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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
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251 WAVE
Length: 249 cm Width: 53 cm
Volume: 75 ltrs Weight: 13.5/6.2kg
Upwind: 4.00 Planing: 4.00
Speed: 3.80 Handling: 4.80
Jibe: 4.40 Overall: 4.20
Price: $1,495
Includes: Straps, Pads, Fin

TIGA 251 WAVE

SCORES: (5 ratings)
Upwind 4.0 Planing 4.0 Speed 3.8
Handling 4.8 Jibe 4.4 Overall 4.2

COMMENTS:
“Very loose in the turns, but stable and comfortable in a reach.
I want to sail this board some more.”

“On a very gusty day, I was more comfortable on the Sailboards Maui 8-4 with the Aerotech 4.75 than the Tiga 251 with Sailworks Revo 4.8.” Yet he still gave the board a 5 in Handling.

STAFF:
Upwind 3.0, Planing 3.67, Speed 4.0,
Handling 4.67, Jibe 4.67, Overall 4.0

COMMENTS:
“Very very smooth and very easy to sail and jibe,” said Hedy. “ Not very high performance, but I felt very comfortable on it.”

Said Mark, “Comfortable, fast and loves the waves, particularly sideshore waves, where it has room to carve up the face.”
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