Starboard Rio 2012

The easy choice!

The Rios are Starboard’s entrylevel all-round boards. They cover learning, progressing and planing for the first time.

They are considered allrounders because they are equally good at providing stability for beginners to learn and providing power for progressing windsurfers to get planing smoothly. Once planing, the Rios feel responsive and fun.

The Rios advanced shape and fittings make them by far the most thoroughly designed entry-level board on the market today.

For 2012, Starboard continues to offer the Rio in three sizes and three technology options.

The 2012 Rio comes in three constructions as explained below and pictured above.

Rio Sport/asa
The Sport is the lighter, high performance version of the Rio. The EVA deck is replaced with a conventional non-slip finish and the bottom has no ASA plastic skin to save further weight.
Rio Tufskin
The soft EVA deck option is the best choice for those who want comfort above everything else. The deck of the board is covered in a soft, grippy and grooved EVA sheet 2 to 6 mm thick. The bottom and rails of the board are reinforced with a thin ASA plastic skin for extra impact and scratch resistance.
Rio Armor Tech
The Armor Tech model is the extra strong model. Perfect for school and clubs, the Armor Tech’s double thickness, double layered construction makes the board extra beefy for extra durability. Like the Sport, the Armor Tech model uses a conventional non-slip finish. The deck, bottom and rails of the board are reinforced with a thin ASA plastic skin for extra impact and scratch resistance.

The 2012 Rio comes in three sizes. The specifications for the boards are shown below.

Their long and wide shapes provide plenty of stability for even the most nervous beginners.

They are also fast with a smooth glide in light winds. For advanced riders, the longer, narrower shape combined with the inboard heel-recesses and a strong daggerboard allows the board to power upwind off the leeward rail. As the wind speed increases, the Rio S, M and L’s extra wide tail derived from Formula racing boards provides the early planing, the high speeds and the high performance racing fun that have made it a best seller in the all-wind windsurfing category. The 2012 Rio comes in three constructions as explained below and pictured above.

Rio Sport/asa
The Sport is the lighter, high performance version of the Rio. The EVA deck is replaced with a conventional non-slip finish and the bottom has no ASA plastic skin to save further weight.
Rio Tufskin
The soft EVA deck option is the best choice for those who want comfort above everything else. The deck of the board is covered in a soft, grippy and grooved EVA sheet 2 to 6 mm thick. The bottom and rails of the board are reinforced with a thin ASA plastic skin for extra impact and scratch resistance.
Rio Armor Tech
The Armor Tech model is the extra strong model. Perfect for school and clubs, the Armor Tech’s double thickness, double layered construction makes the board extra beefy for extra durability. Like the Sport, the Armor Tech model uses a conventional non-slip finish. The deck, bottom and rails of the board are reinforced with a thin ASA plastic skin for extra impact and scratch resistance. The 2012 Rio comes in three sizes. The specifications for the boards are shown below.