2007 PWA Constructor’s Champion 2007 PWA Slalom Champion 2007 PWA Freestyle 2nd (Women’s) and 3rd (Men’s) 2007 Formula World Champion 2007 Formula European Champion 2007 Raceboard World Champion 2007 Speed World Champion World Sailing Speed Record holder 49.09 knots Change? JAEGER STONE’S EVIL TWIN Photographer: John Carter STARBOARD CATALOG 2009 When we at Starboard go windsurfing, ideas are created, changing the shape of our boards and our brand, resulting in barrier breaking technologies and benchmark performance. How long can we expect to maintain the performance advantage in all categories of windsurfing? I believe that as long as our core management team is fully involved in product development, on water testing and always stubbornly remember that change is the only certainty in a world that moves forward every day. Size 8.5 x 12 in.

When we at Starboard go windsurfing, ideas are created, changing the shape òTour boards and our brand. . As a market leader for the last 6 years ,we are at times asked to keep the same board shapes for 2 or 3 seasons to simplify or stabilize the market. Every year we take great pleasure in challenging that opinion and prove that a well tested and developed change is a natural good Sometimes we start driving to the beach at 5 a.m. and are set for sailing well before a wonderful sunrise over the bay of Siam. The inspiration from sailing and discovering new developments creates motivation and energy...

Last year in this space I illustrated what it means to 'Think Outside The Box" in aircraft design, on one hand and windsurfing on the other. If you missed it or lost it, I'll summarize it by noting that in manned aircraft the high speed/high altitude boundary of the box is still held by the X-15, even after forty-some years. Remark- ably, its records are still twice that of its nearest challenger, the SR-71. The X-15 is Windsurfing is also once again unique among its class, i.e., sailing craft, with Antoine Albeau's recent recapture of sailing's speed record. The design advantages of a windsurfer...

STARBOARD CATALOG 2009 BEHIND THE SCENES BEHIND THE SCENES JOE DUMRONGVIVAT Joe Dumrongvivat Twelve years on, Joe remains the driving force behind the scenes. General manager and the first Starboard employee, Joe’s experience in the core business and its management continues to expand every day, reaching for higher targets each year. With him, we look forward to the next twelve years. REMI VILA Remi Vila Remi has made it through a tough year thanks to what he calls Tiki Power. Recovering from an emergency cerebral operation, Remi is now back in full action. Even running at only 75%, he’s already...

STARBOARD CATALOG 2009 DREAM TEAM DREAM TEAM TIFFANY Ward Collecting more international titles than any other windsurfing team before it and officially the World’s fastest board brand, Starboard’s Dream Team is currently the greatest windsurfing team ever brought together. SARAH-QUITA Offringa ALICE Arutkin MORANE Demont SARAH Hebert Congratulations TIMO Mullen ZANE Schweitzer JULIEN Quentel ANDREA Cucchi 2007 PWA Constructor’s Champion PWA Slalom Champion PWA Freestyle 2nd (Women’s) and 3rd (Men’s) Formula World Champion Formula European Champion Raceboard World Champion Speed World Champion...

STARBOARD CATALOG 2009 Lucrezia ARG 52 - Fissu AUS 02 - Dave AUS 004 - Anna AUS 10 - Tibor AUS 088 - Peter Matt Holder AUS 93 - Mark AUS 120 - Sean AUS 341 - Steve AUS 762 - Matt Justin Stock Mick Steffan Mitchell Stephenson AUS 001 - Ian FO 1 - Marco KA 68 - Luke KA 87 - Simon KA 120 - Jaeger KA 181 - Scott KA 1 - Ty KA 515 - Ben B 35 - Dieter Bob Cunningham ARG 2 - Lucas RER 257 - Juan M 3 - Boujmaa BRA 3 - Konan BRA 15 - Elizeu B 1111 - Pascal BRA 121 - Leonardo BEL 6 - Jeffrey BRA 302 - Renato BRA 704 - Valria BRA 999 - Wilhelm BLE 11 - Rudi BRA 3333 - Paulao BUL 8 - Veselin BUL 121 - Pepa...

CLIPPERBOX Nlklll • Simple clip daggerboard system • Smooth and easy to operate • Sand proof • The deck plate mates to the side plates to secure the system in • Reinforced rubber lips rigidities the rubber to totally eliminate water from gushing through the daggerboard case • The strongest and most reliable fin • Two bolts are used for a more secure fitting • The best fins on the market are mostly available only in Turtle Box • A Deep Turtle fin box fits both normal and deep turtle fins, allowing the board to use a wider range of Glass fibre High Density PU Foam Glass fibre Glass fibre fittings...

STARBOARD CATALOG 2009 TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY CHANGING THE BENCHMARK Starboard’s trademark construction since 1995. Developed by Jean Louis Colmas in 1984. These first Wood boards 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 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. A combination...

STARBOARD CATALOG 2009 WAVE FREESTYLE DREAM TEAM TATY FRANS 2006 PWA FREESTYLE VICE CHAMPION 27 26 Photographer: John Carter KODE WHAT IS THE KODE ? Size 8.5 x 12 in.

STARBOARD CATALOG 2009 WAVE FREESTYLE Photographer: John Carter DREAM TEAM SCOTT MCKERCHER 2004 PWA WAVE CHAMPION 19 18 The Kode. Starboard’s agship range for 2009. The result of two years of intense R&D involving an unprecedented number of riders and designers to shape, test, tweak and rene the ultimate wave-freestyle collection. Nine designers: Boujmaa Guilloul, Scott McKercher, Kevin Pritchard, Tiesda You, Svein Rasmussen, Jim Drake, Sven Akerboom and freestyle specialists Taty Frans and Kiri Thode. Five countries across four continents: Australia, Vietnam, Maui USA, Thailand and Gran Canaria...

Double-screw fittings for the back footstrap for maximum insert shear resistance (Kode 68, 74, 80 models) New Drake Slick Strap III straps with larger size adjustment range Fish Scale pads for a unidirectional grip. Grips when you need it to, releases when you don't Heel Bumpers on the 68, 74 and 80 models. Extra thick pads on the 86, 94 and 102 models. Harder release edge rails with a lower apex: more aggressive and a sharper rail bite with more Spiralingvee concept creates more vee in the front of the board than in the tail: more front foot carving power and a more forgiving nature in rotational...