Nice review Ben. After windsurfing 30+ years I agree: Narrow and long boards are the reason windsurfing has always been perceived as a difficult sport. It's like starting skiing with pro racing gear. After learning the basics it will be inevitable to upgrade but to start in pro gear is a huge mistake. Particularly at Lake Pleasant with very light winds, I ended up always using my biggest board with retractable dagger. My planing boards from Hood River stayed in the garage - not enough predictable wind to chance it with planing boards. Had the same experience with Wing foiling. Volume and width are the answer for fast learning. The hope to buy only once is understandable but it's a trap. Nice work Ben. Keep it up.
Learned the hard way in 1988. We just did it😆😆. Now we do big loops with new super equipment , and enjoy that we kept trough the needle eye and patient. We did the pioneer time for windsurf. Keep going the new generation.
Nice explanations, super instructional video, exactly what a beginner looking for a used board should know! Totally unrelated to the main subject but one thing I've experienced with really old narrow bords with daggerboard like that Fanatic Bat, they used to be really slippery, they didn't have anti-slip surface yet, so you had to wear rubber shoes to be able to stay on board. I know that from my vintage Bic Calypso longboard that I still have in storage but didn't use it for some years just because of that.... and also because It's heavy and long and does not go on planning easily and does not carve and ..... yea, it's outdated like that Fanatic Bat. In fact, I've bought perhaps 20 years ago a Starboard Go 180L EVA deck version to replace it, for the reasons you mentioned.
Nice review Ben. After windsurfing 30+ years I agree: Narrow and long boards are the reason windsurfing has always been perceived as a difficult sport. It's like starting skiing with pro racing gear. After learning the basics it will be inevitable to upgrade but to start in pro gear is a huge mistake. Particularly at Lake Pleasant with very light winds, I ended up always using my biggest board with retractable dagger. My planing boards from Hood River stayed in the garage - not enough predictable wind to chance it with planing boards. Had the same experience with Wing foiling. Volume and width are the answer for fast learning. The hope to buy only once is understandable but it's a trap. Nice work Ben. Keep it up.
Learned the hard way in 1988. We just did it😆😆. Now we do big loops with new super equipment , and enjoy that we kept trough the needle eye and patient. We did the pioneer time for windsurf. Keep going the new generation.
Nice explanations, super instructional video, exactly what a beginner looking for a used board should know! Totally unrelated to the main subject but one thing I've experienced with really old narrow bords with daggerboard like that Fanatic Bat, they used to be really slippery, they didn't have anti-slip surface yet, so you had to wear rubber shoes to be able to stay on board. I know that from my vintage Bic Calypso longboard that I still have in storage but didn't use it for some years just because of that.... and also because It's heavy and long and does not go on planning easily and does not carve and ..... yea, it's outdated like that Fanatic Bat. In fact, I've bought perhaps 20 years ago a Starboard Go 180L EVA deck version to replace it, for the reasons you mentioned.
Agreed Ben, bargains are only bargains if they can be converted into use, and it is easier to learn in a wider board.
Good info Ben....Thanks for making this video.
Had to be done. Thanks, Brucey!!
Great! This was very helpful, thanks a lot.
Rarely watched so much BS in one viewing.