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Michael Paterson
8 months ago
Hi, great info. What was your experience on carbon versus the limited construction? Also did you try next years carbon starboard layup as it is meant to have flex and come recoil in the board. Any help appreciated, cheers Mike
Hi Mike. The limited construction is much heavier than the carbon, but I didn’t notice a massive difference. Personally, if I was buying a Spice or Pro I’d opt for the Carbon because I want the maximum performance out of the board. However, I can understand price comes into the decision making process. I feel you wouldn’t get as much performance increase going carbon in the Wedge range, so the Limited or Starlite is great. As for the 2024 carbon boards, I have only tried prototype boards from Starboard so I’m not sure they are using the same construction as… Read more »
Having had all these boards in multiple sizes at 6”3 and 100kg this is what I have found. Wedge. 8”7 great board for the bigger guy to go shorter with heaps of stability and surfs great. 9”2. Feels very much like a beginner board being to thick and corky. 10”2. A incredible board at its size. Surfs amazing in 1ft-5ft and good for a flat water paddle. Splice. 8”8. Amazing. Can’t fault it. Possibly my favourite board 9”3. Still amazing. The only downside is it’s 32.5 wide and personally I can really feel that 0.5. I wish they kept it… Read more »
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Hi, great info. What was your experience on carbon versus the limited construction? Also did you try next years carbon starboard layup as it is meant to have flex and come recoil in the board. Any help appreciated, cheers Mike
Hi Mike. The limited construction is much heavier than the carbon, but I didn’t notice a massive difference. Personally, if I was buying a Spice or Pro I’d opt for the Carbon because I want the maximum performance out of the board. However, I can understand price comes into the decision making process. I feel you wouldn’t get as much performance increase going carbon in the Wedge range, so the Limited or Starlite is great. As for the 2024 carbon boards, I have only tried prototype boards from Starboard so I’m not sure they are using the same construction as… Read more »
Having had all these boards in multiple sizes at 6”3 and 100kg this is what I have found. Wedge. 8”7 great board for the bigger guy to go shorter with heaps of stability and surfs great. 9”2. Feels very much like a beginner board being to thick and corky. 10”2. A incredible board at its size. Surfs amazing in 1ft-5ft and good for a flat water paddle. Splice. 8”8. Amazing. Can’t fault it. Possibly my favourite board 9”3. Still amazing. The only downside is it’s 32.5 wide and personally I can really feel that 0.5. I wish they kept it… Read more »
Wow great feedback Troy. Thanks for sharing. Reuben