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2014_Starboard_Catalog

Product catalog summary
Introduction
This document provides an overview of Starboard's windsurfing boards, detailing their features, specifications, and innovations tailored for various windsurfing styles such as wave, freestyle, racing, and freeride.
Board Categories and Features
  • Wave & Freestyle: Boards like the Black Box Wave and Quad Wave are optimized for wave riding with new rocker designs and enhanced maneuverability.
  • Racing: The iSonic Slalom and UltraSonic Freerace boards are designed for speed and control, featuring new shapes for improved planing and performance.
  • Freeride: Models such as the Futura Freerace and Carve Freeride emphasize accessibility and enjoyment, with slimmer designs for better control.
  • Entry-Level and Progressive Boards: The Rio Entry and Start Entry boards offer stability and ease of learning for beginners.
  • Inflatable and Dual Concept Boards: WindSUP Inflatable and Kode Tufskin Entry/Freeride boards provide versatility for both SUPing and windsurfing.
Technological Innovations
  • A.S.A.P Technology: Features durable construction with a soft deck and rail for high impact resistance.
  • Armour Tech: Offers durability with a strong ASA skin shell, ideal for windsurfing clubs and schools.
  • Inflatable Technology: Uses drop-stitched fabric for lightweight and compact boards, suitable for recreational use.
  • Tufskin Technology: Ensures maximum durability with a 3-dimensional glass weave structure and wood reinforcements.
Company Vision and Achievements
Svein Rasmussen, President of Starboard, highlights the company's focus on continuous innovation to enhance performance and accessibility in windsurfing. Starboard's multiple PWA Constructors' titles demonstrate the effectiveness of their designs in competitive settings.
Conclusion
Starboard's 2014 collection showcases a commitment to quality and innovation, catering to a diverse range of windsurfing enthusiasts from beginners to professional racers. The document underscores the company's dedication to advancing the sport through cutting-edge technology and design.
Overview: This document serves as a catalog or technical specification sheet for various windsurfing boards and accessories, detailing models, specifications, and recommended usage parameters.
Main Sections:
  • Product Models: Lists models such as Carve, Go, Kode Tufskin, Rio, Start, Gemini Mark II, ProKids, Formula Experience, and WindSUP, each with specific sizes and configurations.
  • Specifications: Provides detailed specifications for each model, including volume, length, width, tail width, fin type, fin box type, recommended fin range, and recommended sail range.
  • Weight Information: Offers weight estimates for different construction materials like Carbon, Wood, Technora, Tufskin/AST, Armour Tech, A.S.A.P., and Inflatable, noting that weights are approximate and subject to variation.
  • Fin and Sail Recommendations: Includes recommendations for fin and sail ranges, indicating optimal conditions and configurations for each board model.
  • Construction and Material Notes: Highlights that weights and dimensions are estimates and may vary, advising users to refer to the website for the most current information.
  • Disclaimer: States that all specifications and photography are for indicative purposes only and are subject to change without notice.
Key Takeaways: This catalog provides comprehensive information on a variety of windsurfing boards, detailing their specifications and recommended usage. It serves as a guide for selecting the right equipment based on specific needs and conditions, while also noting the variability in weights and dimensions due to the nature of the materials used.
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Quad Wave NuEvo Wave The unique light wind / mushy waves toy The board, not the sail, generates and holds speed on the wave What's new? New concept for a real-world conditions revolution The rail-driven power wave board The most connected feel with the wave you can get What's new? New MorenoTwins Pro Model 67 and new 87 and 92 rocker Kode Wave The effortless and efficient surfer The closest to a true surf board in design, performance and feel What's new? Supersize models (101, 110) for everyday wavesailing. New 86 size. Faster 92 shape Kode Freestyle Wave Philip Koster’s new generation, aerial-style...

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Only 36 years ago our friends in Arendal Sailing club, Norway were discussing the future of windsurfing design. The general consensus was that it now would be challenging to improve windsurfing as the equipment already was so cool. Loading my 350kg. of gear, Tenerife world cup 1993. Team Tiki Myanmar The Windsurfer One design had a a great concept, so did the Mistral Competition and most other boards available offered exciting One Design racing. I went on racing for another 16 years, The LA Olympics on the One design Windglider and then the Pro windsurfing tour thereafter. The gear however seemed...

