09 STARBOARD GO SAILBOARD

It’s been more than 10 years since the GO board was first introduced. These original wide-style, full EVA deck, all-round fun designs marked the beginning of the modern windsurfing era by bringing comfortable, accessible windsurfing to everyone, everywhere, anytime.

With the new GO Sport models, these accessible and high performance shapes are now also available without full EVA decks, making them lighter and more responsive for the freeride windsurfer.

Why go wide? With extra width, the GO boards simply give you more stability and early planing. The GO 155 for example, has so much stability that many motivated people go for it as their first time board, learning and progressing all the way to advanced levels. With extra width also comes more power and early planing ability: as you progress, the GO boards give you some of the highest performance levels you can get from a windsurf board. With their full EVA deck, they provide exceptional comfort and the carry handles make them easy to transport.

These are the secrets behind the GO board’s success and its number one status as the World’s most popular board over the last ten years: they are easy and comfortable, people can learn on them and yet they will grow with its rider as he or she progresses to the highest levels.

The largest GO board, the GO 175, is a dedicated GO design that provides the most stability and it is the easiest to learn on. With its short length, its wide outline and when fitted with the supplied Shallow fin, it becomes a good platform for learning and progressing. It is also the GO size that has most racing like performance when fitted with the larger racing fin (also supplied), making it the most powerful and earliest planing GO model for more advanced windsurfers. With extra volume, it is also the perfect family board: kids can play on it, jump on board, learn, experienced adults can blast up and down with full power. The GO 175 has footstrap positions that will cater for the total beginner, progressing sailors and advanced windsurfers.

New constructionFor 2009, the GO collection introduces a new variant of Starboard’s Tufskin technology: using a new manufacturing process known as A.S.T., the GO boards lose their outer plastic skin to be replaced a weight penalty. The rest of the board’s skin remains the same: it is expanding epoxy resin system, which creates a thick, durable and tough designs