In our second SUPboarder PRO test for 2020 we’re testing 14′ All Water race boards – boards you might consider for your SUP racing or as a cross over board for downwinding and surfing.
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Kurt
4 years ago
Wow, amazing job. Thank you. I’m not the Racing-guy, but Innovations, Performance and Fittings of the Brands are always interesting. I’m keen on the new Starboard Generation 2020 which should have a similar bottomshape as the Allstar. Could be a looser or a winner- what Do you think? Cheers
Hey Kurt. The Generation is a board that has caught our eye for sure. The bottom shape is kind of the same as the All Star but the Gen has much bigger concaves which will give it a much more stable ride. But it does have a Vee too which should give lift in the same way as the All Star. The Gen will be a much easy and more comfortable board to use. You could do so much with a board like this. We look forward to getting on the water with it soon.
Thx for quick response Reuben – yeah it would be nice to get your experience on the SB Gen. You always hit the nail
Paullev
4 years ago
Outstanding board review the best I have ever seen, I ride a Blitz 2019 26wide my question is are you doing a review on dugouts? What do you think to them? Regards Paul
Thanks Paul. We haven’t actually had that much experience with dugout boards really. I do like the open flat deck boards regs, the freedom of being to move around the board when downwinding. This is something we should maybe look into doing a feature on them.
BeTheEngine
4 years ago
Very impressive, informative, educational and useful. Please keep up these awesome reviews. I know they are a ton of work and the SUP world appreciates it more than you know. Would love to see a similar shootout with narrower flat water boards as well. Would like to see fin and paddle shootouts also if you’re looking for more ideas. Thank You Thank You Thank You!
Thanks for the feedback – good to hear you enjoyed it. Yes we hope to do paddle and fin tests in the future, they are just as important as teh boards – we just need the brands to support with gear!
sarah_supjunkie33
4 years ago
Hey – just subscribed and watched my first Pro board test review. Really informative, clear and can’t wait to watch many more and catch up with your back catalogue
Hey Sarah, We all work really hard on Pro and we’re glad you found it useful and informative. Remember any questions, comments or content suggestions we would love to hear them. Thanks for the support.
MurMure
4 years ago
Amazing job ! Thanx for this test … When you test boards can you specify where they are made please ? I think it’s important in 2019/2020 to be an conscioussness paddler and, if it’s important for you as a customer, to make enter the ethical/ecological impact on the balance when you buy a SUP. Regards.
The 425pro is made in Latvia, Europe. The rest are China, Thailand and Vietnam . Thanks, Will – SUPboarder
jonathan Hebert
4 years ago
great review as always !! personally, if i was looking at one of these wider boards, it would be more for long distance paddles, so i’d really like tie down points. i do enjoy the SB touring board, but i find it’s just too wide. A 26-27″ board would be great for covering the distance.
i guess now you’ve done the race boards, next will be the race paddle tests? 😉
Hi Jonny .Yeah that would be nice. We haven’t got it planned in yet but if you guys are asking for it we will try and get it sorted. Thanks for the comment and support as always.
Bing
4 years ago
Great review – that takes a lot of work – get average speeds is very difficult. Thanks for posting and look forward to other tests. Are you considering any testing of downwind boards?
Hay Bing, The new SIC works in the same conditions as the older board it has just had some very subtle refinement tweaks in 2020 making the board a little bit faster and a bit more user-friendly.
rogermcintyre
4 years ago
Hi Guys, Hope you’re all well. During locked down I have been eyeing the new Starboard Generation, can you hurry up and test it please, your opinion would be really useful as it’s a lot of dosh for the carbon wood version, Cheers Roger
Well Roger. You are in luck because we got dropped off an 12’6×28″ Carbon, last night and it’s sat here looking at me now . The shape of the board looks great which is always a good sign. Give us a few weeks with it and it will be live. Sorry for delay the lockdown put us back a few weeks because we couldn’t get kit or go paddling…but not now!
Hi Ronseal, I have spoken the the team and they are looking into you account. But they said its quite likely to be your caching on your computer. Try to clear your cache if you can or try a browser that you haven’t used before to visit page and sign in again. Let us know how you get on.
Great stuff. Thanks for the message back and for the support with Pro. Any question please ask.
u3djg
4 years ago
Hi, I am new subcriber (actually two hours ago). Im looking for a all water conditions board that can be used for racing as well as fitness. The main issue I have found is finding aboard that will support my size. I am 194 in height and currently 92kg. Most 26 boards dont seem to support that level of weight, although I believe the Starboard Allstar 26 will. Reuben do you have any suggestions?
Hi there – Thanks for your question, Reubens actually away this week, but I will make sure he gets back to you on this one next week as he is the best one of the team to respond 🙂
Hey, Thanks for joining pro. It was good having Harry our SUPboarder blogger there and testing some of the kit. He is the similar weight as you but taller and he found some of the boards easier than others. But the Starboard offer him the least stability. The Infinity Black Fish was a winner for him. What sort of board widths have you used it the passed?
