Speed and handling combined
Introducing the Futura Generation Four: advanced freeriders with maximum wind range, early planing power and the highest top-end speed. Flip the coin and the Futuras are also the most stable boards thanks to their extra width and remain accessible to improving riders thanks to their inboard strap positions and comfortable deck domes.
Stable at low speeds, the Futura 122 has a double whammy of explosive acceleration and early planing. What a pleasure to ride high on the water with just the tip of the tail and the fin in the water. We really have minimal friction and you can go super fast without having the legs of a skier. Its rivals had better be scared because this is one very complete board, and as a bonus, with a higher fun factor than them. A reference."
Planchemag Feb-Mar 2010
"A great freeride board with performance that can hold its own on the race course, in the right hands. It is fast, user friendly, manoeuvrable and exciting, what more can you ask for!"
Windsurf magazine April 2010
The 2011 Futura features,
1. Futuras are wide (= extra stable) and thin (=control and responsive). Compared to classic freeriders, the Futuras are around 15% thinner
2. Extra slim shapes: for a lower centre of gravity, more control, more responsiveness and a wider wind range
3. Decks are designed to provide full comfort in all strap positions: inboard or outboard
4. New! Very Deep Deck Concaves: more control, lower CG, improved aerodynamics
5. iSonic rockerlines and thicknesses give the Futuras their freeslalom performance and it speed across a wide sweet spot
6. New Drake Venom fins, designed by C3. Amazing glide, unlimited acceleration, easier jibing
7. Multiple insert positions offer tuning options for intermediate/advanced/expert riders
New for 2010;
Developed in parallel with the 2011 iSonics, the new Futura 4G benefitted from the same upgrades: Harder rail edges in the tail With harder rails, the board releases from the water cleaner and quicker: this increases top speed, enables quicker acceleration in gusts, improves earlier planing and improves the board's ability to maintain top speed in lulls. By reducing the tuck-under edge angle, the planing surface became wider and shorter than previously (higher aspect ratio planing surface): this improves bottom-end efficiency. With a harder release edge, the Futuras also gain more jibing power: the rails have the ability to store more energy as the racer enters a jibe that, a fraction of a second later, releases into more exit-speed.
New fins
The new C3 designed Venom series come as standard with the Futuras. With their unique extra-rake-angle designs, they glide like no other and generate the sensation of unlimited speed with improved jibing performance.
Below is each construction of Evo, front and back. First up - Technora to the left and wood carbon to the right, in the centre is wood carbon. Below these images are some close-ups of the board.
The 2011 Futura comes with a choice of three constructions, Technora, 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.
Technora
A lightweight, stiff and crisp construction providing the highest performance value. TechnoraTM is a special type of high tenacity Aramid fiber with remarkably high tensile strength, high toughness, and high impact-resistant qualities. TechnoraTM reinforcements together with Kevlar®, Carbon and Wood laminates strengthen the skin, nose, and heel areas. All TechnoraTM boards are built with cross-linked PVC sandwich skins and a 14g/l EPS internal core
Advantages: light weight, stiff flex, quick response.
The 2011 Futura comes in six sizes, allowing a variety of riders to make the most out of the conditions. The specifications for the board are shown below.
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