Test 2020: Special boards 12'6" to 14"
Fine wood for connoisseurs, touring paddlers and athletes
For some paddlers, the pointed nose on the board is like a carrot for a donkey. When the narrow nose divides the water seemingly effortlessly and the structures on the bottom of the shallow water just whizz by, you want to push the board further and further, to get one more stroke faster. Or are you looking for absolute pleasure? Relaxation - but in style, please?
Sporty ocean giants
... with good inland suitability - they impress with their high load-bearing capacity, excellent directional stability and excellent suitability for extra-long tours, even on the high seas.
Smart four-part film
... with plenty of storage space and handy pack size.
Stealth canopy: Inflatable with attached carbon fibre nose
The "fine nose" - Fit Ocean has proven its flair for simple but effective features in a double sense - with an elegant carbon fibre nose.
Unequal siblings and three specialists
Yes thunderbolt - what has Starboard let out of the bag? If it wasn't so easy, you'd think the Gaul with the striped trousers had chiselled the shape. But the Hinkelstein outline works. The GTS Sportstourer is even more agile, if perhaps not quite as much of a pack mule. The last step towards maximum flat water speed is taken with the SIC Air Glide 14'. With the Siren Tibouron you will find a sustainable shape with a wooden look.
You can find the complete test of these eight special boards with all technical data and ratings as a PDF in the download area below:
- Naish Touring GTW 14'0'' x 30,0''
- RRD Retro Wood GT 14'0'' x 28,3''
- Siren Wahoo RC 14'0'' x 27.5''
- Sic Maui Bullet 14'0'' x 27,5''
- Naish Glide 14'0'' x 30,0'''
- JP-Australia Allwater GT 12'6'' x 28,5'
- CrosLake Bomber 12'6'' and 14'0''
- Fit Ocean Force 13'2'' x 30.0''