It would be ok, but if its a flat water lake most of the time(not windy) you could go for a board with a flatter rocker line. It really depends on if you are just wanting a fast board, which the fanatic would be, or a board that is very Competitive at races when every second counts. Make sense? The Starboard Sprint would still be my flatwater choice!
Dimikane
4 years ago
Hello there. Wow, very very nice review, covers so much topics in detail. Im though a little disappointed that this year you are not going to have a new 2021 comparison! I really like the NSP Carolina, but I haven’t been able to find any decent review of it. Do you have any experience of this board? Thanks! Dimitris
Hey Dimitris, Yeah it was great fun that test . But it was very hard work trying to get all the gear to us. We may look at doing it again in years to come. I haven’t used the NSP but it does look like a great board. We will contact NSP and see what we can do. But sourcing these big boards is always the problem. Thanks for the comment.
Deborah
3 years ago
Where can I find the full video? I only can see the short video… Kind regards
Hey Deborah, Sorry this video is only on SUPboarder Pro our membership service. If you haven’t got an account you can watch it with our free trial for two weeks. And at the same time check out loads of other videos too. Just remember to stop the trial sub before 2 weeks ( we will send you a reminder too) is up and you wont pay a thing. But if you like it you can always stay, theres over 200 videos on there . Anyway I hope that helps. Thanks Reuben
Jaime Goodbrand
3 years ago
How do I watch this full video? I’m subscribed but all I can find is the short video telling mee how great the long video is!
Sound like a browser cache issue – first try reloading the page a few time and if no success, clear your browser cache, or use a ‘private’ browser window. Sorry, we cant do a lot to prevent this as its all controlled by user browser settings.
Juha Koivisto
3 years ago
Hi, This test was nice as boards like this are not easy to find and test. However there was not many dugouts which have almost completely taken over the race scene. Also 2 years have passed. Please make an allwater dugout race board comparison now.
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Wow, amazing job. Thank you. I’m not the Racing-guy, but Innovations, Performance and Fittings of the Brands are always interesting.
I’m keen on the new Starboard Generation 2020 which should have a similar bottomshape as the Allstar. Could be a looser or a winner- what Do you think? Cheers
Hey Kurt. The Generation is a board that has caught our eye for sure. The bottom shape is kind of the same as the All Star but the Gen has much bigger concaves which will give it a much more stable ride. But it does have a Vee too which should give lift in the same way as the All Star. The Gen will be a much easy and more comfortable board to use. You could do so much with a board like this. We look forward to getting on the water with it soon.
Thx for quick response Reuben – yeah it would be nice to get your experience on the SB Gen. You always hit the nail
Outstanding board review the best I have ever seen, I ride a Blitz 2019 26wide my question is are you doing a review on dugouts? What do you think to them?
Regards Paul
Thanks for your feedback – we certainly hope to do more race board tests as soon as we can! Will – SUPboarder
Thanks Paul. We haven’t actually had that much experience with dugout boards really. I do like the open flat deck boards regs, the freedom of being to move around the board when downwinding. This is something we should maybe look into doing a feature on them.
Very impressive, informative, educational and useful. Please keep up these awesome reviews. I know they are a ton of work and the SUP world appreciates it more than you know. Would love to see a similar shootout with narrower flat water boards as well. Would like to see fin and paddle shootouts also if you’re looking for more ideas. Thank You Thank You Thank You!
Thanks for the feedback – good to hear you enjoyed it. Yes we hope to do paddle and fin tests in the future, they are just as important as teh boards – we just need the brands to support with gear!
Hey – just subscribed and watched my first Pro board test review. Really informative, clear and can’t wait to watch many more and catch up with your back catalogue
Hey Sarah, We all work really hard on Pro and we’re glad you found it useful and informative. Remember any questions, comments or content suggestions we would love to hear them. Thanks for the support.
Amazing job ! Thanx for this test … When you test boards can you specify where they are made please ? I think it’s important in 2019/2020 to be an conscioussness paddler and, if it’s important for you as a customer, to make enter the ethical/ecological impact on the balance when you buy a SUP. Regards.
Great idea, yes in future we will try our best to find out and tell the readers. Thanks for your suggestion.
The 425pro is made in Latvia, Europe. The rest are China, Thailand and Vietnam
. Thanks, Will – SUPboarder
great review as always !!
personally, if i was looking at one of these wider boards, it would be more for long distance paddles, so i’d really like tie down points. i do enjoy the SB touring board, but i find it’s just too wide.
A 26-27″ board would be great for covering the distance.
i guess now you’ve done the race boards, next will be the race paddle tests? 😉
keep up the good work 🙂
Hi Jonny .Yeah that would be nice. We haven’t got it planned in yet but if you guys are asking for it we will try and get it sorted. Thanks for the comment and support as always.
