Great shots DJ. Thanks for posting those. Beautiful board. Sure wish there was a place to demo the Coreban boards over here I’m assuming the dull finish on the bottom is to reduce drag. How is the bottom surface done? Is the gloss sanded off, or does it come out of the mold that way?
I was going to buy that exact board sight unseen last month - in that colour but decided against the risk of an unseen purchase - looks good but the nose shape is as you say 'boaty'.
I think the Jav shape screams speed whereas this one is more stable and glide rather than being able to keep up with the Jav on the flat water albeit maybe better in chop.
The cover looks great - much better than the Naish. My 17' cover is currently getting a fin slot put in as they didn't add one which is ridiculous.
I seen these boards yesterday at the Greenline race.
They would look great on their own but in a sea of race bred DC's and LK's probably not a difficult choice to which you would really want to paddle.
Sorry to offend but just my personal opinion looking at them side by side without paddling one. Probably worth checking the others as well if you were in the market.
Just got the Alpha 14" from the Coreban guys a week ago. I'm hoping to put it through it's paces over the next week or so with both flatwater and downwind runs before I write a review on it.
The "Battle of the Bay" (based largely on the format of the Battle of the Paddle) was held last Sat 13 Nov.
Venue was False Bay (Cape town) with a 5km course from Fish Hoek to Muizenberg. Interesting choice of venue as I believe the Bay is known as a breeding ground for Great Whites. Apparently to do the race they had to have guys in surfskis and a lifeguard boat with shark pods acting as a barrier to prevent sharks coming too close - sounds like a pretty good reason to paddle as fast as possible to me!!
Relevance to this thread is that the Coreban Alpha race boards fared pretty well with the:
- Alpha Race 14' taking out the top 4 positions in the 12'7 and over class - Alpha Race 12'6 taking out the top 2 positions in the 12'6 and under class
Results and photos can be found here: http://www.suphq.com/news/latest-news/369-battle-of-the-bay-2010
