Rank brands by advertising budget and you'd probably get the same result.

...half of all advertising costs are wasted, just don't know which half...

to each country their own; in New Cal :

1 starboard
2 rrd
3 jp
4 fanatic
5 naish

1 pryde
2 loft
3 north
4 maui
5 gaastra

I wish more RRD's were around here.... rate them the "sexiest" boards......

near sydney, up and down a bit included too. mostly in the waves
boards
1. jp
2. fanatic
3.Quatro
4. tabou/starboard
then a mixed bag i guess

sails
1. pryde severn
2.severn pryde
3. naish
4. North
5 . Maui

what i recon are the best (alot of this is purely on good looks as i haven't sailed them all).

boards
1. Nude, Fanatic, tabou- the jury is still out, have not tried the new tabous yet.
2.Quatro
3. then the rest, australian shapers like stone always up there.

Sails
1. Hot sails (bias here but the no.1 position in my eyes is waranted)
2. severn (mainly cause i see heaps of good riders on them)
3. Goya
4. naish
5. Pryde

edit:
my opinion only!!! if you disagree thats totally ok. i think we are lucky to have access to heaps of good brands and choice

elmo said...

Don't care who it is or what it is in front, it's just someone to try and overtake

Or, undertake Just like that clown that appears under the muppet's boom at 4:17

Good old sail works , point 7 ,

Only Point 7 I've ever seen is the one I just bought

jh2703 said...

I was out at my local on Tuesday, 3 riders and this was the mix...

Fanatic/Severne
RRD/Goya
OES/Pryde

......make of it what you want?

Gerroa doesn't count... there are all of four people windsurfing there on a regular basis.

stehsegler said...

Katapult said...

I think whatever the local retailers sell will always rank highly.

what he said...

So we need to look at the place with the most amount of shops and then the best gear must be what most people choose to use there?

So it is europe, and we must all use North and Fanatic.

fanatic02 said...

Good old sail works , point 7 ,

Sialworks frequency might drop off now the local boardcrazy store has mainly gone to the dark side..

elmo said...

Don't care who it is or what it is in front, it's just someone to try and overtake

Quote of the year

For Warrnambool Vic.

Up until last weekend...
1. Sailboard Australia/Sailboard Australia
2.Bombora/Wild Winds

Since last Weekend...
1. JP/ Neilpryde
2. Sailboard Australia/Sailboard Australia

It's easy to be sure when I've never seen anyone else windsurfing in here.

Big thanks to Luke from SHQ for his sound advice and willingness to answer questions and get me sorted with my new gear. I can't believe how different windsurfing is on gear that isn't 30yrs old. I'm still learning how to tune the sail properly but I'm having a ball with it.