Great review – that takes a lot of work – get average speeds is very difficult. Thanks for posting and look forward to other tests. Are you considering any testing of downwind boards?
Glad you liked the tests. We are wanting to do many more test in the future.
Reuben – Noticed you had done a review of the older version of the SIC RS – is the newer board more for flatwater conditions?
Hay Bing, The new SIC works in the same conditions as the older board it has just had some very subtle refinement tweaks in 2020 making the board a little bit faster and a bit more user-friendly.
Hi Guys,
Hope you’re all well. During locked down I have been eyeing the new Starboard Generation, can you hurry up and test it please, your opinion would be really useful as it’s a lot of dosh for the carbon wood version,
Cheers Roger
Well Roger. You are in luck because we got dropped off an 12’6×28″ Carbon, last night and it’s sat here looking at me now . The shape of the board looks great which is always a good sign. Give us a few weeks with it and it will be live. Sorry for delay the lockdown put us back a few weeks because we couldn’t get kit or go paddling…but not now!
Very excited, especially now Nicola has relaxed the lockdown, keep healthy, looking forward to your thoughts, keep healthy, Cheers Roger
Despite being a Pro Subscriber I can’t seem to view this board test, I can only see the 1:37 preview clip.
Hi Ronseal, Hmm thats no good. Let me get one of the team to look into it. Sorry about that.
Hi Ronseal, I have spoken the the team and they are looking into you account. But they said its quite likely to be your caching on your computer. Try to clear your cache if you can or try a browser that you haven’t used before to visit page and sign in again. Let us know how you get on.
All sorted now Reuben, thanks for the advice, I simply tried a different browser and all sorted. A superb review by the way, thank you.
Great stuff. Thanks for the message back and for the support with Pro. Any question please ask.
Hi, I am new subcriber (actually two hours ago). Im looking for a all water conditions board that can be used for racing as well as fitness. The main issue I have found is finding aboard that will support my size. I am 194 in height and currently 92kg. Most 26 boards dont seem to support that level of weight, although I believe the Starboard Allstar 26 will. Reuben do you have any suggestions?
Hi there – Thanks for your question, Reubens actually away this week, but I will make sure he gets back to you on this one next week as he is the best one of the team to respond 🙂
Hey, Thanks for joining pro. It was good having Harry our SUPboarder blogger there and testing some of the kit. He is the similar weight as you but taller and he found some of the boards easier than others. But the Starboard offer him the least stability. The Infinity Black Fish was a winner for him.
What sort of board widths have you used it the passed?
What’s you thoughts on the Fanatic ‘Blitz’?
Overall its a great board and a real winner in open waters and downwinding. Easy to use for a full on race weapon
So, most of my paddling is on the lake, does the Blitz fit?
It would be ok, but if its a flat water lake most of the time(not windy) you could go for a board with a flatter rocker line. It really depends on if you are just wanting a fast board, which the fanatic would be, or a board that is very Competitive at races when every second counts. Make sense?
The Starboard Sprint would still be my flatwater choice!
Hello there. Wow, very very nice review, covers so much topics in detail. Im though a little disappointed that this year you are not going to have a new 2021 comparison! I really like the NSP Carolina, but I haven’t been able to find any decent review of it. Do you have any experience of this board? Thanks! Dimitris
Hey Dimitris, Yeah it was great fun that test . But it was very hard work trying to get all the gear to us. We may look at doing it again in years to come. I haven’t used the NSP but it does look like a great board. We will contact NSP and see what we can do. But sourcing these big boards is always the problem. Thanks for the comment.
Where can I find the full video? I only can see the short video…
Kind regards
Hey Deborah, Sorry this video is only on SUPboarder Pro our membership service. If you haven’t got an account you can watch it with our free trial for two weeks. And at the same time check out loads of other videos too. Just remember to stop the trial sub before 2 weeks ( we will send you a reminder too) is up and you wont pay a thing. But if you like it you can always stay, theres over 200 videos on there . Anyway I hope that helps. Thanks Reuben
How do I watch this full video? I’m subscribed but all I can find is the short video telling mee how great the long video is!
Hi Jaime, sounds like your browser cache is showing you the preview vid – clear your browser cache or try another web browser.
Same issue… just subscribed… can only view preview on my iphone
Sound like a browser cache issue – first try reloading the page a few time and if no success, clear your browser cache, or use a ‘private’ browser window. Sorry, we cant do a lot to prevent this as its all controlled by user browser settings.
Hi, This test was nice as boards like this are not easy to find and test. However there was not many dugouts which have almost completely taken over the race scene. Also 2 years have passed. Please make an allwater dugout race board comparison now.
Yeah getting all this kit was a bit of a nightmare but It could be time to go again.
Thanks for the test recommendation.
A flat water version would also be appreciated
Thanks for your comment Nick
thanks guy’s, worth the subscription price for this alone. Personally I found it very helpful as the local shops do not have demo boards.
Fab thanks Matthew