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2013-03-30 4:32 PM Windsurfing - Fanatic Skate 100 - Windsport Magazine Page 1 of 3 http://www.windsport.com/2010_tests_article?news_id=805 Headlines Fanatic Skate 100 Apr 28, 2010 Fanatic Skate 100 V: 100 L: 235 W: 63.5 The ride: Since this board is used by the world’s top pro freestyler one might overlook it as a specialized board just for hucking crazing tricks. This would be a shame as the Skate is a great all-round board as well. It reacts to the smallest gusts planing up early and coasting through lulls with incredible efficiency. Your feet easily find the centred footstraps even if you’re just progressing into smaller boards for the first time. Its straight-line speed can easily match the freestyle wave boards so long as you ride with a modern upright hips-in stance and do a bit of trim work. It’s smoother through chop than most other freestyle boards but not as smooth as the freestyle waves. If you choose to use the chop for catching some air the Skate will gladly soar. Fanatic supplies the board with a smallish freestyle fin that gives plenty of lift for the inboard freestyle strap Search Phil Soltysiak's Bongka THIS is Sloshball! Lesson with Matt Pritchard Goya talks... Peruvian Wave Could this become a new move? Choko Making of "Don't Let... Jeff Henderson's Loop-Not? [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] > » VIDEOS NEWS FEATURES HOW TO EVENTS GEAR TESTS TRAVEL BLOGS WIN CLUBS & GROUPS SHOPS & SCHOOLS SUBSCRIBE Email Address: placement. The jibe: Part of the reason this is a great freestyle board is it is well balanced when on its rail. Jibes are easy to initiate and the thick tail supports even the heaviest amount of back foot pressure. Of the small boards, this was the easiest to plane out of jibes on. Steep chop makes carving trickier but its balanced feel allows you to learn the art of driving the rail deeper into your turns to smooth things out. Letting the board carve on its own makes for a wider arc that progressing sailors can easily adapt too, while advanced riders can tighten the turn when needed. The forte: This is a board that helps you learn your first aerial move, the Vulcan, just as easily as the latest and most difficult switchstance trick. None of the other boards in the test even come close for this facet of the sport. Fin
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Fanatic Skate 100
Apr 28, 2010
Fanatic Skate 100V: 100 L: 235 W: 63.5
The ride: Since this board is used by the world’s top profreestyler one might overlook it as a specialized board just forhucking crazing tricks. This would be a shame as the Skate is agreat all-round board as well. It reacts to the smallest gustsplaning up early and coasting through lulls with incredibleefficiency. Your feet easily find the centred footstraps even ifyou’re just progressing into smaller boards for the first time. Itsstraight-line speed can easily match the freestyle wave boards solong as you ride with a modern upright hips-in stance and do abit of trim work. It’s smoother through chop than most otherfreestyle boards but not as smooth as the freestyle waves. If youchoose to use the chop for catching some air the Skate willgladly soar. Fanatic supplies the board with a smallish freestylefin that gives plenty of lift for the inboard freestyle strap
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fin that gives plenty of lift for the inboard freestyle strapplacement.
The jibe: Part of the reason this is a great freestyle board is it iswell balanced when on its rail. Jibes are easy to initiate and thethick tail supports even the heaviest amount of back footpressure. Of the small boards, this was the easiest to plane outof jibes on. Steep chop makes carving trickier but its balancedfeel allows you to learn the art of driving the rail deeper intoyour turns to smooth things out. Letting the board carve on itsown makes for a wider arc that progressing sailors can easilyadapt too, while advanced riders can tighten the turn whenneeded.
The forte: This is a board that helps you learn your first aerialmove, the Vulcan, just as easily as the latest and most difficultswitchstance trick. None of the other boards in the test even come close for this facet of thesport.
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Fin Freestyle tail
Rail shape Straps
Strap inserts Tail kick Vee below... Vee under...[1] [2] > »
Rider: Marcilio Browne
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Rider: gollito Estredo
Rider: andre Paskowski
The Freestyle world gets more twisted by the day. And as fast as 2 times Freestyle World Champion Gollito Estredo and Fanatic’s hottest new talent Marcilio “Brawzinho” Browne come up with new tricks, our shaper Sebastian Wenzel matches their skills with design. In fact Sebastian’s never pushed his CAD Software to the max like now. Thanks to Gollito, Brawzinho and Andre Paskowski’s input, the Skate line’s leapt into a new dimension born of generations of global test winners. A big part of the Skates’ cutting edge success is its total ease of use. For Freestyle newbies and champions alike it’s fast-planing and simple to ride. The three shapes in the all-new line-up include 100 and 110-litre sizes, plus a 90-litre model for high winds and lighter sailors in Team Edition only. The standard 100 and 110 construction is also in a lightweight Biax Glass construction with light finish – for the best value weight, durability and price combo. All three Team Edition styles feature featherweight Carbon Kevlar deck and Biax Carbon bottom construction. Put simply, they’re the lightest and stiffest high-performance Freestylers we’ve ever made!
Key FeAtUReS
• Rounder nose and slight increase of outline width • Thinner rails between the feet for improved carving freestyle
manoeuvres • Fuller and softer rails in the nose for catch-free sliding
2006, 2008 PWA Freestyle World champion Gollito estredo: “The new Skates match the pace of the Freestyle discipline. Developing the new shapes with Sebastian was a major part of my way to the world title. Just having these boards inspires me daily to take Freestyle to the next level.”
Skate TE Skate BGSthe world champs!
Board vol. length Width Weight technology Fittings
skate 90 tE 90 232 60 TBA* CK / LF TE*** Skate Prepreg Fin 20, Power Box; Sailsize: 4.0 – 6.6 m²
skate 100 // skate 100 tE 100 235 63,5 TBA* BGS / LF** // CK / LF TE*** Skate Prepreg Fin 22, Power Box; Sailsize: 4.5 – 7.0 m²
skate 110 // skate 110 tE 110 237 66,5 TBA* BGS / LF** // CK / LF TE*** Skate Prepreg Fin 24, Power Box; Sailsize: 5.0 – 7.5 m²
* Please check www.fanatic.com for final weights! ** Biax Glass Sandwich Light Finish *** Carbon Kevlar Light Finish/TE
High Performance skate Prepreg fin
High Performance skate Prepreg fin
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