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Tushingham X-15 7.0
Background The X-15 is Tushingham’s full-on race sail, with sizes ranging from 4.6 up to 9.0, it is designed to cover all speed and slalom situations. At (…)
Point 7 AC-1 7.2
Background The AC-1 is a full-on race sail from Point 7. For 2012 it has been redesigned for better handling, higher performance and has a lighter overall (…)
North Ram F12 7.0
Background The Ram F12 is described by North as the “tough little brother” to their hard-core world cup race sail, the Warp. It is designed to deliver (…)
Neil Pryde RS Slalom MKIV 7.0
Background The RS Slalom MKIV features in the NeilPryde race collection alongside the RS Evo race sail. It is designed for maximum speed and performance with easy (…)
Naish Grand Prix 7.0
Background The Grand Prix is a triple cam slalom sail for Naish, designed to deliver maximum top speed with minimum hassle, along with freeride style handling. At (…)
Gaastra Phantom 7.1
Background The Phantom is a new sail in the Gaastra range, it replaces the GTX racing and is described as the little brother to the Vapour race (…)
Tabou Manta FR 69 Team Carbon
The low down The Manta is Tabou’s hardcore slalom line and the FR is a slightly detuned (FreeRace) version of the full-on race model. The range (…)
Starboard iSonic 107 Carbon
The low down The iSonic is the dedicated slalom race-board range from Starboard. Built for high speeds, these boards were highly successful in 2011 with both the (…)
RRD X-Fire 112 Team Edition
The low down The X-Fire V3 is RRD’s hardcore slalom race board line, available in six different sizes, the range comes in Ltd carbon construction, which (…)
JP Australia Slalom 118 Pro
The low down The Slalom VIII is JP’s race board line which consists of six different sizes. The range is split into two, with three boards for (…)
Fanatic Falcon 113 Team Edition
The Low-Down The Falcon range is Fanatic’s hard-core slalom board line and for 2012 the shapes have been completely reworked with five all new models that are (…)
Tabou Rocket 125 LTD
The low down The Rocket is Tabou’s freeride/race board line, with features that have come directly from their slalom, freestyle and wave boards, to make them (…)
Starboard Futura 121 Wood Carbon
The low down The Futura is Starboard’s freerace board line, for 2012 the shapes have had a few tweaks from last year’s models. The range is (…)
RRD FireMove 110 Ltd
The low down The Firemove is an all-new board range from RRD, available in LTD construction and coming in three different sizes and two constructions, it (…)
Naish Nitrix 125 Wood Sandwich
The low down The Nitrix was new to the Naish range last season and remains unchanged for 2012, apart from some flash new graphics. It is (…)