Re: Do I want a North Nugget?
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:04 am
Interesting - so the Knee Swacker like the Nugget seems a little more oriented towards waves, but in a bigger size than the Nugget. So, there are now a lot of different directional, "non-wave" boards on the market, ranging from full on race boards, to speed- oriented free-ride boards to wave-oriented free-ride boards. This makes perfect sense to me, as full-on wave boards are not the logical design for general riding. It's taken a while to shake off the overwhelming dominance of the TT, but it seems like directional kiteboards are now starting to show the same range of options as exist in windsurf board design.
I think it really depends on what you want your board to do. How often do you get conditions with decent waves that are too light for the Celeritas? My home turf is the Great Lakes - we don't get waves without a significant amount of wind, so a light wind surfboard doesn't really make a lot of sense here. Personally, I just bought a 2011 Cabrinha 178 raceboard. I figure I will use it rather than my small directional in anything under 14 - 15 knots. I couldn't quite get my head around the idea of a "modern" full-size race board - I just want something that will plane early, go upwind really well & still be reasonably comfortable to ride ...So for light wind with my statistics, what would you recommend.