NAISH 12'0" Glide

[session]

Hello all ,

Has anyone taken any photo's of this board or comments on the NAISH 12'0" Glide ,they are available here in Australia soon and wondering if anyone has ridden one ??

Looks like a good ride !

12'0" x 29 3/4 x 5 1/4

Rich

[DavidJohn]

This is all I have.

Someone must have got some pictures of it at the Naish race.

DJ



I'm not sure if this is it also.

[Admin]

Hi DavidJohn,

Not sure if they were all custom protos, but at that race, I saw 3 different Naish boards.  One ended up next to mine after the race that looked really trim and had a really beautiful 3 wood inlaid nose (a bit of a surpise on a race board, but maybe the weight helps up there).  I think that the Naish guys are taking race/downwind very seriously.

[DavidJohn]

Thanks Randy...I hope someone got some pics of them.

DJ

[DavidJohn]

Maybe this is it?

DJ

[Admin]

Maybe this is it?

DJ

That one has a few extra feet.   That is Dave Kalama on his way to a pretty remarkable victory.

[DavidJohn]

Thanks...Do you know what type/brand Dave's board is?

DJ

[Admin]

Thanks...Do you know what type/brand Dave's board is?

DJ

Hi DJ,

SIC http://www.paddlemaui.com/ board. 

Here is a pic of his board from the race:

[DavidJohn]

Hi DavidJohn,

Not sure if they were all custom protos, but at that race, I saw 3 different Naish boards.  One ended up next to mine after the race that looked really trim and had a really beautiful 3 wood inlaid nose (a bit of a surpise on a race board, but maybe the weight helps up there).  I think that the Naish guys are taking race/downwind very seriously.

Thanks Randy....Would this be the board?.....Did it look like a production model or a prototype?

[kurtr]

So does this mean there's going to have to be a new division for boards that defy gravity? 

[Admin]

Thanks Randy....Would this be the board?.....Did it look like a production model or a prototype?

That well could be the one.  I wouldn't want to say for sure, as I was still pretty amped up from the event and only gave it a quick look.  I do remember thinking that it looked like the custom (quatro style) windsurf board type constuction with a wood inlay nose, which struck me because I had never seen that before.  The board in the pic looks like that as well, so...that may be her.

[DavidJohn]

So does this mean there's going to have to be a new division for boards that defy gravity? 

Robby's bulging tricept muscle shows that he has his hand in the hand hole and lifting it..Those Naish boards are very light..

Thanks Randy..I'm surprised that there were not more pics taken of these special boards...btw..We should know any day now about the new Naish Glide board..They are due here by the end of the month.

Also some big 'other' news from Naish..  ..I have my fingers crossed.

DJ

[DavidJohn]

Just found a few new pictures of the Naish Glide.

DJ

[motopilot]

That looks like a nice board.  I hope it is faster than the Jimmy Lewis 12'6.  That thing was such a pig.  It was just too slow.  The Naish looks sweet!

[kurtr]

Okay, so now I'm curious: what's the narrative here?  A tall Dutch (?) girl (looks pretty young in the last pic) dressed in street clothes on a Naish is being interviewed by... perhaps a news crew?  Why -- is she a celebrity, or the only SUPer in Holland?  And then later in the day -- or another day -- paddling down a river, dressed for the cold, maybe heading home from school? 

Then again, maybe it's just a marketing piece not intended to make any particular sense at all, other than to showcase the board.   Still, interesting and perplexing sequence.  Or maybe I'm just easily amused!