Kona One – Thoughts and Views
March 30, 2008
Arguably the Exocet produced ‘Kona One’ started the longboard revival which has seen a number of other manufactures follow. The Kona has quickly gained popularity and momentum as an all weather cruising board and as a One Design Class in its own right. LBWS thought that it was timely to investigate the board and take a quick look at a few opinions from various users of the board. Please feel free to add your experiences in the comments below.
Review by an anonymous LBWS member
“For those who want an all-wind recreational board”.
Some think this board should have been named the [Read more]
F2 Race 380 Review
March 19, 2008
In the last few years the windsurfing industry seems to have come back to the joy of longboard windsurfing. There is a whole crop of new longboards including two new Raceboards. The Exocet Warp X and the soon to be available Starboard Phantom 380.
The decision to design and market these boards seems to come from a clear recognition that while the experiment with hybrid boards was interesting, and perhaps essential for the industry, that they are not all that they were made out to be.
F2 Race 380, Exocet Warp-X 380 behind
Loft Sails ‘Blade CR 9.5′ Review
December 17, 2007
Most of us are interested in new gear that may be suitable for longboards, especially when this gear is hard to find. When I heard that Loft sails were producing a Raceboard sail in their 2008 line up I was keen to see what it was like.
However, I need to go back a few months to when this story started…
Blade CR 9.5