A board for paddling and windsurfing: Sport Vibrations Surf Multisport 11'5" x 31" in test
Stephan Gölnitz
· 02.05.2025
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The Multisport 11'5''x31'' from Sport Vibrations as a SUP
The Sport Vibrations Multisport provides real added value, as the board can be upgraded beyond paddling with two or three gimmicks. First of all, the Sport Vibrations Multisport is already impressive as a paddleboard: with a length of eleven feet and six inches, it runs straight and stable when SUPing, even on longer tours. Here, the stretched outline offers a noticeable advantage over the often very compact, particularly favourable all-round SUPs with a length of only 10' to 10'5''. On the Multisport you can paddle for quite a long time on one side. With a comparatively low weight of 9.3 kilos, it is also very suitable as a family board - even two seven-year-olds won't break a sweat on it. It is easy to manoeuvre with the paddle, and the cleverly chosen length offers a good compromise between smoothness and manoeuvrability. This means that the board can be manoeuvred and turned without much effort. The non-slip pad is laid over a very large area on the board so that your feet still have a secure hold even if you go far back for a turn. There is also no annoying net dangling from the board, the essentials for a day trip fit under the luggage net at the bow.
With a moderately slim width of 31 inches, it paddles quite swiftly and still offers sufficient tipping stability. The feel of the paddle is more sporty and fast than stable and sturdy. Sufficient stiffness is always guaranteed thanks to a thickness of six inches, even if there are more solid-looking - and generally heavier - boards. But even with a tester weight of 85kg, the board paddled perfectly. It gets really fast in two or three wind forces. Then you can put the paddle to one side and hoist your sail.
The Sport Vibrations multisport for windsurfing
With the additional small centre fin, the board holds a decent amount of height with a sail between four and six square metres. However, the sharp trailing edge at the tail is almost the most important feature for optimally equipped windsurf SUPs. This allows you to reach speeds of almost 20 km/h in half planing in stronger gusts, without pulling on the sail like a team of oxen. This is because the water breaks away at the edge, the tail hardly sucks in, the board glides with noticeably reduced resistance and it crosses better against the wind. So nothing stands in the way of a short windsurfing tour. Boards with these dimensions are also quite suitable for children's sails, even if the turning characteristics cannot quite keep up with those of much shorter boards. As a true multisport board, it also has four eyelets for mounting a canoe seat. This requires a double paddle.
Conclusion on the Sport Vibrations Surf Multisport 11'5" x 31":
A successful family board for fun in all (wind) conditions.
Very versatile, lightweight, windsurf and wingfoil option.
Info:
- Price: 675 Euro >> available here
- Length: 347.0 cm
- Width: 79.0 cm
- Weight: 9.3 kg
- Volume: 325 litres
Stephan Gölnitz
Deputy Editor in Chief surf
Stephan Gölnitz comes from Bochum and had Holland as his home windsurfing territory for many years before moving to Munich in 1996 for the job of test editor at surf magazine. The materials engineering graduate worked as a surf instructor on the Ijsselmeer during his studies and competed for several seasons for the Essen sailing team in the Surfbundesliga and the Funboard Cup. He completed a traineeship at surf-Magazin in the test department and since then has actively accompanied almost all tests on the boom and for more than 10 years also as a photographer. Stephan has covered many thousands of test kilometers, mainly on Lake Garda and in Langebaan, but also in Egypt and Tobago. He gets his hands on over 100 new sails and boards every year as his company car. Privately, he prefers to surf with a foil on Lake Walchensee or “unfortunately far too rarely” in the waves. SUP is Stephan's second passion, which he pursued for several years at numerous SUP races. Today, he prefers to paddle on river tours with family or friends - even for several days.
