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Stand Up Paddle => Downwind and Racing => Topic started by: FloridaWindSUP on December 14, 2018, 03:39:07 PM
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Today I borrowed my buddy's 404 ltd 14x25.5 for a downwinder. Conditions were sideshore / slightly offshore 15-20+ kts with relatively small bumps less than waist high.
The 404 ltd worked really nicely for downwinding, and I got my best ever average downwind speed on a SUP.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2017298149/analysis
The board felt kind of intermediate between the ease of a big boofy downwind board like my 14x27.25 Fanatic and the quick but unforgiving 14x23 Riviera. Also, the 404 ltd was MUCH better in the rough water / downwind conditions than the older 404 v3 that I used to ride a few years ago. Big evolution.
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Still love my 404 Go-Go in boat wakes, seaplanes, voodoo chop.
Downwinds well, surfs great, slow but even I stay standing.
Your LTD is much faster. But I suspect if we traded, you would still be way faster!
My 12'6" V3 needs a lake or a river. Glassy fun. Which we see once a millennium..
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Yes I am really liking all the new generation of wide nose boards for down-winding (Vapor, Maliko, 404, Blackfish......).
Last time I tried a classic dedicated down-wind board with a pointy noise, I could not quite jive it.