Yeah it can be a lot of fun, can be tricky to get out if its dead onshore like it was this time....but worth the effort.

I certainly did, I really connected with that Carbon Art!! Its an excellent board.....

I just use the stock Severne fins, when I need more lift I have a set of Black Project fins, 16 for the two mains and 11 for the thrusters.

I think it depends on the board and your personal preference. The Nano definitely works better as a quad, my Dyno and the Kode work well as thrusters. I like the feel of thrusters on the boards I have, the Nano being a quad is difficult to compare as the board is so different from the others, but I can say i definitely like thrusters, can't imagine life without them...

They are different boards for different conditions, I have only sailed a Pyro once but it was excellent in the waves whereas the Dyno is not, its more of a bump and jump board....I wouldn't buy a Dyno again, my focus is more wave riding now, so I would take the Pyro.....

Yeah, Point Chev can be good fun for sure!! Might see you out there one day...

This board is a 2019 Kode, quite different to the new ones. I do like it, its my light /medium wind board. All these modern production boards are fragile, I have had to have this one repaired a few times. I have given up on production boards now as this is the third board I have broken in 3 years, although this one could be repaired..... But it does depend on how you sail, I like jumping and I do a lot of it so that is also a factor. If you never jumped the board it would last a lot longer but where's the fun in that...

Hey, thats actaully a great idea!!

Cheers!! It was a fun session, so good to be out in some waves after a long dry spell...

Yeah plenty of wind for some hang time for sure.....We might get something on a westerly tomorrow...

Fun times on the water!!

I've had this board for a few years now, its smaller volume at 94L than the 105 Dyno, its more agile and better in the waves, so I'm using it as much as possible to dial myself into it for when I go back down to the Taranaki for wave riding..

Yes the Dyno is a faster board, parallel rails and so forth its very much a freewave, the Nano is full on wave with a lot of tail kick so its slower to get on the plane and doesn't really stay there unless fully powered, the Dyno is not that agile on the wave though.....They both have their place, I much prefer the Nano once I'm on a wave, but there are days where you need the float and the speed to even get on a wave so the Dyno is quite useful on those days......

@@kev-the-windsurfer. Nice one, all makes sense!

Yeah there were, it was pretty scary out there at times!!

I sold the FOx a while ago, this session was on the 105 Dyno....

Off course it was! Confused with another vid of yours..

Pretty much my skill level, Dyno is great for learning to wave ride on, but it gets to a point where you need to advance on the wave, so a different board is required. I will probably get rid of the Nano, it is a great board on the wave, but its a bit too sluggish, slow accelerating. Since I sail in Taranaki most of the time I think I will get a Carbon Art board, locally made.

Yeah sure is, very enjoyable!! Learning a lot!!

I can't remember, it was a couple of years ago now, I'm 80-82kg range, and I found the 5.3 was a bit too big for the 85L, the sweet spot was the 4.7. I'm usually on the 5.3 in 18-22knts, 20-25 is a 4.7.....Hope that helps... At this stage I was still finding my feet after a 25 year break, it funny looking back at this now....

@@kev-the-windsurfer. Awesome, thanks for the comments. Given my weight I think I have made the right choice vs 95L. I want to be able to use it from 18-20+, which seems fine if your doing the same but have 10kgs on me.

@@davidhowarth6968 I've changed things around a bit since then, I have a 105 V3 Dyno as my big board (I use it in the waves a lot), since I do a lot of wave sailing, I have a 92 Nano, if the 105 is too much and I dont want the full on wave board I have 94 Kode (2019) which is a good frre-wave option. I think you'll find the 85 really good...

I think it was 315 flywheel HP from memory, so pretty much what we were expecting, running on 95 octane fuel. AFR was great at around 12:1....

I've sailed that Nano with a 3.7 and it was absolutely fine. They are a very small board for the volume they represent, to me the 92 feels like an 87. Im the same weight as you as a reference...

I've sailed that Nano with a 3.7 and it was absolutely fine. They are a very small board for the volume they represent, to me the 92 feels like an 87. Im the same weight as you as a reference...

Sea Dweller, just in case I have to dive down to 3900m. I needed to keep an eye on the time, normally I'd slip the wetsuit over it...

Hahaha, yes, it was a total mind bender to begin with!!

4.2/4.7/5.3/6.2. I very rarely use the 6.2... I'm going to add, 3.6/4.0/amnd 5.0 for the in between sizes...might do the 3.6 and 4.0 as S1...

No worries!!

Yes it is, water temp is good now, sun and blue/green water nice solid breeze.....and a long walk over the rocks at low tide, but I'm not complaining!!

I have not tried a S-1, but I have been thinking about getting some in the smaller sizes under 4.7.... One of the other guys in the video was sailing a S-1, he uses them in all his sizes, they seem to be the go-to wave sail ....

Thanks for watching!!

Best sport ever!!

Waitara is the most user friendly place to sail in the Taranaki, easy waves, not too many rocks, always other people around...

Going down the line in that much wind is the most physical thing you can do!! Burning arms was just the beginning!!

Indeed!! It was a lot of fun, hopefully you'll get there for some of the down the line goodness!!

It was a day I wish I had a smaller sail though, it was insane out there at times.

Thanks for watching!!

Can't really compare the two boards, very different setups for different conditions. The Nano is a proper wave board its super stable and compliant in nuking conditions, but its not early planing and it doesn't go to windward that well in marginal conditions, but when its super nuking, its quite controllable... I took the bigger sail and the Dyno in the arvo because it was no longer blowing 40 knots, it eased off a lot and I knew if the wind switched off and i was on the Dyno I would be able to get out of trouble. But I do prefer the Nano on the wave, I should have had that at Pungas!!

What is interesting is the Nano 92 sounds like a big-ish board, but in actual fact, its super small and is somehow very compliant in all that ridiculous chop. It was actually a feat to be able to mange any sort of a turn on a wave as I was so overpowered on that 3.7, turning to go down the line was terrifying!! But also a great feeling!!

@@kev-the-windsurfer. thanks for that. I’m looking at a Dyno 105 v3 that’s for sale next week to complement the 115.