looks nice, cabrina could learn from this.

(can't comment on performance)

Something similar from LF. About half the price of the SS by the sounds of it.

LF "kitefish."

those arent meant for kiting, they are for wakesurfing (literally surfing the wake of your boat).

im guessing the fish works better for this application.


i ride a swallow tail sometimes on kite and it needs a bit more juice than my square tail does, even with the square being a 5'9 and swallow being 6'2

They market it for both, but it is primarily a wakesurfer. However a wakesurfer is usually very flat rockered so as a really light wind weapon I could see it working ok if thats your thing.

Yeah and would you believe anything a kite company said?... no.

"Kite XYZ is perfect all round kite. It excels in unhooked manuvers, going upwind, waveriding, cruising and boosting. Seriously this is the kite to make every kite obsolete."

Sound familiar?
I think I just sold it to myself, that was so believable.

sir ROWDY said...

Yeah and would you believe anything a kite company said?... no.

"Kite XYZ is perfect all round kite. It excels in unhooked manuvers, going upwind, waveriding, cruising and boosting. Seriously this is the kite to make every kite obsolete."

Sound familiar?
I think I just sold it to myself, that was so believable.

sign me up 4 an XYZ!

I rode 1 in choppy light condtions. Personally I thought it rode like poo. It was like the flyers or step ins or whatever you call it were catching on the chop and flicking the board around. It might still work in the surf but i'd keep it for the boat only

YoMoFo said...

I rode 1 in choppy light condtions. Personally I thought it rode like poo. It was like the flyers or step ins or whatever you call it were catching on the chop and flicking the board around. It might still work in the surf but i'd keep it for the boat only

Do you meant the SS or LF?

Do you normally ride surfboards or are you a full time twinny rider?

Reason I am curious is I am wanting to get a bit of time on a surfboard next summer. Love my twinny but variety is the spice. Looking for a Perf mush style surfboard ala Airush Choptop - but with straps (geez here we go). Can anybody compare (honestly)?

Had a twin fin swallow tail with flyers as my 1st surfboard aged 15. Was a hunk of junk and have never really thought of swallow tails, flyers or fish boards as anytrhing but trendy curio pieces in place of functionaility. He he - I have been known to be wrong in the past though.

Ta HAK,

yeh I would say a fun board that can hold a decent slash would be where I'm at. If it can double as a lightwind board (I was also thinking of the 5' 8") then all good. I would still be thinking of using my twinny for days when it is nuking are getting big/ugly with the swell.

Any other boards similar to the Chop? I still think swallow tails are more marketing than function. Give my a square or even rounded pin tail anyday.

i can definately recommend the 5'8 celeritus- only board i rode last season and the season before that i had a custom one made which was identical to the 2010 production model! anything from 1 foot slop to decent 6 foot waves!

for me the 5'8 is perfect , im 90kg so maybe the next size down(5'4). then again the 5'8 is such a sweet board i think it would suit pretty much any size rider. at first i thought these boards where suited to smaller riders but after riding the 5'8 im hooked and thats pretty much all i ride now for 95% of my riding. try demo both, i rode the 5'4 a few years ago and liked it but found it a touch small for me and for what i was after, it may be the right board for yourself but as your alot lighter than me!

Ta Ryland.

What's the diff between the Aviso and standard construction? Strength? Weight? Shape?