Fanatic FANATIC Take 2.

Wow - best board I've ridden....and I've ridden a few - haha.

12'6 x 30.5.

General thoughts where;

* Sat about as high off the water as a 14' Laird Coastrunner (and that's high enough that your feet just don't get wet !).

* Felt as stable as the 11'2 x 36 Starboard Avanti (so if you ever tipped it you should just give the game away).

* The nose shape cut through the water surface like a hot knife thru butter.

* With a little tail wind, it felt like it'd take off and actually created bow waves.

* Quality is amazingly good and at 11kg the weight is SWEET.

* So, IMO, it's just made half my quiver redundant !

Here's some pic's.

Yes this board is awesome, and as charlie said the stability allows you to just power the whole time even through messy chop. I even took my kids paddling with me on it yesterday and it was easy. Main words that come to mind are Fast and Smooth, you kind of forget about stable cause your not thinking about it while your paddling.

Definitely worth a Demo!

JB

Hey BreezyC,

We have all the Fanatic range in store over at Collaroy including the 10' Wood and at $1799 they are not overpriced.

Cheers,

Sam.

Looks like such a blatant rip off of the Bark Competitor... Except the 1" wider innovation!

the wood version is about 2 or 3 kgs more i think but i cant realy trust my scales. after spending alot of time on booth on the flat water most would be happy with the wood i think but when your in the surf you do notice the added stiffness of the carbon and it is definitely worth having it. as you say the board does look very similar but on the water it is quite different and i think as a allround shape its hard to beet. after only 3 races i got a 2nd overall here in the uk for 2010 and that was on just a wood version as someone trashed my carbon one under a car (dont ask!)

Geeze charlie, thats cruel. ....
Hey posting some photos might be theraputic?