The best sailboard I have ever sailed was the Mistral Diamond Head. It worked well with a 32cm plus trapezoid fin and 5-6m sails. Came out in the 85/86 Season and was Robbie Naish's Slalom board. Superb!

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That didn't take long.

my board.

nxs voodoo. designed for me by myself and mr nitschke.

its was my one board quiver for many years. i will only ever sell it if i do V2.

tbwonder said..
The LT of course!

Ahh, you got in before me Andy.

For me it's the 2007 Naish Hybrids - 110l and 90litre. Super short (210cm), cover all my needs in most conditions. I'm even thinking of turning one of my 110s into a foil board.

The one you are on the next time you sail, when it's windy and you have a great big smile on your face!

Chris 249 said..
The one that makes you happy, whether it's a HiFly 333 or the latest foiler or anything in between.

One of the great things about windsurfing is its diversity, so there are so many facets that there can never be a "best board".

no

seriously.

my board is the best board for me. no other manufacturer does a board like mine.

For most people it should be the one they first got planing on, the one that gave them that first initial buzz about the sport.

That unfortunately for me was a Klepper 320.

Bombora Tri Fin. What else can do a JUST planing gybe in 100 yards!!!!!!

The best doesn't exist but favourite does. My favourite board was the Warren Thompson 8' 6" single fin custom polyester glass wave pintail from 1986 purchased from Santosha/Star in Cottesloe with Pro Speed finish. Superb control and handling in mast high Margaret River and great sailing in general wave sailing conditions. Nostalgia and the joy of youth.. yes surely... but a great piece of gear and a great shaper who still shapes great surfboards today in Denmark WA and has been doing so since 1967. Worked well with 1986 Gaastra Wave 4 full length (one was convertible into a short batten) batten 5.2m2 and 4.6m2 RAF style sails, with metallic looking gold foil batten pockets, on a Kilwell mast with standard Hydrodynamix boom using Tyronsea base. Nothing was perfect but nothing beats nostalgia.

delmar71 said..The board I remember most fondly is the Zot I first managed to plane out of gybes on. Felt so pro! Had some glass and other assorted wave boards, but the zot was my true love... (which is the real point of the thread I guess).

Madge said..
For most people it should be the one they first got planing on, the one that gave them that first initial buzz about the sport.

That unfortunately for me was a Klepper 320.

The board I remember most fondly is the Zot I first managed to plane out of gybes on. Felt so pro! Had some glass and other assorted wave boards, but the zot was my true love... (which is the real point of the thread I guess).

Zot...

Maybe being nostalgic. But I'd say it would be the mistral screamer I had about 20 years ago. Mainly because I only had the one board at the time and it seemed to work in all conditions.

Now I have 5 boards and thinking I could use another to cover my bases. :)

Waiting4wind said..
Maybe being nostalgic. But I'd say it would be the mistral screamer I had about 20 years ago. Mainly because I only had the one board at the time and it seemed to work in all conditions.

Now I have 5 boards and thinking I could use another to cover my bases. :)

Every time I've seen a "best boards of all time" the Screamer of that era seems to be close to the top or at the top.

It definitely wasn't the Dufour Wing !

That was me and my brothers (paper round funded) first, what a piece of French rubbish

gollyone said..

Chris 249 said..

Waiting4wind said..
Maybe being nostalgic. But I'd say it would be the mistral screamer I had about 20 years ago. Mainly because I only had the one board at the time and it seemed to work in all conditions.

Now I have 5 boards and thinking I could use another to cover my bases. :)

Every time I've seen a "best boards of all time" the Screamer of that era seems to be close to the top or at the top.

Just picked up a Mistral Screamer 2 from 2005 - I can see the Mistral Diamond Head pedigree in that fine board.

That is the Screamer 2 of 1996 did not know it was from 2005. Would be interested to see a photo. Not sure the 1996 model shows Diamond Head pedigree but it is a good board but with the "no nose" influence of the time. The 1989-1995 Screamers show more influence from the Diamond Head since they are Harold Iggy/Naish shapes and likely with help from Australia's Bruce Wylie too.

I`d have to agree with the Bombora Zot. We had one when I was a grom, and I remember it getting blown off the car roof and rolling over a hundred times in the carpark on a windy day. Picked it up, no damage to the board but I think it dented the road! Now that`s a board!

Sputnik 275. Sailed it with everything from a 7.9 down to a 4.5 on Tarifa's speed strip. Absolutely, hands down, the best and fastest do everything board that I fortunately still own. Next best is my Mistral SLE272. The only board from Mistral I ever liked.