12'6" inflatables: Wait until 2015?

[PonoBill]

Crossing the fibers would stabilize skin movement quite a bit. One of the ways the boards flex is movement of one skin in relation to the other. Like any x-brace, the crossed fibers pull against each other in tension. Clever, but it must use different machinery to make the fabric.

[Underboard]

Thanks, Levity, that is just awesome and vague enough to ruin my Fall .

[Alkasazi]

you can wait if you want, or you can get out & have a blast now. I've paddled a variety of inflatables this summer, and had a blast on almost all of them. At 5'10, 210 lbs, all have floated me well from 14PSI up to 20+PSI. My current favorites are the Boardworks Raven & the Red 14 Elite (and a Hala Atcha for whitewater), but all the others mentioned here are great boards.

My me personally, inflatables have almost completely replaced hard boards. They perform great, pack easily, and I find them more forgiving in rougher waters.

Go have fun!