Waiting on a board to arrive from Perth, being used in the Doctor today, and once that gets here, we aim to put the 14' Starboard, Naish and Fanatics and a a couple others through their paces.

Mikeman, if you and Lacey come up with the airfare and accomm, you'd be welcome to participate!

JBFletch said...

Judging by the doctor results the 14 ACE is pretty quick!

That's the board we're waiting for. Hopefully Connor hasn't dinged it too much.

the way this post has gone the 'result' has already be made

to be honest, this isn't/can't be an independent trial. the personal from what i can see aren't independent.

shouldn't even bother imho

laceys lane said...

the way this post has gone the 'result' has already be made

to be honest, this isn't/can't be an independent trial. the personal from what i can see aren't independent.

shouldn't even bother imho

You're assuming a lot.

laceys lane said...

the way this post has gone the 'result' has already be made

to be honest, this isn't/can't be an independent trial. the personal from what i can see aren't independent.

shouldn't even bother imho

I think I'm gunna go right ahead and take offence at this post if it's all the same to you.

i don't mean to offend any one, but surely you can see my point.

somebody who doesn't paddle or have any ties to production boards is a much better indicator.

by being a 'certain brand fan' tester you leave yourself open to critic's of the whole testing

credibility and probably piss of the other brands that don't rate that well while your at it

cheers

ps ie 'you' being any tester who is a certain production brand fan

Sounds like a can of worms to me. Horses for courses might be an apt saying for this topic

I'm not sure why the criticism is being throw around here. I haven't gone back to the 12'6" test post, but I recall that there were 5 or 6 different paddlers each paddling the test boards over a set course, which was timed.

If the same methodology is applied to the 14' boards, then how can there be a pre-determined result? Is it implied that everyone is, say, dogging it when they paddle the Naish and busting a gut when paddling a Starboard? That seems to me to be the only way a result can be rigged. I know the people involved and that's not going to happen. Also, they did say "production board" test. I'm sure PT Woody and his "mythbusters" team would gladly do a "custom" 14'er test if various shapers want to provide a board or two.

Disclosure: I know those who did the original test, but wasn't involved in it.

However, I would be happy to donate my Jamie Mitchell prototype 14'er to the next test if PT Woody wants to include it. Not sure that it qualifies - it probably sits between custom and production, as I understand it was one of the prototypes (not the final one, I think) used to develop the JM Surftech board.

Rosscoe said...

I'm not sure why the criticism is being throw around here. I haven't gone back to the 12'6" test post, but I recall that there were 5 or 6 different paddlers each paddling the test boards over a set course, which was timed.

If the same methodology is applied to the 14' boards, then how can there be a pre-determined result? Is it implied that everyone is, say, dogging it when they paddle the Naish and busting a gut when paddling a Starboard? That seems to me to be the only way a result can be rigged. I know the people involved and that's not going to happen. Also, they did say "production board" test. I'm sure PT Woody and his "mythbusters" team would gladly do a "custom" 14'er test if various shapers want to provide a board or two.

Disclosure: I know those who did the original test, but wasn't involved in it.

However, I would be happy to donate my Jamie Mitchell prototype 14'er to the next test if PT Woody wants to include it. Not sure that it qualifies - it probably sits between custom and production, as I understand it was one of the prototypes (not the final one, I think) used to develop the JM Surftech board.

my two cents on how to do it. a brand fan should not test his or hers 'own' brand.

they shouldn't even be allowed on 'it' for the whole testing period.

anyway i've said enough already

cheers

Where are they being tested? Flatwater, downwind... If it's going to be on flatwater you're probably wasting your time as not many people (I know) would buy a 14 for flatwater. If it's downwind on the ocean it would be impossible to control all the variables.

Hey Rosscoe, no need to donate your Jamie Mitchell 14 for the test, Surftech are sending us a demo production board next week, which we'll make available for the test. Can't wait to take it for some training runs first though, before the SHQ Cruise to the Cerebus on February 12th

Cheers
Luke

thanks HCartoon

PTWoody said...

As for Lacey's concerns, the one factor he overlooks is ego. I might be a Starboard fanboy but there's no way in hell I'm letting Warwick, Brenny or Hock beat my best time on a Fanatic. I'm far too much of a wanker to let that happen without a yelp.

I think I was trying to say the same thing, only with a little less frankness

Simondo said...

www.supvic.com/sup-vic-rps-126-race-board-speed-test-results/

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If you read it, you'll see the clarity of the test. Lack of bias, etc. Absolutely nothing stopping a similar test being carried out in Queensland, perhaps in the silky fast water at Currumbin Creek !

nah, the crew tend to focus on paddling faster. im the only board swapper