2018 Starboard Catalogue
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TABLE OF CONTENTS P06 INTRODUCTION P12 TECHNOLOGY P24 WAVE / FREESTYLE P60 RACING P78 FOILS P88 FREERIDE AND PROGRESSIVE P100 WINDSUP AND INFLATABLE BOARDS P114 SPECIFICATIONS

John Caerter

WHAT'S NEXT? It all started with the idea of making better boards while enjoying windsurfing for a life time. Since 1994 Starboard set the trend in windsurfing and well over 1000 different boards shapes have been under my feet since I first stepped on a board in 1978. The last few years of foiling re-ignited our light wind days here in Thailand and is as exciting as to experience planing for the first time. So the future is here and in addition to making the best boards built in benchmark technologies we need to take a closer look at the oceans and how we can help them stay alive. We...

WINDSURFING is a wonderful sport. Every time you hear the trees bending in the breeze, when you're rigging your sail and fitting in your fin, that excitement around windsurfing doesn't fade. Every day is a new opportunity to improve your level. Windsurfing is exciting; discovering and progressing is what makes it addictive. Today, I’m learning to foil jibe and I'm counting each foil jibe I can complete without touching down. I also remember the joy of completing the first one. It's the same as when I completed my first jibe at age 10, then the first planing jibe after that. At Starboard,...

The tough construction. The only tech in its segment to offer a biaxial-glass 3D composite for a crisper and stiffer sensation on the water. The full sandwich construction. Balsa Flax uses end-grain balsa wood bottom, reclable PET foam sandwich deck with uni-direction Flax rail and deck reinforcements for added stiffness in the mid-section. Light, crisp and fast. Low carbon footprint: we designed Carbon L.C.F. to be energy efficient; to exceed the expectations of a carbon board while using more sustainable materials and consume less of it. We achieved this by combining Bio Resin and carbon...

Reflex Carbon Our lowest carbon footprint board technology We designed Carbon L.C.F. to be as energy efficient as possible. Carbon L.C.F. uses lower-carbon materials and then less of them by combining Bio Resin with end-grain Balsa and reducing overall resin consumption. Bio Resin has half the carbon footprint as conventional epoxy resin. End-Grain balsa has a tenth of the footprint of conventional PVC.

Why End-Grain Balsa? By turning the balsa grains vertically within the sandwich structure, Starboard's innovative end-grain sandwich connects the top and bottom faces with millions of vertical honeycomb-iike pillars. The result: significantly higher mechanical properties than conventional petroleum-based PVC. Given the same density, end-grain balsa has 3x shear modulus, 3x tensile strength, 20x tensile modulus, 2.75x compressive strength and 12x compressive modulus. So while reducing carbon footprint, Carbon L.C.F technology is also stronger, stiffer and as light as regular carbon boards....

No doubt, as a manufacturer Starboard is a polluter. But we can : transform our overall net impact into a positive by working hand-in-hand with innovative eco-partners. Our goal is to shape ••ocearvfriendly initiatives and discover alternatives. In the 2017 fiscal year our company's carbon footprint was about 3,600 tons - caused by our products' raw materials and assembly and from our team's extensive air travel. However, with the one mangrove for each board sold policy, we planted 104,500 mangrove trees in the Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park absorbing over 100 000 tons of C02 over the next 20...

THE POWER OF CHOICE by Florianjung Alternatives adventures. I guess, all of us windsurfers have something in common. Whether you sail on a lake on flat water or in mast high waves on the ocean. In the end we really depend on nature to provide us with a certain power called wind. It is the one element that controls our daily behavior and dictates where and when we can follow our passion. Sometimes I wish I could just make an appointment like any tennis player that is going for a Sunday afternoon match between 3pm-4pm. Imagine, you could tell your buddy: "Hey, let's meet up for a good session...

ULTRA KODEWAVE 72 ■ 76 ■ 80 • 86 • 93 ■ 99 * 105 The Magic Waveboard, the ultra-allrounder: Thruster, quad or twin, it's the dream wave board by the Dream Wave Team. Five lightweight Starboxes weigh the same as three regular fin boxes, so versatility doesn't come at a price. The choice of Jaeger Stone, Dany Bruch and Wave World Champions Philip Koster, Daida and Iballa Moreno. The 72 and 76 are designed by Mark and Jaeger Stone; the four largest sizes are by Dany Bruch and PWA Champion Philip Koster. The 80 size is a merger of the two groups. WHAT'S NEW? New MFC fins on the 86,93,99,105....

QUAD. THRUSTER. TWIN Why five fin boxes? With advancements in board construction, fin boxes and mast track development, with reduced epoxy and paint consumption, the UltraKodes are both lighter than a conventional thruster and more versatile by their ability to convert from thruster to quad, twin or single. X53.5 76m 80x11 86x12 93xli 99i§.s 105iis For an extra €99, $99, £79 at the time of purchase, upgrade your UltraKode with a G10 Quad fin package by Drake Windsurfing Fins. The Starboxfits notched Slot Box fins for a fast fit-n-go system. Keep the brass nut locked in place...

AVOID. INTERCEPT. REDESIGN About the name: the AIR name comes from the Parley concept: Avoid, intercept and Redesign. Avoid the use of plastics where possible, intercept plastics and recycle them when possible, and redesign products to use less plastic Because the A.LR is the first board to use our new Carbon L.C.F. construction, we thought AIR would make a nice name for our all-new wave/freewave board. cnlo CNvD CMX Features 1 / THREE FIN BOXES: Set up as thruster or single fin. 2 / SOFT RAILS WITH A CLEAR RELEASE EDGE: to blend maneuverability with speed. 3 / SHORT TAIL/ SHORT NOSE: to...