flat Concept" describes a bottom shape that has two flat sections: one from 0-30cm, the second from 30-70cm. This concept allows these wider boards to glide and ride freer over the water, without any stickiness and without any loss of efficiency.

A new larger iSonic for heavier riders is currently under final development.

Isonic	length	width	volume	kgwood	fin	sail	Price (wood)
Isonic 50	218	46.5	50	4.6	T28+23	3.5-6.6	£1089
Isonic 76	242	54.5	76	5.8	T32	4.5-6.5	£1089
Isonic 86	243	56.5	86	6.0	T34	5.0-70/td>	£1089
Isonic 96	244	59	96	6.3	T34	5.2-7.8	£1089
Isonic 101	234	64	101	6.4	T34+42	5.5-8.5	£1119
Isonic 111	234	68	111	6.75	T38+44	5..8-9.0	£1119
Isonic 122	232	75	122	7.1	DT40+46	6.0-9.5	£1119
Isonic 133	222	85	133	8.45	DT52	7.0-11	£1119
Isonic 144	225	85	144	8.4	7-11	DT56	£1119
Isonic 150	228	93	150	8.6	7.5-11.5	DT56	£1119

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Starboard Phantom Race 2008 Ref: saero
The Phantom Race 380 is Starboard's uncompromised raceboard measuring 380cm by 70cm. Its design brief was simple: to become the new benchmark for the Raceboard Class. Designed, developed and tested by Remi Vila, Julien Quentel and Per Andersson, the Phantom Race 380 takes advantage of the latest Raceboard Class rules with its 70cm extra-wide width powered by an 85cm daggerboard.

Three key developments give this board its cutting edge:

The wider width gets the board planing earlier, even with the daggerboard out, and enables the board to reach deeper downwind angles.

The extra-long 85cm daggerboard provides more drive and power, enabling the board to rail up earlier.

The extra-long mast track features a 75cm adjustment range that extends further forward, allowing the rider to maximize the waterline, maximize the power of larger rigs and close the gap between the sail and the deck more effectively.

The Phantom Race 380 comes with eight Ultralight footstraps with complete reaching and upwind insert positions. The mast track pedal can be activated with the daggerboard head.

Phantom Race 320

The new Phantom Race 320 is the board that links progressive lightwind windsurfing to lightwind racing performance. Measuring 320cm by 71cm and powered by a 70cm daggerboard, the Phantom Race 320 is also a board designed to fit inside the Raceboard Class Hybrid category.

This makes it the ideal board for all-wind weekend windsurfing: whether freeriding, racing in planing or non-planing conditions, the Phantom Race 320 offers you a fast gliding sensation from just 2 or 3 knots of wind.

In stronger winds, the Phantom Race 320 planes up to give a fast, free ride with the feel of a much smaller board. With its 70cm daggerboard down, the board drives upwind and reveals its power and racing potential.

It's the perfect board for windsurfers looking for a board that will be fast and fun in any wind, any time.

Starboard Phantom	length	width	volume	kg Tufskin	fin	sail	Price Wood
Phantom	380	70	295lts	tba	DTuttle 44	6.5-9.5	££1549
Phantom	320	71	233lts	tba	DTuttle 48	6.5-9.5	£799

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Price : £1,398.99 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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