Starboard Evo 2012

Extra Versatile wave board

The Evos' nature is to be smooth, fluid and most importantly, versatile in all wave riding conditions and for a wide range of users. Whether riding big waves or small onshore mush, the Evos are versatile. The Evo name has become synonymous with the ability to wave ride anywhere, anytime.

In 2010, the Evo benefitted from the multi-fin concept and the Adaptability concept. Both improve the Evos' ability to cover an incredibly wide range of conditions.

Freestyle-influenced riders like Philip Koster and Taty Frans specifically prefer the Evo for their ability to rip in all conditions, particularly in smaller waves, where the modern wave rider typically mixes up pure wave rides with freestyle moves off the wave face.

The 2012 Evo IQ features
- Smooth, continuous rockerlines form the central spine of the bottom shape. New for 2012: the rockerlines have been refined to become more continuous, with a tail kick that accelerates and rises more strongly under your back foot.
- New for 2012: the mono-concave in the tail has been replaced with a Vee shape, which improves the rail-to-rail response particularly for the back-foot rider. The Vee shape in the tail works in sync with the accelerating tail kick to improve the Evo's fluid and flowing feel, constantly allowing the board to accelerate as it carves. The Evo keeps a slightly forward-vee bias.
- Two G10 twin fins by Drake are supplied, instead of the single fin like last year. This makes the default choice the twin-fin set up, leaving the single fin as optional.
- Soft, rounded rails in the midsection and the nose for a smooth grip. Heel bumpers.
- Ultra-light Slot Boxes are used for twin-fin setup (plugs are also included with the board).
- 8" US Box is used for single-fin setup (a plug is also included with the board).

The 2012 Evo IQ features a tripple fin setting
As a twin fin the board is radically responsive with a quick rail-to-rail sensation. Apply your rails and the board drives through a turn with exceptional acceleration, without a nervous jittery feel. It's very smooth and easy to ride. It turns on a dime off its rail, creating very snappy re-entries, with or without losing the tail as desired.

As a single fin the board changes in feel with a classic drive-off-the-fin sensation. Upwind tracking is enhanced. Turning is driven more off the fin and the back foot as opposed to the twin-fin mode which has you turning more off the forward rail. It gives a very lively fun ride as a single fin."

Single fin setting: straightline speed priority with a solid fin grip. Classic Evo performance.

Skate setting: For a more rail driven sensation where release of the tail is enhanced for new school sliding manoeuvres.

Starboard's Slot Box: the new box system fundamental to the Evo IQ concept. Starting from a clean sheet, the Slot box is 70% lighter than the US box. This allows for multiple fin box configurations without excessive weight penalty. The Slot Box 13 has 3cm of adjustment room and current US based fins can also be cut to fit. The custom-manufactured bolts fit the same screwdriver as your footstraps, making them effective against sand, keeping the system simple and hassle-free.

Below are some closeups of the Evo 2012

The 2012 Evo comes with a choice of two constructions, Wood and Wood Carbon. The Wood and Wood Carbon evo includes Starboards "ProtectFilm" - UV protection for wood. All constructions are shown in the main pictures above.

Wood Construction
Developed by Jean Louis Colmas in 1984, Wood Technology became Starboard's trademark construction in 1995. Starboard's production Wood boards then set the lead in lightweight sandwich technology, weighing in at a kilo under the competition, yet with higher impact resistance. A sheet of 0.6 mm Australian plantation pine wood forms the full outer shell of the board. Wood's unique properties are its natural rigidity, superior resistance to compression and higher energy absorption compared to carbon. It is the construction with the highest dynamic shape stability.

Advantages: lighter weight, highest dynamic shape stability, rigid flex, quicker response.

Wood Carbon
A combination of a wood spine / wood bottom with ultra light, flat-weave carbon. The first board construction in the World to utilize an ultra light carbon fibre that is flat-weaved for total mechanical efficiency at half the specific weight of regular carbon weaves.

Advantages: lightest weight, stiffest flex, quickest response. The 2012 Evo IQ comes in four sizes, allowing a variety of riders to make the most out of the conditions. The specifications for the board are shown below.