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SAXO 270 FULLRIDE
Length: 267cm Width: 56cm
Volume: 97 Weight: 19.5/8.8kg
Upwind: 4.00 Planing: 3.50
Speed: 3.50 Handling: 2.50
Jibe: 3.00 Overall: 3.30
Price: $1,499 Includes: Straps, Pads, Fin
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BIC SAXO 270 FULLRIDE
This board was left to die on the vine. Even Bic must not be interested in it any more, because the distributor never sent us any information on it—unless you count the quo.tes in the Fullride RT material, taken from last year’s tests in foreign
magazines, which said the Freeride was wonderful. Not that we count those quotes.
Its dimensions match the 270 RT, except for slightly more vee in the bottom, which is tunneled, less tuck in the rails, and a little less nose kick. There’s also no rearward footstrap location. But most of all, at 19.5 pounds it’s a whopping 5 pounds heavier than the RT. Despite the durable construction, it wasn’t that much more resistant to dings, although it looked like you could throw it off a truck. And given its forgettable color, as if colored by a flesh-tone crayon, you kind of wanted to. Our guess is that it was
supposed to be a peachy hue, but the paint mixer went postal that day.
It got only two ratings. One sailor gave it three 5’s, a 4 and a 3, and said it was a great bump-and-jump board, too fast for the waves. The other, a non-Bic dealer, gave it all 2’s with one 3. His ratings might have been cruel, but his conclusion was fair. “Save your money and buy the custom RT,” he said.
SCORE: (2 ratings)
Upwind 4.00 Planing 3.50 Speed 3.50 Handling 2.50 Jibe 3.00 Overall 3.30
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