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It was John Hibbard that brought Starboard Paddleboards into the UK, him and Roger saw the opportunity and Red was the result.
Is that John with the children all named beginning with J? I raced against them in dinghies in the 90s.
Small world eh?
Sea Panther! My first board in 1986 was a Sea Panther Star and I loved it. Even though it was awful, even for its time.
Sea Panther teamed up with the Daily Star to make a board for the masses to rival the Mirror dinghy.
I used to race my F2 Lightning but I got rid of it because I just wasn't enjoying sailing any more. Shorter, wider boards have changed all that and now I'm as keen as ever. But good as my RRD Firemove 130LTD is, there's no way I can get upwind half as fast as my old long boards did. (Mistral Pantera, Bic Veloce).
I still have a Tiga 257 wave board and Pryde Combat 4.0 from about 1992 that are still great fun on a breezy day. And in November I was sailing at El Medano in Tenerife and one old guy was sailing just about as well as anybody with a dacron Gaastra sail that I reckon dated from the early 90s. Pre loose leech - still had the leech line and tab to tighten it up when it got overpowered!
Got a wee selection you may be interested in.
F2 Sputnik WC edition 275
Big Vivace 282
Hifly 252 wave board
Plus all in board bags, good condition, not excellent but good. and a selection of fins.
Plus a nice quiver of Neil Pryde sails fully battened with roller cams from 6.5, 5.5, 4.5 & 3.8. Gaastra sails again fully battened and roller cams, 5.8 & 5.3.
2 rigs, (carbon 2 piece masts and wishbones)
Hi Kemple
Thanks for the offer - but those are too small for me.
Gavtheoldskater ....
Can you describe the Lightning? Even though it is Cornwall I might be interested....
I have just bought some bargain sails from Mark G to start will and a Fanatic Shark ...
Any one know of any Kona Ones for sale? There seem to be none!
drop me an email, its in my prof, i have some pics on my phone i think.
Gav TOS .... Email sent
🙂
Thanks
Still looking ...
I've got a 2004 JP 128 Freeride that needs its finbox glassing back in if someone is looking for a winter project. Free to a good home 😆
And if you were hinting of heading down this way for the Round Hayling Race, the date has changed.. we had a clash so it's moved to Sept 23rd, so instead of Northerly bitter winds in April, we're now looking for Seabreezes and 30c..
Yay!!
And if you were hinting of heading down this way for the Round Hayling Race, the date has changed.. we had a clash so it's moved to Sept 23rd, so instead of Northerly bitter winds in April, we're now looking for Seabreezes and 30c..
That could be interesting ....
Thanks for the offer of the JP Freeride .... but too small for my purposes
I have a couple of 310 boards which haven't been used for a while. F2 Xantos 310 142 ltrs and a Fanatic Ram 310 145 ltrs. The fanatic has a daggerboard. Also have a good selection of sails from the same era and a Quiverack roof box.
What did Boardwise say when you called, Mr Moofo?
Big John,
Boardwise said they had nothing ... which seems at odds with the photo. But I guess it means they don't want to sell ....
Everybody must be getting in on the long raceboard revival and snapping them up then. Nothing is quite the same for upwind performance and light wind versatility.
Anybody got an old 1993/4 Tiga 257 wave board in their garage for sale in good condition. The old solid one with the large footpad..? Or a spare fin (s) also.
I am still sailing mine down here on Karpathos Island.
cheers
Doot
Also looking for some wave sails..old but in good condition. I am used to 1990's sails.!! sizes 3.5 to 5.5.
cheers Doot
I have a Tiga 257, selection of fins, a Pryde Combat 4.0, Pryde 4x4 5.0 and Gaastra Wave Slalom 3.4 all from the early 90s. Maybe some Pryde e-z rig booms.
I keep them for windy days at the coast but haven't used them in a couple of years. Except the 5.0. and unlikely to use them again as I tend to hire instead.
If they were going to an enthusiastic user I could be tempted to part with them. If I took them to Boardwise Ian would probably sort out shipping.
The board is the one before the all in one green footpad version but they were identical otherwise. I've used it with a 5.8 and managed to wobble out of the harbour at Costa Teguise with all 15 stone of me on board.
It's got a bit of rock rash but being soft PVC they're indestructible.
I have no idea what it is but I highly recommend parents of young kids getting hold of one of these old boards. Someone gave us this one a couple of weeks ago, the kids love 'surfing' on it. Plenty of buoyancy, great fun for some after work beach shenanigans. 8)
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How very odd. Somebody joins the site and makes one and only post asking for some very obscure and off-topic toys.
Long-time member responds within the hour saying he has exactly what the OP is after.
Radio silence.
I can only assume there was a 3rd casualty in that tsunami in the Greek isles.