greetings
i'm about to buy a small wave board. "line drive" brand wave board has
been offered at $250. anyone heard of this one? it's supposed to be 8'6"
(~260cm), poly, built on clark blank, winger pin tail. is it worth trying?
(buying for small wave board experience). keep in mind, with local
conditions (here in new jersey) i won't get to sail a small board all that
often (but will of course go to hatteras with it!).
options: mistral stinger ~$400 8'6"? 88 ltrs? circa 91 used
mistral ecstacy ~$725 8'4" 85 ltrs 93 blemished left-over
bic hip-hop ~$625 8'4" 83 ltrs 94 new on sale
your suggestions...?
for reference: i'm 5'4" (162.6cm) 145lbs (65.9kgs), have decent carved
gybe, mostly sailed slalom, but now interested in more wave sailing. have
sailed small (dill 8'4" w/ 2.8m^2 [thx paul!] which is close to true sinker
for me). presently: mistral shreader & screamer; north infinity 4.3 - 6.4
--
"Since the measuring device has been constructed by the observer,
we have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself,
but nature exposed to our meathod of questioning." W.K.Heisenberg
later for that... jeremy