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2010 RRD Wassup 8′ 5″ Windsurfing Board
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The first sailable stand up paddle board that can fit inside a station wagon, the 2010 RRD Wassup 8′ 5″ windsurf board is small and compact, yet can be paddled easily by relative beginners. Fully padded deck offers maneuverability anywhere on the board, and the convertible version sports a 38 cm center fin for light-wind performance.
Sizes: 8’5”
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I'm wandering how the board planes compared to a newer longboard? Are specs such as weight, volume, rocker, etc available for the wassup line?
I have one, it planes super early, as a flat water paddle board it lacks of length to glide nicely. In waves it turns on a dime, very good board. On big problem is construction, it's heavy as a dead horse, their is no vent plug… and it seams very fragile, too bad because it's a brilliant shape.
Anyone paddled this board?
I got the 10' stinger (non convertible) back in the summer for my wife. She was new to SUP and also a beginner windsurfer. Mini review:
In flat water it is very stable for light - medium weight paddlers. The glide is pretty good and the pivot turns are easy. For waves the board has little rocker so for newbies it does well in ankle to thigh waves. As waves start to get in the thigh range you have to learn to angle the board down the face to prevent pearling the nose. Once on the wave the board turns from the tail pretty well. With a sail the board is really fun in small waves and wants the rider behind the sail. Very stable. For flat water sailing also pretty good but it forces you to stay off the nose while tacking which is good for eventually moving on to smaller windsurf boards.
The Wassup is good all around progressive board for new windsurfers and paddlers. It does it all- jack of all trades but master of none. It got my wife paddle surfing and continuing to progress. I'm interested to see if RRD makes any updates for 2011…
Matahi is right on. I have one of these boards and love it to pieces. Just found out, however, how fragile the epoxy coating is. A real shame: hopefully RRD will make them stronger (and lighter!) in the future.
RRD moved production of these boards to the Cobra factory in Thailand where all the windsurf boards are built. They lost some weight and got stronger in the process and shape details like the double concave are more visible so the boards are clearly crisper out of the mold.