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Slingshot Widowmaker 2015

Postby Toby » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:40 am

Slingshot News:

Widowmaker 2015

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The Widowmaker was born out of endless prototyping and our own state of the art manufacturing facility. With our industry first construction techniques this board is the brainchild of forward thinking and innovation.

Hybrid Air Flex Core Technology - The core in the Widowmaker is built by hybridizing the natural performance of wood, foam and urethane. We use wood in areas to control flex, rocker and improve durability. The new Hybrid Air Flex Core is light and lively.

Pure Carbon Construction - We developed a proprietary carbon weave specifically for Slingshot and the Widowmaker. The result is a strengthened layup that optimizes the board’s flex to enhance feel and performance while cutting down on weight.

Shape - Building upon our industry first laser cut NACA Tech* channels, we have evolved water acceleration and kiteboard performance to a lunar level with our new Vortex NACA Tunnels. These new ultra high performance scalloped channels create a unique water combustion and propulsion resulting in out of this world board acceleration and tracking abilities.

Includes: Widowmaker Deck, widow maker handle, 2.0 fin set and limited edition Dually set.

http://www.slingshotsports.com/2015-Widowmaker


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Re: Slingshot Widowmaker 2015

Postby sarc » Wed Feb 11, 2015 6:35 am

Top marks for a) using the most meaningless jargon (however, note they did not say "stoke"); and b) telling us absolutely nothing about what this board does better than others.

Sorry but this video had it coming.

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Re: Slingshot Widowmaker 2015

Postby Tone » Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:23 am

what a crock of shit.

They use wood/foam and urathane yet it is a pure carbon apparently.

what a crock. When you are using different carbon to make up the Slingshot logo you are NOT making the board as good as it could be.

This is an excuse to make a $1500 board, no doubt.

for sure it is a widow maker as your wife will rightly so, shoot you in the face for spending so much money on the board.

This is what an almost pure carbon board should look like

http://www.nomadkiteboarding.com/index- ... nomad.html

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Re: Slingshot Widowmaker 2015

Postby ktflyer381 » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:14 pm

I cannot believe it says "water combustion" from the channels on a kiteboard. Perhaps it solves the cold fusion problem too? If either were true it would be a ground breaking board for sure.


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Re: Slingshot Widowmaker 2015

Postby NYKiter » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:25 pm

Widow maker...whats the message here...riding slingshot will kill you?

"honey...don't wait up for me...I'll be dead by the time I'm finished and you'll be a widow..."

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Re: Slingshot Widowmaker 2015

Postby SupaEZ » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:04 pm

NYKiter wrote:Widow maker...whats the message here...riding slingshot will kill you?
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Re: Slingshot Widowmaker 2015

Postby Robsw6 » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:37 pm

Tone wrote:for sure it is a widow maker as your wife will rightly so, shoot you in the face for spending so much money on the board
:lol:

As for the video - a load of marketing BS - would be interested to see how a thin layer of carbon would make any difference, aside from cosmetics and being able to charge more $$$

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Re: Slingshot Widowmaker 2015

Postby CaptainArgh » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:42 pm

This isn't the only company to offer a $1200 high end twin tip, so there is definitely a market for it. Certainly a smaller segment since most boards are $500-$600. But we all screwed ourselves once we showed we were willing to pay $2K-$3K for race boards and foil boards! Now manufacturers know the market can tolerate more expensive boards. :lol:

This is common in several sport industries... Take Burton, for example, who every year releases some high end board which costs 3 times as much as their standard snowboard (this year it is the $1500 Mystery). They try out new technology and construction techniques for a niche group of riders who want to buy the latest. The features that end up working out in the market and production then make it into the standard boards the following years.

That's how I'd look at this board. If features like those water combustion channels end up being game changers for people, you'll probably see them in $600 boards next year. So demo one or talk your buddy into buying one. ;)

Now...as for the acronyms and jargon, it is clear that manufacturers lock the marketing people in a room with hard drugs, strong beer and Jägermeister and don't let them out until the copy is complete. :kiff:

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Re: Slingshot Widowmaker 2015

Postby Starsky » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:49 pm

Dude, you lower yourself by even using the term water combustion. Literally blowing smoke! The word compression already exists.... even that would be a stretch.

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Re: Slingshot Widowmaker 2015

Postby CaptainArgh » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:57 pm

Starsky wrote:Dude, you lower yourself by even using the term water combustion. Literally blowing smoke! The word compression already exists.... even that would be a stretch.
Ha! Yeah, that's fair. ;)

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