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5.6 North WHIP bamboo tech board
Rider: 70kg, 11years experience, average to good skill
Style: Surf with old school jumps
Weather: 16-19kn

Disclosure: never been associated with any brand or shop

It is a light, thick, high volume kite specific surf board with thick round edges, and quad fins. I was reluctant to take this board out. I expected it to be bouncy on the chops, heavy on my knees, and I was doubting its upwind performance. Well, it all changed when I took it to the water. Surprisingly it was not bouncy at all. I can't figure it out why, perhaps the bamboo construction, but it absorbed the chops, and gave me as smooth ride, as I would have expected only from a board with much less volume, and sharper rails. Gybing was very easy due to its high volume and looseness. On the break it was easy, responsive and loose, but stable enough for increased speed. It drove across the break much easier then my lower volume boards, but surprisingly it carved upwind better after I stopped trying to edge and purely rode the fins.
I ride short surf boards and do jump them frequently. This board was very easy in the air due to its lightness and it was soft on the landing, probably due to its pointy tail. I am not sure how it would handle frequent jumps, but as a kite specific board I would expect it to be tough in spite of its lightness.... only time would tell.
They are available in 2inch increments from 5.4 to 6.2., but the shape changes somewhat with the size. My choice for Perth (and for my 70kg) would be a 5.4, and possibly a 5.8 for light winds.

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