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Test 2014Starboard UltraSonic 147

Stephan Gölnitz

 · 22.07.2014

Test 2014: Starboard UltraSonic 147Photo: Stephan Gölnitz
Test 2014: Starboard UltraSonic 147
The UltraSonic offers a successful blend of easy freeride handling and sporty performance.
Test 2014: Starboard UltraSonic 147Photo: Stephan GölnitzTest 2014: Starboard UltraSonic 147

The 58 mm fin fits the 9.3 mm sail better than the 8.5 mm. In really light planing winds, the board is easy to ride, also planes very well passively and then accelerates quickly to good speed. The defusing measures compared to race slalom boards (rear loop position easier to reach, smaller tail width) enable really relaxed light wind surfing - with plenty of potential for very good speed. With a lot of pressure in the sail, the board develops slight "form tendencies": it then favours the upwind course, but a smaller fin as a supplement to the 8.5 mm sail easily irons this out. The UltraSonic is not simply an enlarged slalom board but, like the Super Lightwind from JP, a representative of a board class that is ideally suited to the requirements of many hobby early gliders.

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PLUS Easy to surf; versatile; good compromise between gliding and sporty feeling

Prices2399*/2199** Euro

surf measurement: Weight: 8,20 kgLength: 239,5 cmWidth: 93,5 cmFin: Drake Race R13 58 cm/Deep-Tuttlebox /G10

InfoAPM Marketing GmbH, Tel.: 08171/387080, www.star-board.com

All test results and detailed descriptions of these boards can be found in the PDF download below.

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Downloads:

Early glideboards (pdf)

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Stephan Gölnitz

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.

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