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Re: Light DW <25 knots contenders
« Reply #45 on: August 21, 2018, 08:16:12 PM »
Hey Luc. Congrats on the new board. I've never been on a Maliko, but I know they get very good reviews. I'm sure it will be a great board for you!   :)
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Re: Light DW <25 knots contenders
« Reply #46 on: August 22, 2018, 01:35:02 AM »
Following on my original post, I had the opportunity on a used 2018 Naish Maliko 14x26 within my budget, and I took it :-)
This should cover me for flattish days and the few odd races. Still have my Vapor for DW and my Ace-GT for (Grand) Touring  ;)
It’s a very nice board. It’s surprisingly twitchy for its width when you are side-on to wind and waves but otherwise I found it superb, and a lovely comfortable board to paddle, and usefully fast in flat water. The 2018 ones are built with the bulletproof PVC sandwich “who cares about carbon, anyway” construction, so it should last well too.

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Re: Light DW <25 knots contenders
« Reply #47 on: August 22, 2018, 02:02:52 AM »
Luc, Congrats on the new sled! Hope it fills the HUGE hole in your fleet!🤣
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Re: Light DW <25 knots contenders
« Reply #48 on: August 22, 2018, 06:47:05 AM »
Luc, Congrats on the new sled! Hope it fills the HUGE hole in your fleet!🤣
Thanks.
I know, I know, I was going to go for something different with volume like a Sunova Allround but the price of the Maliko was right so it was difficult to resist i.e. selling one board paid for the new one.....while the demo Sunovas on offer were close to new board prices
You would expect a quiver to be only radically different boards but I have also found that overlap works nicely as you are not in the situation of saying "I should really have taken board X"
The Maliko and Vapor feels a little bit more like cousins of the same family so it is really comfortable to jump from one to the other back and forth. If conditions looks windier, rougher I can throw the Vapor on my car otherwise I can take the Maliko if it looks flatter. At the end of tehd ay, I still cannot go wrong.
At least it is my theory we will see with use.
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Re: Light DW <25 knots contenders
« Reply #49 on: August 22, 2018, 06:48:06 AM »
Hey Luc. Congrats on the new board. I've never been on a Maliko, but I know they get very good reviews. I'm sure it will be a great board for you!   :)

Thank you. I only briefly tried one before but it felt right after 5 minutes.
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Re: Light DW <25 knots contenders
« Reply #50 on: August 22, 2018, 06:50:24 AM »
Following on my original post, I had the opportunity on a used 2018 Naish Maliko 14x26 within my budget, and I took it :-)
This should cover me for flattish days and the few odd races. Still have my Vapor for DW and my Ace-GT for (Grand) Touring  ;)
It’s a very nice board. It’s surprisingly twitchy for its width when you are side-on to wind and waves but otherwise I found it superb, and a lovely comfortable board to paddle, and usefully fast in flat water. The 2018 ones are built with the bulletproof PVC sandwich “who cares about carbon, anyway” construction, so it should last well too.

Yes I think at it as a "nervous" Vapor. It did feel pretty solid and reasonably light when handling it which was also one of teh reason I took the plunge.
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Re: Light DW <25 knots contenders
« Reply #51 on: August 22, 2018, 07:00:08 AM »
It’s surprisingly twitchy for its width when you are side-on to wind and waves...

Strange, I found it quite comfortable in these conditions... The only area I thought it
can do a better job was in head-on to the wind and waves, shorter period.
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Re: Light DW <25 knots contenders
« Reply #52 on: August 22, 2018, 08:32:21 AM »
It’s surprisingly twitchy for its width when you are side-on to wind and waves...

Strange, I found it quite comfortable in these conditions... The only area I thought it
can do a better job was in head-on to the wind and waves, shorter period.
It’s a momentary thing it does if you are turning 180 degrees in wind and chop. I agree that when paddling in a straight line side-on to chop and wind it is very nice.Try a load of 180 degree turns as you might if you were going round a buoy in a bit of wind and chop and you’ll see what I mean. But that was really my only criticism and it’s a small detail when the rest of the board is so lovely to paddle and own. I remember jumping on the Maliko 14x26 and feeling instantly at home, and thinking “wow, this is really nice, and fast too”. Smart purchase, it will give you a lot of fun. It’s an extremely versatile board.

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Re: Light DW <25 knots contenders
« Reply #53 on: August 22, 2018, 08:45:26 AM »
I remember jumping on the Maliko 14x26 and feeling instantly at home, and thinking “wow, this is really nice, and fast too”. Smart purchase, it will give you a lot of fun. It’s an extremely versatile board.

Well I have been swapping enough boards in the course of a few years.... I hope that I am now home and all of them just feel perfect for what I use them for.
The Vapor and the Ace-GT sure became keepers.
The SIC RS was so tempting but could not find anything accessible or in my budget.
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Re: Light DW <25 knots contenders
« Reply #54 on: August 22, 2018, 02:56:03 PM »
good choice Luc Benac, the maliko goes anywhere anytime and its one of those allround board if you like the naish fix.

 


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