Bic dufour wing. 1st board.Cost $40 with rig. Actually the board wasnt too bad.The huge sloppy rig was horror to uphaul.
Nash Supercross. Tried to kill me several times. Ate a lot of dollars when i sold it 8 mths latter too
I once tried (with a view to purchase) a 70 L JP pro kids board, as slalom boards of that size are hard to find, and being a small lady I thought the dimensions may suit.
Not so. I have never been catapulted so much in my life! In the end the only way I could stay on was to have the mast track way forward and the straps way back, and virtually start with my back foot in the strap.
I ended up covered in bruises and was very glad to give that board back!
Bic Vivace 263 in 1994.
Seriously flat nose. Catapulted so hard that the rig was vertical under the board and I saw nothing in between sailing along and having to swim 2 metres upwards to reach the surface
Original model of Evo 80. Talk about not matching expectations. The only thing it did well was to totally disappoint!
Seperated from rig in a high wind fortunately, and swept away never to be seen more. Bought original Evo 74 replacement, and lived happily ever after! (Well, until I discovered Exocet boards, that is!)
101 L Starboard Hypersonic or the hypervomit as it became to be know. Uncontrolable in most directions.
JP FSW 78L, '07 I think. Horrible slappy thing. Couldn't do anything to make it ride smooth through chop.
Bic Alto wave board, what a shocker! Clearly remember sailing it at Leighton Beach many years ago in 20kn+ winds, it would just suddenly bear away downwind without any warning usually face-planting me into the sail or water!
the BIC Dufour was a classique !!
i still sail mine
i retrofitted the base and now use a MauiSails Pursuit 8.5 on it
it is GREAT !!!
now to replace it with a Kona One or SB Phantom 320 !!!
any donations ??
Bombora Big Toy. That was my first board at 15 so I wasn't a good judge, but it had a horrific tendency to cause catapults, the last resulting in the mast track exiting the board and entire rig sinking out of sight before I could recover. That board almost made me give the sport away prematurely. Replaced with a John Hall 340, which was at least able to plane and the rest is history loving the sport ever since. Lasted 6 months on the longboards and never set foot on one since, save the odd Wally wobble for laughs. Don't get me started on Formula gear BTW, which seems to defy the laws of logic and general Bonhomie and seems to be popular in windless, northern latitudes. Just kidding....
JP Xcite 165 (it's also the board I wished I kept! So confused!)
I miss it on the light days when I know I could get planing easily with it, but I wouldn't have pushed myself and spent the time on the smaller board, which I have done since getting rid of it.
The reason I got rid of it was although I thought it would be a good big board for the missus & kids to learn on, the deck shredded their knees...as opposed to a mate's GO (eva deck). The missus also showed more of an interest in SUP, so traded it in for a SUP with W/surf attachment...it's getting much more use by myself & I can take the kids out for a paddle or sail with me, which is much more fun than sitting on the beach watching (boring).
Hy Fly 111 back in 1978 it tried to kill me when I was sailing in the South of France during a holiday but just managed to break my right foot, did I mention that was day 3 of my 4 weeks vacation?
naish hybrid wave (sorry phil
) but i'm very glad you are enjoying it
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yellow epoxy wind action custom (cut into bits so it could never ever ever ever ever be resurrected)
An interesting observation Mr GazMan! (Bic Alto would just suddenly bear away downwind without warning.)
It seems to be a Bic characteristic with many of their boards ...good ones all ... which is just fine once you've adjusted to the 'feel'.
Agree about J.P. FSW boards though, being clattery, jittery, and a right flipping pain in gusty winds and voodo chop. Bought an FSW 84 because everybody said how wonderful they were. Bollocks! I hated it!
With J.P. FSW's a lot seems to depend on how good you are. In gusty winds and heavy chop quite a few of 'our lot' found them 'skittery', Others, who are better, loved them.
My take, as a 'normal' performer is, that in challenging conditions I'll take ease of control over ultimate performance any day. Now using an Exocet Cross 84 as replacement for the J.P. and find it better when the going gets tough.
Perhaps ease of control and ultimate performance can't go together, in a single board.
The worst thing beginner could do is to start learning on cheap old fashion equipment.
I was watching others doing all this impossible tricks (like sailing in strong wind, turning, water start) since everything was impossible and still is on this old crap.
I wasted good few years and excellent condition before realizing that good equipment is the key.
that was my second board BIC 290 cm after Winstar 320cm
I saw quite serious deliberations on the web that this specific BIC was impossible to get planing!
