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NOVAAN
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| Nice looking board. Its difficult to get anything starboard in the US. Lots of issues and no distributor.. |
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swchandler
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried Boardsports California in the Bay area? They are a Star-board dealer, but they may not always have an inventory of everything on the sales floor. Nonetheless, I'm sure that they can order you anything that you want. We have to remember that windsurfing is kind of a speciality niche sport these days that isn't nearly the size of what it used to be in the 80s and early 90s. For retail dealers to survive these days, they make it work by advance orders in the fall and winter time frame for the upcoming model year.
I'm on E-Mail distribution with Star-board, and now's the time that their upcoming 2021 models are being advertised and promoted. About a week ago, I got their promotional details on the Kode line, and this week I received their promotional details on the Ultra Kode wave line. |
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Ugly_Bird
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| NOVAAN wrote: | | Nice looking board. Its difficult to get anything starboard in the US. Lots of issues and no distributor.. |
Unfortunately, this is an alarming trend now for several brands.
Still waiting for the sail I paid in October 2019. The dealer is awesome but the distribution sucks big time. They need to drag their ass for another month and I'll celebrate 1-year anniversary of not having the sail. 
Andrei
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dllee
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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Waiting for gear....bummer.
I"ve been using 1998 and '99 5.2's this year. Lighter than '20's, a hair less top end.
Hecka cheaper...from the freebie pile. |
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Ugly_Bird
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| dllee wrote: | Waiting for gear....bummer.
I"ve been using 1998 and '99 5.2's this year. Lighter than '20's, a hair less top end.
Hecka cheaper...from the freebie pile. |
Sooner or later that stuff will get unusable too. Good luck with new materials. Now makers are not going to wait for 20 years for you to buy another gear  |
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dllee
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Sitting in the van, 2019 Duotone SuperSession 5.2.
Got a seldom used '07 Ezzy Wave 5.5. Choose my '02 Sailworks Retro over it. |
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flaherty
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:12 am Post subject: |
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My take on windsurfing gear .
Just because it's newer, doesn't mean it's better.
And it's been proven to me, time and time again. |
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Ugly_Bird
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:09 am Post subject: |
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| flaherty wrote: | My take on windsurfing gear .
Just because it's newer, doesn't mean it's better.
And it's been proven to me, time and time again. |
Did anyone in this thread said that new is better?
It is funny how this ignites |
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NOVAAN
Joined: 28 Sep 1994
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I started this and stated that it took a lot of tries to find a board as good as the old one. |
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