2012 Coreban Dart 14" first look

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haha not sure how I'll work it out yet... might have to hit you up for a loan!

Ivan makes everything look so dam cool

Pretty keen to try one of these as well. Apparently there will be some in Australia some time in April.

slightly off topic but has anyone seen/touched/tasted a Jimmy Lewis M14? Broadly similar concept to this board - a 30" wide high-volume 14' DW special.

i would like to see a jl. however i think the potential of the dart nose looks better in a true dw er



pps, we have just had two days of awesome dw conditions

in a true blow, you want the board to plane and as mark raaphorst says the less board in the water the better then possible. however if you are looking to cross the bump in front the nose is going to come into play. personally i want the nose to float over, not try and go through it because on a sup thats not really going to happen.

from my experience with the sic 17'4 now that i'm getting a real idea on how that board works, the fuller nose outline on the dart would give you a better chance of doing that on a 14' er.

sure the bullet nose is narrow, but its not often its in the water. its more a buffer for runner drops and help with the lift. at 14' long there is going to be more water time for the nose

sure high front end volume boards sort of do it, but aren't very good in side chop and wind.

so i would think a fuller nose outline might get the same result- keep the board planning, not displacing and dropping down the back of the bump to much

i think the dart nose looks good without going overboard

cheers

ps i'm talking a decent dw er, not low wind ocean paddling

Been looking forward to seeing this board, now just want to see it on the water I front of me, I could be wrong in saying this but Ivan looks like he is going for a wider front end tappering to the tail and a similar design to his 12'6.

I've got a Jimmy Lewis M14, just like the one in the pic.

I've also got an Angulo Shaka. The Dart does look much more like the Angulo in the pic, but pics can be deceiving. I will be looking very carefully at the Dart - it could be a great hell weather DW board.

But there are three things about the Dart that particularly stand out as different to me.

The first is the width. The Angulo is a pretty big board by most people's standards, and is 30" wide, similar to the Dart. By contrast, the M14 is actually just 28" wide, not 30" as it might sound like from the earlier post, and looks a fair bit smaller in the flesh, even though it has more volume. And of course the Naish DW boards are narrower again than that (my 17 is 26 3/4" wide). So, by any standards, the Dart is FAT. Should be very stable. (Like the Angulo - which is fantastic when nothing else can cope). But, maybe not too quick in flatter or less epic DW conditions. By contrast, the M14 is a decent flatwater paddler for a DW board, and I find it only about 0.2mph slower than a Dominator in perfectly flat conditions (and often quicker in bad flatwater chop).

The second thing is how much volume the Dart has. 309L? The M14 has 290L and the Angulo just 250L. So the Dart is one chunky board. It's gonna float yer for sure.

The third thing is how light the Dart is. 11.5kg for a 14x30" (almost) DW board? Wow.

I'll be looking at the Dart pretty carefully. It does look more like it might excel in real big and gnarly DW conditions. It's great to see another manufacturer bringing out a proper DW board.