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2014: our finest collection of boards yet. A consolidated board range refined for every windsurfing category and innovative in many new ways. Phaitoon Kaewhorrit, Thanuphong Saisonthananant, Chomkokgroud, Apichat Taewnade, Thongchai Phudansoong, master craftsmen and shapers in the Starboard workshop, producing the most accurate custom prototypes. Key highlights of the year include the reintroduction of the slim Atoms and our big push with the new WindSUP Freeride. The latter, thanks to its clever Long Tail design concept, I personally believe can singlehandedly take us back to the future, into...

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STARBOARD TEAM Kevin Pritchard PWA Wave Champion 2006 / video Joe Dumrongvivat Starboard Group GM Beyond our workshop based in Taco Lake and our test centre in Thailand are a team of people who support Starboard in many different ways. Johannes Nuemann Australia WaveChampion Jerome Houyvet Dany Bruch PWA wave tour top 5 / wave board designer / video From marketing to development, from testing prototypes to beta-testing websites, from taking photos to editing videos, from inspiring a new product range to proofing order forms, from publishing travel stories and scouting for young new riders, we’d...

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Quincy Offringa PWA constructor’s CHAMPION STARBOARD Philip Köster, Gonzalo Costa Hoevel, Formula Worlds Vice Champion 2013 Kiri Thode, PWA Freestyle Vice-Champion 2012 (using production Flares) Björn Saragoza PWA Slalom Vice-champion 2012 (using production iSonic boards) Cagla Kubat Anne - Marie Reichman PWA Wave Champion 2012 (using 2012 production Evo boards, 2013 production ‘Koster’ Kodes) Björn Dunkerbeck, Michael Polanowski Vincent Langer Sarah-Quita Offringa, Boujmaa Guilloul Throughout the season, our title winning team rode exclusively production boards, with exception of Iballa and...

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Maximum durability and value. Tufskin technology uses layers of 3-dimensional 400g glass mat wetted out with an expanding epoxy resin system that creates volume within the skin as it cures under pressure. This creates a thick, stiff, and durable sandwiched laminate. Wood reinforcements improve the board’s rigidity and the deck’s impact resistance. As Strong As Possible! Starboard’s new technology uses a soft deck and soft rail construction, over a glass fibre shell that wraps around an extra-high density EPS core. A 3mm stringer adds extra longitudinal stiffness and a 0.6mm pine wood covers the...

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Single layer extra-thick 10mm grooved pads Single layer extra-thick 10mm grooved pads Light weight custom paint finish CARBON HYBRID // CARBON WAVE EDITION A lightweight, stiff and crisp construction providing the highest performance value. Technora™ is a special type of high tenacity Aramid fiber with remarkably high toughness and impact resistance. Technora™ reinforcements, together with Kevlar®, Carbon and Wood laminates strengthen the skin, nose, and heel areas. Carbon is our lightest and stiffest construction. We use flat-laid filaments instead of woven filaments, making our Carbon significantly...

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Dual Density Thick pads: softer inside layer for comfort, harder, grippier upper layer. Total thickness of 11mm gives a nice high ride. Featured on the NuEvos. Tuttle Box: the strongest and most reliable fin box system. Two bolts are used for a more secure fitting. Boards fitted with a Deep Tuttle fin box can use both normal and deep tuttle fins, allowing the board to use a wider range of fin sizes. Heel bumpers: cushions landings, protects the board from heel impacts. Featured on the Quads. The Slot box is designed to be extra light, weighing 70% lighter than a US box. It has 3cm of adjustment...

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Kode wave Kode Freestyle Wave Wave and freestyle: the most extreme and visually spectacular side of windsurfing. Riders and performance levels keep rising, with double loops becoming the norm and tricks only getting higher. In response, Starboard introduces the new Wave Edition construction that makes our boards stronger than ever. H Starboard's 2014 wave and freestyle collection includes the revolutionary Black Box concept led by Dany Bruch a board tor 'real-world wave* conditions. H Scott McKercher's signature Quad boards designed around his trademark speed, flow and power style, are upgraded...

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The Black Box is not a wave board for all conditions. The Black Box is not about top speed. The Black Box is not about jumping. The Black Box is the board that excels n smal. mushy waves and hght winds. Many boards are marketed tor reatworld condftons and reahwrtd saiors. Dany Bruch's creation takes it a step further by offering a very short and wide shape with no excess volume that wJ create and hold speed on a wave kke never Extra-wide square tail with fast tal rocker provides buoyancy and speed to make the most out of small, mushy waves and light wind conditions. Tri-fin configuration with...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.