Test Winning Freerace Board
The iSonics are Starboard's slalom boards. They are fast racing machines designed for the highest top speeds, the highest average speeds, the quickest accelerations with powerful overtaking abilities throughout a wide wind range.
The two smallest sizes are most narrow and shaped specifically for high wind conditions. The five middle sizes are compact designs for maximum performance across a wide wind range. The two largest sizes are extra-wide designs emphasizing lightwind performance and heavier riders.
Super fast and super efficient boards, they provide the highest average speeds, the quickest acceleration and fastest jibing speeds. Some recent competitive achievements:
- PWA Overall Slalom Champion 2011 men
- PWA Overall Slalom Champion 2011 women
- PWA Vietnam Winner 2011
- PWA Korea Winner 2011
- PWA Aruba Winner 2011
- PWA Turkey Winner 2011
The 2012 iSonic comes with a choice of two constructions, Wood and Carbon. Both constructions include Starboards "ProtectFilm" - UV protection for wood. All constructions are shown in the main pictures above.
Special note on construction: Wood is available in all sizes, whereas Carbon is available in 90 litres and 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.
Carbon
Pure carbon construction both deck and bottom: Carbon Technology is selected on the light wind racing models where the key criteria are acceleration efficiency and maximum hull stiffness. Like WoodCarbon, Carbon Technology uses 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 for lightwind racing.
The 2012 iSonic comes in nine sizes. The specifications for the boards are shown below.
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