Rider: Daryl Gender: Female Height: 5’2″ Weight: 120 lbs Skill Level: Expert windsurfer Board Tested: 2008 Naish Pro Wave 65L Sails Used: 2008 Naish Session 3.4 – 4.7 Dates: Winter 2008 and Spring 2008 Location: Kanaha, Maui, Hawaii and the Columbia River Gorge Conditions: High-wind wave and swell riding A great board for smaller riders [...]
Rider: Jodie Gender: Female Height: 5’2″ Weight: 115 lbs Skill Level: Advanced windsurfer Board Tested: 2008 Starboard Kombat 79 Wood Sail Used: 2008 Naish Session 4.7 Date: May 27, 2008 Location: Event Site, Columbia River Gorge Conditions: 15-25 mph, flatwater, medium chop, small swell Two nights ago, Jodie had an opportunity to ride the Starboard [...]
Kiteboards Compared: 2008 Naish Sol 128, 2007 North Jaime Pro 128 Kites Used: 2008 Cabrinha Switchblade 3 6m, 8m and 10m, 2007 Cabrinha Omega 7m and 9m Dates: Spring 2008, Summer 2007 Location: Columbia River Gorge Conditions: Everything from flatwater to swell-riding, underpowered to insanely overpowered Rider: Dane Gender: Male Height: 5’5″ Weight: 135 lbs [...]
With the help of Mac, one of our expert kiteboarding instructors, we just finished giving the royal treatment to the 2008 North Rebel 08. As we did with the Switchblade 3, we extensively detailed and photographed the Rebel and uploaded the results of our investigation to our photo gallery at Flickr. The Rebel is North’s [...]
Kiteboard Tested: 2008 Naish Sol 128 Kites Used: 2008 Switchblade 3 6m, 8m and 10m Dates: Spring 2008 Location: Columbia River Gorge Conditions: Mellow 10-18 mph, moderate 16-24 mph, and intense 22-34 mph Rider: Dane Gender: Male Height: 5’5″ Weight: 135 lbs Skill Level: Advanced Kiteboarder Even though it’s still quite cold out there, I’ve [...]
Board Tested: 2008 Naish Global Wave 78 Sails Used: 2008 Naish Force 4.2 – 4.7 Dates: Fall 2007, Spring 2008 Location: Columbia River Gorge Conditions: “Fully powered-up to light and funky.” Rider: Steve Gender: Male Height: 5’10″ Weight: 150 lbs Skill Level: Expert windsurfer Steve is a lighter guy than Joe, and he wants to [...]
Board Tested: 2008 Naish Global Wave 78 Sail Used: 2008 Naish All Terrain 4.0 Date: May 6, 2008 Location: Rowena, Columbia River Gorge Conditions: 26-39 mph winds, swell riding Rider: Joe Gender: Male Height: 6’2″ Weight: 185 lbs Skill Level: Expert windsurfer Joe tested the 2008 Naish Global Wave 78 the other day, and I [...]
Board Tested: 2008 Naish 10’6″ Stand Up Paddle Used: 80″ Werner Spanker Dates: May, 2008 Location: Event Site, Columbia River Gorge Paddling Conditions: glassy flatwater, and 10-15 mph wind chop Windsurfing Conditions: swell riding in 10-30 mph winds, 4.7 meter sail Rider: David Gender: Male Height: 6’0″ Weight: 170 lbs Skill Level: Expert stand up [...]
Board Tested: 2008 Naish All Terrain 95 Sail Used: 2008 Naish All Terrain 5.0 Fin Used: Stock Naish All Terrain 28 cm fin Date: May 5, 2008 Location: Rowena, Columbia River Gorge Conditions: 8-21 mph winds, swell riding (marginal conditions) Rider: Joe Gender: Male Height: 6’2″ Weight: 185 lbs Skill Level: Expert windsurfer Joe is [...]
Boards Tested: Aquaglide Amundson 11’3″, Naish 10’6″, Naish 11’6″ Paddles Used: Naish Stand Up, Werner Spanker Dates: Spring 2008 Location: Central Columbia River Gorge Conditions: Flatwater paddling Rider: Daryl Gender: Female Height: 5’2″ Weight: 120 lbs Skill Level: Expert windsurfer, intermediate paddler Rider: Andy Gender: Male Weight: 85 lbs Age: 12 Skill Level: Intermediate windsurfer [...]
A big thanks to spamark for risking life and limb, or at least his own personal warmth and the dryness of his camera, in shooting this nice video while balancing on a board over the frigid water of the Columbia. There are also a bunch of photos of the event that people have posted to [...]
Tons of people braved warm weather and blazing sunshine to join us last Saturday for our Naish Stand Up Paddling Demo, and we want to extend a hearty thank you to everyone who showed up! We also want to shout out a huge thanks to the guys at Naish for putting together this fun-filled afternoon, [...]
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