2011/12 Board with immense pop and good upwind ?

MattyRossJa · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:19 am

what top boards would you all recommend for some serious pop and upwind ability , also lightweight ?
sizes would help too ,,,, i weigh 186 lbs (84 kgs)

preferably 2011 or 2012 models

WildDuke · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:26 am

I have never ridden a board with more pop than the Carved tantrum. And it is light, light, light! But it's not great in chop as its very flat and stiff, also, is quite expensive. You can buy 2 production boards for one carved board. I will have one one day however!

MattyRossJa · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:44 am

WildDuke wrote:

I have never ridden a board with more pop than the Carved tantrum. And it is light, light, light! But it's not great in chop as its very flat and stiff, also, is quite expensive. You can buy 2 production boards for one carved board. I will have one one day however!

looking for a board to buy , any currently on the market around $400-$500

consumer · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:10 pm **Posts:** 771

seems to me like these attributes tend to be contradictory: stiff rocker boards in my experience tend to have the best controllable pop at speed, but also kill the most power when trying to ride upwind.

If you spot isn't super choppy you may want a board that is on the stiffer side without an extreme rocker and fat tips (not much taper from tip to tail). You are also on the heavier side so that would probably work well.

tautologies · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:00 am

I like the moneyshot. Great for pop but still soft enough for a comfortable ride..killer footstraps...I think the channels add bite so it makes it upwind great.

speedyRider · **Joined:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:14 am **Posts:** 287

I recently tried the Clash board a new board from Alvaro Onieva and fell in love with it so i bought it. It has inmense pop and its confortable and good upwind, medium rocker and channels, there is info on www.rideclash.com
worth a try imo :thumb:

MattyRossJa · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:50 pm

consumer wrote:

seems to me like these attributes tend to be contradictory: stiff rocker boards in my experience tend to have the best controllable pop at speed, but also kill the most power when trying to ride upwind.

If you spot isn't super choppy you may want a board that is on the stiffer side without an extreme rocker and fat tips (not much taper from tip to tail). You are also on the heavier side so that would probably work well.

i have a board now for the choppy conditions , looking for a good board for crazy board w=for when i'm in the glassy conditions

Motion · **Joined:** Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:31 pm **Posts:** 181

Than try some proper wakestyle boards with boots on. Nothing beats the pop and the soft landings of the good wakestyle board in the slicks.

scklandl · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:21 am

find board thats stiff in the mid section. and I mean stiff, like it doesnt flex much at all unless you lean all your weight into it.

the rocker should be big, 2+ inches and be continuous, its one of the more efficient ways to get lots of rocker but stiff maintain upwind efficiency.

boots are great, but they dont help upwind effciency since you cant rotate the hips for optimum position without shredding your knees.

bdk · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:55 pm

Check out the Tona Pop...

http://www.tonaboards.com/pop/

2011/12 Board with immense pop and good upwind ?

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