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REAL AND DUBIOUS DISTINCTIONS Part II
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FASTEST BOARDS:
RRD 266 Freeride
STARBOARD WAVE 72

I WUZ ROBBED:
RRD 286

QUICKEST PLANING BOARD UNDER 120 LITERS:
RRD AvantRide 70

BEST HANDLING BOARD:
Starboard Carve 99

CRACK! OOPS!
Mark Archer buckles the Starboard Starfish 90, landing after a loop (or was it an attempted loop?)

BOARDS WHOSE
RATINGS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE:
AHD 257 Power Wave
RRD 258 MPE Wave
Sailboards Maui 8-8
Starboard Starfish 90

MOST CONSISTENT RATINGS:
French 8-11
Simmer 4.7 WaveComp

OBJECT OF AFFECTION OF SCANTILY-CLAD FEMALES:
RRD 248 MPE Wave

“ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING” CHAMPION, BY A KNOCKOUT:

Jackie Butzen

SAILORS WHO CRACKED FINS ON THE REEF:
How much time you got?

BOARDS AND SAILS WITH UNANIMOUS 5’S
IN ANY SINGLE CATEGORY:
None

BEST-LOOKING SAILS, WHICH IS TO SAY SAILS THAT MOST LOOKED LIKE THEY CAME OUT OF A VICTORIA’S SECRET CATALOG, EVEN WITH THEIR SKULL-AND-CROSSBONES LOGO:
Tushinghams

BOARDS WHOSE GRAPHICS MOST MADE THEM LOOK LIKE AN ADOLESCENT SCREAMING FOR ATTENTION WIT

H WEIRD TATTOOS:
RRD MPE Waves

MOST RUGGED SAIL:
Simmer Reef

FLIMSIEST SAIL:
Simmer Freezone

BASICALLY, IT SUCKED: (OR, THAT’S THE THANKS YOU GET FOR TRYING TO BUILD AN AFFORDABLE SAIL) Bump and Jump

YOU BRING US ALL THE WAY TO MAUI AND YOU BARELY GET US WET!
Nearly every board over 120 liters and sail over 7.0 meters

RINGERS:
Loft 5.9 O2 Freeride, whose $599 Fiberspar Reflex 6000 mast may have catapulted it into first place

Pryde 5.4 SuperNova, whose Reflex 6000 didn’t seem to do much for its score

TOP 7 BOARDS:
1.Bic Saxo 270 Robert Teritehau
4.29 overall average score

2. (tie) RRD 248 MPE Wave 4.28
RRD AvantRide 70 4.28

4. Starboard Carve 99 4.26

5. (tie) RRD 266 Freeride 4.24
RRD 265 TwinTip Freestyle 4.24

7. French 9-2 4.23

TOP 5 SAILS*
1. Loft 5.9 O2 Freeride 4.32**
2. Loft 5.0 Wave Lip 4.25
3. (tie) Gaastra 4.7 Grind 4.20
Sailworks 6.0 Retro 4.18
5.Windwing 5.2 Catalyst 4.17

*8 or more ratings
** rigged on Fiberspar Reflex 6000 mast

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