One more thing, I'd include the OBrien Clutch in the under $450 category. Heck, it's under $300! It's Cobe Mikacich's pro model shape, even though they don't advertise it as his pro model board. You can ride it with the bolted center fin, or ride it "finless" & just use the 2 molded-in fins on each side. While the biggest size is a 143cm, Cobe is a tall guy (over 6ft) and says not to get wrapped up in the "bigger is better" fad. There's a lot of tall/big guys that ride boat boards that aren't above the 144cm length.
Great video & analysis, Rich! And thanks for including the OBrien Valhalla, since it's the board I ride as you know & love it. It's a great price-point board, super user-friendly and extremely light with the feather-core. Also, regarding the higher board prices these days, there were Honeycomb Pro model boards 25 years ago that costed between $600-650. So if you think about it, today's high-end board prices aren't that out of range considering. Keep up the great content!
Thats a good point on the honeycomb boards. With inflation those could easily be $800+ now. Maybe there are just a lot of high end cores now but looking at Ronix alone, half their boat boards are $600+. Nothing wrong with that per say but wanted people to know their are some great budget/work horse boards for less. I can’t say I would ride a “loaded” murray if it existed though! I need to ride the Valhalla sometime for research. It was the only one on the list I haven’t had a set on.
@@LifetimeShred Yeah, the Honeycomb models were just for the high-end pro models. The rest of the foam core boards back then were anywhere from $350-450 from the bigger companies. I have a Valhalla 143 demo for you to try out, so just let me know when you're ready!
Cool vid! You think it would be possible for you do a video reviewing the Murray board? I’m looking at getting a new board and was curious what your thoughts were about it’s pop, swing weight, board speed etc.
Thats a good idea. I’ve talked about the board in some videos better never a thorough review. I will say though that I think the Murray gets talked about a lot on reddit, wakeboard Facebook groups and forums for good reason. Good idea!
One more thing, I'd include the OBrien Clutch in the under $450 category. Heck, it's under $300! It's Cobe Mikacich's pro model shape, even though they don't advertise it as his pro model board. You can ride it with the bolted center fin, or ride it "finless" & just use the 2 molded-in fins on each side. While the biggest size is a 143cm, Cobe is a tall guy (over 6ft) and says not to get wrapped up in the "bigger is better" fad. There's a lot of tall/big guys that ride boat boards that aren't above the 144cm length.
Good callout! I wasn’t aware of that model.
Great video & analysis, Rich! And thanks for including the OBrien Valhalla, since it's the board I ride as you know & love it. It's a great price-point board, super user-friendly and extremely light with the feather-core. Also, regarding the higher board prices these days, there were Honeycomb Pro model boards 25 years ago that costed between $600-650. So if you think about it, today's high-end board prices aren't that out of range considering. Keep up the great content!
Thats a good point on the honeycomb boards. With inflation those could easily be $800+ now. Maybe there are just a lot of high end cores now but looking at Ronix alone, half their boat boards are $600+. Nothing wrong with that per say but wanted people to know their are some great budget/work horse boards for less. I can’t say I would ride a “loaded” murray if it existed though! I need to ride the Valhalla sometime for research. It was the only one on the list I haven’t had a set on.
@@LifetimeShred Yeah, the Honeycomb models were just for the high-end pro models. The rest of the foam core boards back then were anywhere from $350-450 from the bigger companies. I have a Valhalla 143 demo for you to try out, so just let me know when you're ready!
Cool vid! You think it would be possible for you do a video reviewing the Murray board? I’m looking at getting a new board and was curious what your thoughts were about it’s pop, swing weight, board speed etc.
Thats a good idea. I’ve talked about the board in some videos better never a thorough review. I will say though that I think the Murray gets talked about a lot on reddit, wakeboard Facebook groups and forums for good reason. Good idea!