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Anyone kited with an Alaia ?

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Created by loverboy > 9 months ago, 19 Jul 2011
loverboy
WA, 614 posts
19 Jul 2011 9:45PM
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Looked at these Alaia blanks last year and now I see Naish are bringing one out this year- cheap and easy to shape, but has anyone tried one with a kite ? What shapes, length, width ? Any thoughts would be cool...

terminal
1421 posts
19 Jul 2011 9:59PM
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strez
QLD, 58 posts
20 Jul 2011 7:21AM
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yep slidey as hell but loads of fun . if you don't ride strapless i would recomend that you learn on something else first though . goes up wind really easy be excelent for those lighter wind days

loverboy
WA, 614 posts
20 Jul 2011 7:36AM
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Hey Strez- thanks for the response, been reading up on them but I want to know how long to make it and how wide is going to work . Can you compare them to anything else ? I have a Firewire, a Kipuna and just sold my Nobile skim but have ridden most stuff

high as a kite
SA, 1312 posts
20 Jul 2011 2:30PM
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Hey lover,
have you had a crack at Airush skim board, I enjoy mine?

loverboy
WA, 614 posts
20 Jul 2011 3:11PM
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Yeah tried the Airush skim- Doolz has one, fairly similar to the Nobile skim but just a little skatier. I am ordering some blanks from one of the paulownia websites and think i'll probably make it about 6' by 18"- any thoughts on size or shape ?

terminal
1421 posts
20 Jul 2011 4:28PM
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loverboy said...

Yeah tried the Airush skim- Doolz has one, fairly similar to the Nobile skim but just a little skatier. I am ordering some blanks from one of the paulownia websites and think i'll probably make it about 6' by 18"- any thoughts on size or shape ?


The one Hat was using seems to be the 6' 0" fish from Obeche Boards.
http://obecheboards.com/default.asp?textpage=promo_brochure

richswing
WA, 724 posts
20 Jul 2011 6:30PM
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Actually I heard he made his from floor boards!

strez
QLD, 58 posts
21 Jul 2011 12:07AM
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loverboy said...

Hey Strez- thanks for the response, been reading up on them but I want to know how long to make it and how wide is going to work . Can you compare them to anything else ? I have a Firewire, a Kipuna and just sold my Nobile skim but have ridden most stuff


closest thing to compare it to is my plank or fence paling that i ski on behind the skiboat . only rode the demo but it's fairly long roughly 6 foot and around 15 inches wide . has a concave in the bottom . it's pretty light too



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