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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For 2007, the new Carves and S-Types have shorter, narrower noses and tail side-cuts, the iSonic and Formula have wider tails and a new volume distribution. We have new dagger-boards on the Start and Rios, new high performance ProKids models, a new GO 129, more compact Flares with wider tails; there's the new spiraling Vee concept on the Kombats and Pure Acids, extra tail vee on the 5th generation Evos, the new Apollo project and of course the all new Serenity, Phantom and Gemini. | | | | | | Hie workshop team behind the hundreds of Starboard prototypes, shaping and building the slickest speed board protos to 5m long Serenity prototypes to wacky tri-hull concepts. Impossible is nothing for this team. From left to right: Gob Sewakul, Hup Tubrat, Pracha Nai Win, Pop Singhin, Per Andersson, Peak Sakarin. | | | | | | NimitPormjan is the shaping grand master and known as the man with the golden hands. He has turned countless foam blanks into boards, integrating perfect curves with the tightest tolerances. | | | | | | | | | | simoom, mm vi^iuoFinnisiTr | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Qob, Hup ?n | | | | | | Since 1994, hundreds of thousands of ideas have filtered through the Starboard development program, ideas that have been tested over endless travels covering the four corners of the globe. There have been some wild ideas and some simple ones, some revolutionary ones and some evolutionary ones. Ideas covering grand visions on an extraordinary scale down to the smallest details. Some through word of mouth, some through the website forum, others through moments of madness and frustration, or through careful analysis and often by luck or by accident, ideas float down from thin air and turn into the beginning of a new journey for the R&D team at Starboard. Some ideas work, many more do not. The 2007 results above were filtered down from a program that included hundreds of ideas tested in over 200 protoypes. Ideas are our starting point; each new idea is the beginning of a new adventure. A whole greater than the sum of its part, Starboard's development journey is about taking windsurfing to a new level. | | | | | | | | | | I are fantastic, with easy adjustable, excellently engineered footstraps, adhesive fish-scale deck-pads and a very high performance Drake fin" "Well finished and comes provided with some of the best fittings around" Windsurf UK April 2006 | | | | | | | | | | 1. Slick Strap II Quick and easy to adjust, featuring a flap-design that naturally holds itself down, built with top-quality neoprene and reinforced with a durable, non-water-absorbing wear patch. For more comfort, the new Slick Strap II offers a double thickness internal padding at half the density, keeping with the strap's overall low weight (120g). The internal plastic structure was narrowed down to reduce the hardness on the strap's side, and the stitching patterns were tweaked to improve shape. 2. Race Strap II The new Race Strap II features a new low-density 8mm internal padding for added comfort and reduced water absorption at the same weight (90g). | | | | | | | | | | ONE FOR | | | | | | | | | | Tiesda You (B. Eng Hons) Head of Starboard Design, Development and Production "A graduate in Mechanical Engineering, 27 year old Tiesda You joined Starboard as Svein's apprentice in 2000, keen to use his knowledge in the sport he'd grown up around and had a real passion for. Learning from his mentor and thriving in an unrestricted creative atmosphere, he has been responsible for many of Starboard's revolutionary designs over the last five years" Windsurf Magazine, Jan/Feb 2006 | | | | | | TIM Tool-flts-all: a single tool can be used to install every fitting across the entire 2007 range of Starboard boards: turtle fins, deep turtle fins, footstraps, air valves and even US base wave fins. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3. Ultralight strap Designed to be as light as possible, with near-zero water absorption. Supplied with the Hybrid Race and Hybrid Formula as standard, the Ultralight straps save 700g dry compared to the board fitted with Slick Straps. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mark NTC. aka Koltd Black, is the CG main man behind the board graphics and this catalogue in your hands. From the first ideas and the first sketches to the sharpness of a finished graphic screen, Mark's talent and unique style creates the recognizable look of Starboard. When Mark is not working on boards, he'll be designing tattoos. | | | | | | 4. Oval turtle box recess Larger oval-shaped fin bolt recesses allow fin bolts to be accessed with your fingers, even on the deepest boxes. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | THE SIN SECOND STRAP ADJUSTMENT: 1. Open | | | | | | 5. N9 insert system The K9 anti-twist system helps prevent the straps from twisting. Using a male plug sandwiched between the strap and the board, 4 canine teeth sink into the strap while a male insert fits into a recess inside the board to provide a mechanical anti-twist effect. The internal shape of the new 2007 K9 inserts have been reworked for increased resistance to failure: lab tests have shown them to resist over 1000kg. 0. Fish scale pad groouings Grip in the right direction, release in the other direction. The unidirectional Fish Scale pad groovings provide positive grip when you are pushing against the board, yet allow your feet to release out of the straps naturally when jibing. 7. Lock your board The new integrated mast track pin is compatible with the Docks Locks system to allow the owner to easily lock the board when it is left unattended: on the car roof, on boat rental racks, or overnight at the camp site. The integrated mast track pin can also be used to attach a security line between the rig and board, in case the universal joint fails. | | | | | | | | | | ¿4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | h | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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