Looks like everyone is trying to catch up with SIC.

That's Jean-Louis Colmas from New Caledonia, who helped Svein develop the very first Starboard back in 1994. He also invented using light-weight wood technology in boards around the same time.

He's been pretty active with Starboard ever since, so this prototype is probably very real.

The new 14' x 23' Ace is insane, would love to see what an 18 footer could do.

Downwinder said...


Starboard get all there unlimited SUP's made from SIC.....

Not all of them.

DJ

Downwinder said...


You're FUNNY Like I said DJ Starboard Team Riders that ride Unlimted SUP's get shaped by SIC

And as DJ said, not ALL of them. Brian Szymanski shaped a couple of protos for the 2011 BOP distance race in California. Those were not SIC boards. Dan Gavere had a Starboard Unlimited proto at one stage - not a SIC board. The board in this video is yet another example, it's clearly not a SIC board. Then there's the K15 - a production board above 14' and therefore "Unlimited" yet it has absolutely no connection with SIC. The only connection between SIC and Starboard (*) is that Connor Baxter has an arrangement with Mark Raaphorst to use SIC boards in the Hawaiian distance races. When in Rome, etc. Possibly some other Starboard international team riders have used a SIC board in Hawaii but I am unaware of that happening.

Nevertheless, this board in this video looks like it's built for speed. If it is intended for production, I wonder if it will reach the market before the 18' Javelin.


(*) Edit - the other Starboard with SIC DNA was the "Point" from about 2008. It was a production board designed by Mark Raaphorst but released as a Starboard.

The 18 ace custom is built from a 14 ace blank extended to 18 with hollow carbon sandwich construction.

The first test here :

your right dj- what the.


honestly if 18' canoes start coming out i'll have to start thinking about whether i want to be in the sport.

enough is enough.

PTWoody said...

laceys lane said...
your right dj- what the.


honestly if 18' canoes start coming out i'll have to start thinking about whether i want to be in the sport.

enough is enough.

That's all we have to do to get rid of you? Where's my surform?



(Just kidding Lacey, you're not even on the first page of my sh!t list)

DavidJohn said...
The dog seemed to like it..

DJ

Trim looks better with the dog on board.

Also interesting how big the fin is. Most unlimited boards or boards with rudders that I have seen have a relatively small fin.