The new 2014 Naish Javelin LE X26's have landed, and they look awesome! I have the chance to take the 14 for a paddle yesterday and was super stoked at the performance. Of coarse you're going to expect any review I do to be a little bias, but here it is any way.

I spent an hour on the flat water on Narrabeen Lakes, glide and speed is as expected, unbelievable (I think I'm noticable faster on the X26 than the std LE). But the big one is of coarse the stability. At my 92ish kgs, the board was super stable on the dead calm water, buoyancy was spot on. Board weight is very light, no noticeable extra weight than the LE. The big eye opener for me was when I took her into the waves, super messy, onshore, choppy, the board was a dream. no issues with hard kick turns, and picking up runners was a breeze. I look forward to paddling the 12'6" today sometime hopefully, however I will have both boards with me tomorrow morning at the JPP time trials.

Here are some pics and a quick vid of the 12'6" and 14.


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Ride safe,

JB