2011 Starboard Kode Technora

The Starboard Kode Technora new windsurfing board with the option to include a free board bag is for wave, freestyle and freeride use.

The Kode what is it? Wave freestyle machines mixing aggressive power with speed and maneuverability. From 68 litres up to 123 litres, the Kodes come in eight sizes that cover it all. So the question is no longer, what is the Kode? The question is which Kode?

Kode 68 - The smallest Kode designed by Boujmaa Guilloul for his wave riding and bump n' jumping needs, covering Moroccan highwinds to Maui big waves, for riders from 60kg to 75kg. The Kode 68 mixes a compact outline into a gunny tail with soft, round rails. It blends flowing style with speed, a special stand out board in the Kode range.

Kode 74 and 80 - the pure wave board classics in the range also offering highwind freestyle and highwind bump n jump performance. Fast, down the line shapes with gunny tails and fast rockerlines. These have been Kevin Pritchard's favourites amongst the Starboard range for 3 years in a row. Choose between the 74 and the 80 depending on your body weight and sail range. The 74 shape remains unchanged this year. The Kode 80 has extra tail kick, for more maneuverability, a smoother, tighter top turn and a shortened nose for a quicker response.

Kode 86, 94 and 103 - the fifty fifty blend between wave and freestyle. Always fast, always powerful and always aggressive, these Kodes have more width, more tail volume and more pop for full freestyling ability. New shapes this year are the 94 and 103 having thinner side profile for a lower centre of gravity that gives more control, more maneuverability and more responsiveness. New narrower tails make for quicker turns. More rail volume in the tail gives more pop, more grip under your back foot, more riding comfort and make the gybes more forgiving.

Kode 113 and 123 - the two largest boards that add freeride to the wave freestyle equation. Blasting up and down the coast, carving tight gybes and throw in freestyle pops with light wind wave riding rollers. Compact and fast these Kodes have a wide wind range and can carry bigger sails. New for 2011 in these sizes, some extra rail volume was pumped into the tail to add early planing power, adding more grip to your back foot and offering more forgiveness to the exit of a gybe. It's now even harder to stall it mid gybe so that you can come out planing more easily.

Secret Kode Part 1: the spiraling Vee bottom shape. Having lots of vee in the front of the board spirals into less vee between your feet. The vee in the front increases the engaging rail's angle of attack when the board is carving, which creates extra drive into the turn. This bottom shape also creates a high flying lively ride that's pure joy.

Secret Kode Part 2: extra thin mid-section rails. These give the board create extra bite into the water, giving the Kode's their aggressive touch.

Secret Kode Part 3: the sponge. The Kode 86, 94 and 103 also have a new pad design, now boasting 10mm of super soft foam, pre-shaped and covered in fish-scale grooved EVA skin. The skin forms over the sponge and curves into the board's deck, giving a great feel of comfort and grip.

The UK's Windsurf magazine said of the Kode 103, "It's an extremely adaptable board that does everything you ask of it. Crisp and exciting to ride. A highly recommended thrill-seeking multi-purpose machine."

• Fish scale - unidirectional traction grips when you need them to and then helps to release when you wipeout
• Pad grooving - 10mm pre-shaped sponge underlay now on the Kode 86, 94 and 103
• New Deluxe straps by Drake - includes innovative strap size adjustment indicators
• Heel bumpers - for comfort and impact shock absorption on Kode 68, 74 and 80
• Double screws for the back footstrap - for extra strength only Kode 68, 74 and 80
• New fluorescent orange touches

A lightweight, stiff and crisp construction providing the highest performance value. Technora is a special type of high tenacity Aramid fiber with remarkably high tensile strength, high toughness, and high impact-resistant qualities. Technora reinforcements together with Kevlar®, Carbon and Wood laminates strengthen the skin, nose and heel areas. Wave TechnoraTM boards are built with cross-linked PVC sandwich skins and a 14g/l EPS internal core. Freeride TechnoraTM replaces the PVC sandwich core with natural Australian plantation pine wood. The pine wood sheet is 0.6mm thick and covers the entire deck and bottom of the board. Sandwiched between biaxial layers of glass fibre, the wood/glass skin forms a stiff and impact-resistant outer shell. The result is a high performance board that is light, stiff and crisp to ride and assembled through a more environmentally friendly construction process.

Advantages: light weight, stiff flex, quick response.

*STOCK NOTICE - Sadly we are unable to stock all 2011 products, but we should be able to supply you with any of the products listed in the tables above. So we can best serve you, if the item you require is not in the pull down boxes at the top of this page please use this link to email us or call on 01543 505084.

**PART EXCHANGE WELCOME - We will accept your equipment in part exchange against this product. For a quotation just send us an email with the details of the equipment and some pictures and we will work out a value for you. To get the ball rolling please use this link to email us for your quote.