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AMERICAN WINDSURFER MAGAZINE

• FORCAST: Assessment of the Reviews from the Editor 04/18/00
• TEST INTRO: Preview of Test2000 04/25/00
• TOP 10 REASONS WHY U.S. BOARD TESTS ARE BOGUS
(or at least have been until this one, and it will be too, if you take it as gospel)
04/25/00
• FOOTNOTES ON RATINGS: How We Rated 04/25/00
REAL AND DUBIOUS DISTINCTIONS: PART I & Part II
• TESTERS: Meet our Testers 04/25/00
• SAIL REVIEWS: Subscriber Only 04/18/00

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ULTRA LIGHT SLALOM 58
Length: 275 cm Width: 57.5 cm
Volume: 108 ltrs Weight: 13/6kg
Upwind: 4.75 Planing: 4.75
Speed: 4.25 Handling: 4.25
Jibe: 4.25 Overall: 4.60
Price: $1336
Includes: Straps, Pads, Fin


KINETIC Ultra Light Slalom 58


SCORE: (4 ratings)
Upwind 4.75 Planing 4.75 Speed 4.25
Handling 4.25 Jibe 4.5 Overall 4.60

COMMENTS:
“Fast like any Jimmy Lewis board—geared toward the Racer Guy. A hard ride, and you must be aggressive to turn it properly.”

On the day when the water was like glass inside the reef, with winds still in the 12-20 range, our workhorse woman gave the 58 straight 5’s. She said, “It is great! In true slalom board style, it’s a rocket ship. Although a 4.3 sail is not what I’d normally use on a slalom board, it never felt unbalanced and came out of jibes as fast as it went in. I sail a 270 Thommen at home in the Midwest, and this board felt just as fast.”
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