ozpricey said...Though unless your chasing a Techno raceboard I don't know why you'd bother?? Local shapers include NUDE (Perth) and Stone (Gero). Starboard make START boards if your chasing a big soft beginner board.
If you want to go cheaper and lower the (massive) environmental footprint when buying a board go local and support your local shapers. Or buy 2nd hand off seabreeze classifieds.
http://www.nudeboards.com.au/Nude_Sailboards.htmlwww.stonesurf.com/history.html Actually I'm a well overweight beginner who needs a (very) large volume board (aka "Nimitz" class) to get started
. I've had a number of people suggest to me that many of the current run of beginners' boards (eg Starboard Start or JP Funster) are just
too wide and short and therefore have some unwanted handling vices. This bloke (
www.whitecapwindsurfing.com/rental/05firstgear.html) has a whole heap of suggestions, through which I became interested in having a serious look at a Bic Nova 240d. Without humiliating myself too much further, I'm told that I would need
at least 200litres to begin with.
After trying walking, riding and swimming I decided I needed something that would give me a seriously good workout as well as being enough fun to do more than 3 times before becoming totally bored. I've had a few hours of instruction and fun on a Start (200+ litres) and on a Funster (205 litres) and have therefore decided that windsurfing is it, and that I really
do need the volume to get me started.
ps: There are 10 types of people ...
those who understand trinary
those who confuse it with binary
and those who don't know the difference.
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) budget. Notice all my pleadings in these very forums for cheapie or give-away bits. I also figured that although it has the volume I require it's also probably a very hi-tech racing kit, and therefore not entirely suited to a beginner. Alas!!
