iv been looking at freestyle and am wanting to get into it, but just for future knolledge what board manufacturrs are making freestyle board, and what board are out there. besides the JP freestyle i dont really know of many and to keep me from searching the web i thought the forum may just payoff again
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jordan
sounds like you have already found the board you should have 
or the tabou 3s
or the tabou freestyle
or the naish playmate
or the fanatic skate
or the starboard flare
or the f2 chilli
or the mistral fish
or the........
I guess you mean Naish Freestyle and Mistral Joker.
Just about every board brand makes one. Most of the importers only bring them in if you pre-order them and are prepared to wait.
The Starboard Flare is a great board and last I heard the guys at Auswind have got one in stock.
yes sorry, didn't know they changed the names 
i know it's just my opinion, but cripes naish come up with some horrid looking board graphics / colour schemes
the design looks like they are in cahoots with JP but they printer was colourblind
ive got a jp freestyle 100. absolutely sick board. just got a new 20cm mfc freestyle pro to go with it. 
the boards plane super early, i will be going with a 5.8 when my dad is going on a 9m and 125L. so basically just get a jp.
Jordo,
I reckon for starting freestyle just about anything will do: all you need is good pop and early planing. I reckon a cheapie is best as it will still do it for you eg: an early FreeSex about 30L bigger than your bodyweight is perfect and may be $400-$500 not $2K.
You'd be stoked to spend $2K and not like freestyle!
the flik-flak sail sail stuff (helitacks, monkey gybes etc) is learnable on any floaty board, but i personally reckon you'll advance quicker on a dedicated freestyle board if you want to learn the slidey stuff (vulcans/spocks etc) + a sub 24cm fin with a really thin profile seems to be the go. I definately find that the so-called 25cm freestyle fin that came with my 2008 99 jp freestyle is not as predicatble in slides as a basic wave fin or for example the 2005 23cm mistral freemove fin or the 23cm orange painted 2007 JP freestyle-wave fin, plus the JP fin that came with the 2008 board is g10, no flex, and weighs twice as much - but i reckon the board itself is terriffic. however; once you get good enbough you'd probably be able to do any trick on any equipment - I'm just not there yet
whatever you buy, be prepared to change your sailing technique a bit. most slalom sailors hate freestyle boards because they have soft rails and you can't load up the fin when pointing upwind, particularly if you use a sub 20cm fin. they are alot more like wave boards. They tend to require you to sink most of the windward rail in order to really point high, keeping 50% or most of your body weight on the front leg. you do get used to them and eventually realise that the pros outweigh the cons when it comes to being able to slide them around n stuff, just take a bit of getting used to. Don't fall into the trap of sticking a slalom fin in it becuase you are used to having a big dagger fin that you can load up. i know that most would find this a really bad analogy, but the technique used to point high on a soft railed, tiny finned board is similar to getting a kite board to point into the wind while kiting
forgot to add - DON"T GIVE UP! even after a couple of years of fairly constant practice (that's the beauty of windsurfing) there is only two of us on the GC who can manage to vulcan with any consistency and i'm only now just managing to to pull off some spocks on flat water
it's like you need to learn the tricks all over again for different conditions but being young and rubber boned like yourself, in a wonderfully windy place like WA, you should be teaching us how to do the rest of this stuff well within two years time
Check out the Goya "Air". Super light (i mean, SUPER light), early planning and quite forgiving.
Plus cool graphics 
http://www.goyasails.com/boards/x1/details.php
Otherwise i also like the RRD freestyle board. I prefer these too boards because they dedicated and offer a nice ride aswell. Most dedicated freestyle boards work great in the moves but feel like **** when doing anything else.
I dont think though that there is a 'bad' board out there which will not allow you to do your tricks, i just prefer them to feel alive, crispy and comfy before and after the tricks!
wow/ thanks guys. i like the look of the flare. but i alsothimnk the air would be good too. a bit more friendly in other areas
the design looks like they are in cahoots with JP but they printer was colourblind
chilli 107 = sick board everything is so much easier. though if you can get your hands on a 99, grab it, best FS board there is otherwise RRD 100
well im hoping to get my hand on johns board, but i have no money at the moment, so i will try some get rich quick schemes and hopfully have a new freestyle board soon
I'm 79kg and rolling a 2004 JP Freestyle Wave 98 at the moment that I got cheap off windsurfnsnow in Sydney a couple of weeks ago. I normally sail a 2006 F2 Chilli 99 but it's stuck in Egypt at the moment :o(
The chilli is an epic board, but you've gotta get them ordered in from overseas apparently. However, my FSW is performing brilliantly and I'm loving it. It's seriosuly worth getting a Freestyle / crossover board if you're after some Vulcans. Yep, they're a menace in the chop, and small slidy fins are the way forward (I run a seriously knackered 19cm effort that's totally f ked), and it takes some paractice to sail them upwind, but on flat water freestyle boards are the business.
It also really proves that you don't need a 2008 board to learn to freestyle.
Windsurfnsnow have got another JP FSW 98 and an RRD twintip (also epic) for sale secondhand last time I looked.
Oh, and if you want to learn to spin and don't get enough time on the water, get a turfdog. They cost a fortune but they're worth their weight in gold...
Damn it! I'm in the office and all I want to do is go spin!
well im pretty sold on the chilli now, so im selling my board and getting extra shifts to try get it just hope it doesnt sell before i get enough
turf dogs are land windsurfing boards, they look sweet for land but dont think they would go to well in the water
had a go on a turf dog the other day it was great fun. but as a simulater ithink its a bit **** your better of learning geoko flakas spocks
If you can find a JP Freestyle from 2006 or earlier, they are brilliant freestyle boards AND great freeride board. The 2007 is a wonderful freestyle board but doesn't sail in a straight line all that well.
Side note: Agree about Naish graphics...their boards used to be sharp...loved all the skull and crossbones stuff.
