Tuesday, December 29, 2009

G-dam 22 November 2009

This was a nice session together with my surf mate Dominique. The wind came from the South. This means off shore wind at the G-dam. This gives nice flat water but because of the trees nearby the wind is not very constant. Best thing is to choose a bigger board in combination with a small sail. I started with the 5.4 on the SL61. This gave good control but not enough power. Since I sold my 6.2 I had to go for the RS6 6.7. Very good combo. Dominique was out on the water with his SL66 in combination with an RS6 5.4 after he broke his mastfood on his Gaastra 6.0. At the end of the session Dominique made some fantastic pictures and I borrowed his SL66 and put the RS6 6.7 on it. Man this is a great combo in high wind for slalom. Good power in the lulls and nice control in the gust. This might be the next board on my wish list.


Select Fins 2010

Select has launched the website with fins for 2010. The Pro Series no longer have the very popular SL7, SL9, ProSlam and Caspar fins. Now they have the Elite S07 to replace the SL7 and the Elite S09 for the SL9 and I guess the Elite S10 will replace the ProSlam. The Caspar speed fins are now only available in the Elite line. The good thing is that the price of the Elite series has gone down.

Also very nice is the fin selector where you even have a specific webpage for Exocet SL boards.