RichardG said..
All great the Bomboras. www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Bombora-Brochure-1987?page=2 Sailquik please also post the 1988 Bombora brochure as you promised some time ago. Come on !

Sorry Richard, I dont have the scans of that one on my hard drives, and the Brochure is in storage at another location. Hopefully, I will have a reason to go there soon and get on with scanning and posting.

curac said..
when I was about 19 or 20 and getting back into windsurfing the only board I owned was a sub 70L wave board from when I was a little kid.
Since I was living in Brisbane and sailing at the Goldy at the time I decided that I needed a bigger board to float my fat guts around, so off to some bloke my mate knew I think was known as "The Kernel," and with great joy I bought this yellow freestyle wave board I think it had the initials AK on it.

Well that board was the biggest piece of **** ever. Rails so sharp you could shave with them, so much scoop it made the old Starboard Quads look modest, and as I discovered the worst glass job known to man. It looked good but it wasn't water tight.. whoever made that board should have burned it.

I wonder if the shaper was the person behind AK homes?

The Kernel!!!!! RIP Ken! He was a wheeler and dealer but a lovely guy, known all over Australia by the sounds of it. He sold some dodgy boards/gear but always cheap.

He owes me about 10 packets of CC chips, old bugger always helped himself to my chips when i was looking at gear in the back of his van.

LeeD said..
I already stated the Evo was good for small, slowmoving waves because it turned well at slow speed.
Punta San Carlos has slow moving, fast peeling waves, I assUme like Oz.

PSC wave is soooo slooow and not much punch, but super fun. It's not the same as what I see on video of Oz...specially the Maragaret river or west coast.
I did the east coast of Australia and part of the south coast, quite good was sailing at least 3 times a week and east coast could be compare to OBX. It could be punishing when it's pounding. Maybe Gerroa could looks like as PSC, I did not sail Gerroa while I was there...I wasn't lucky(stayed there for 2 days only) but if you google Gerroa you might agree. Now, is Gerroa as soft as PSC, I don't know but it look like a hell of a fun spot! I had a Drop Wave 78L with the stars on the board while in Australia...I would say it was my second worst board..not because it was not sailing well..because I broke the board in half on a flat water day...

With cammd on this
the SB 167w turned me off formula - under 10 knots with a soft fin it hooked upwind but felt stuck to the water once you got to the top mark
over 10 knots it had a mind of rodeo bull on ice
I couldn't believe after a good all round board in the 161/162 they could stuff up and release something only a 110kg monster could ride

sailquik said..

RichardG said..
All great the Bomboras. www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Bombora-Brochure-1987?page=2 Sailquik please also post the 1988 Bombora brochure as you promised some time ago. Come on !

Sorry Richard, I dont have the scans of that one on my hard drives, and the Brochure is in storage at another location. Hopefully, I will have a reason to go there soon and get on with scanning and posting.

That is much appreciated Sailquik. Thanks again.

MarkSSC said..
It might be now said that a certain number of boards mentioned in these posts will not sell too well in the second hand section.

I was talking to a foil racer the other day, apparently the SB167W makes for an excellent foil racing board due to the width at the back. Probably a better market for it now than when I sold it, I guess all formula boards in general have become in demand again as foil platforms.

remery said..
My first experience windsurfing was in about 1982 on this horrific, gigantic thing with a flat rubber nose, super slippery deck with adjistable centreboard. I wish I could remember what brand it was. I might have a photo somewhere. Anyway, that was the worst thing I ever rode.

Found it through google image search. These photos of the vintage board were in a vintage Seabreeze thread that was too old to reply to.

The WindSpeed was horrific, it had the slipperiest deck. It was pretty light for the volume. I took it in the first (I think Bridge to Bridge races), in next to no wind it was quite fast. If I knew something about sailing and wind direction I might have done ok.