Smithy said...
115 liters is a lot of liters in a wave board, what conditions are you looking to sail it in?
This board is designed for the bigger wave sailor, I plan to use it on mainly on the 8-12 knot days when I can't water start. I weigh between 95-100 kgs depending on beer consumption and need that extra float. Where I live at Gerroa in NSW we get many light NorEast seabreezes that I could take advantage of with this board, I normally would use my SUP but now I can get out on my wave board.
I read this review of the board a while back which sold me on the idea...
OES Quad 115 review
Well finally the reef has been firing with some good waves and wind. Prime testing conditions for The OES 2012 QUAD 115L AKA the “RIPPER”. That's what I call it. That word pretty much describes this board on a wave. When Down the line wave riding you can drive it too any part on the wave with complete confidence. Carve it tight or wide no problem, and when hitting the lip that extra surface area makes the 'pop” so much more fun. And the lip slides are so controllable just shift a little weight off your back foot and the quads bite in and are ready to go for another. In onshore/backside riding it snaps off waves on a dime even though its 65cm wide truly amazing. At 115L this board feels so small. That is the by far the best part of this board. It has comparable feel in the water to an 80L “pro style” wave board did 4 years ago, actually even better! I am 200lb and in super light winds I can float out through the break zone so easily, which means less time swimming and more time in the waves. I used a 6.2 down to a 4.7 on some mast high to tiny wave days and the “ripper” never felt too small or too big, you're always in control with this board. I am going to have a hard time stepping off this board to something smaller, the wind will have to be really nuking. With a board with all that extra float and no performance loss on a wave it makes wave sailing so much more freaken fun. I know all the kiters are very jealous sitting on the beach, watching me on all those side off day's rippen it up! If your 180lb+ and love wave sailing, you must get one of these boards you'll be kicking yourself for not doing it sooner. Thanks Pete for making a real wave board for the “BIG GUYS”.I know it's making some serious claims about performance but if it only turns out to be half as good, I'll still be a happy man. The fact that it can be used as a Twinzer as well was another bonus.
Time will tell....Stay tuned for my review.
Cheers.
RRP is $2595
