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The Loft Tests 2006 |
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PLANCHEMAG 06 TEST QUOTES
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Wind magazine | O2 FREERIDE CONCEPT – 5.9 |
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Wind magazine 2006 test results Translation by Mauro Giffoni
FREERIDE WITH POWER-BOOST AND KNOWS HOW TO JIBE!
With its profile firmly maintained by six battens and a small flexible batten at the head with a pretty name (Sensitip), this O2 could very well have appeared in the category Performance Freeride!
Monty Spindler likes versatile sails, his designs are able to mark points in all the fields; the designs are not limited to only one single use. The definition of the profile is exemplary, the sail shape very harmonious and is well placed in the low part, while the work of leech is really neat, with a progressive and important twist in the higher part. One also assesses the quality of construction and assembly, with a choice of materials of most judicious, in particular of solids films woven in all the zone in front of the pilot, in order to offer a flexibility in use.
The finishing details are perfectly neat with good reinforcements, a high mast protection and thick and a good system roll-up strap; now almost standard on all the sails or almost.
Well balanced and very pleasant in hand, not too heavy in spite of the significant number of battens, it offers a power and accelerations widely higher than the average of this group and reached an excellent speed without one being obliged to work hard for the speed. Indeed, piloting is very natural and really powerful, the O2 is at the same time fast and very stable with high winds, the profile shape is stable, the four carbon battens and the very flexible leech fulfilling their role perfectly. One is fixed without any problem, and the handiness remains, even if the freestyle transitions are not as light as with a sail less constructed! The rotation of the profile is perfect and the exit of jibes really good.
+: Profile definition, acceleration, assembly, finishing details, feeling while navigating
-: transition
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Wind magazine | CONCEPT 360 – 5.8 |
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Wind magazine 2006 test results Translation by Mauro Giffoni
COMPACT, ACCESSIBLE AND VERY HANDY
 Monty Spindler does not offer many sail ranges.... The Concept 360 is added to the O2 and Lip Wave ranges for 06 to satisfy the needs for freestylers and entry-level windsurfers who seek a sail that is both light and easy, as well very handy sail in transitions. The design is compact, with a very big length of boom and a short mast length. The body completely consists of woven films, without the reinforcements being too heavy. The finishing details are particularly neat, the concern of the least detail was not forgotten by the American designer living in Tarifa. There is a beautiful mast protection, thick, molded and quite high, covering moreover perfectly the tack.
The feeling in the hand is really easy, this 360 is very light and is well balanced. The power is well gathered around the boom, accelerations are pleasant, quite progressive and never too brutal… This makes it possible to plane very accessibly and particularly soft, appreciable to take its first steps without concern.
The behaviour in the gusts is good, but the power on the back hand is more important and can be not pleasant… better is not to choose to sail with a too great surface.
Lastly, the handiness is soft and easy in the jibes and tacks, it is always tolerant and a pleasant because of its neutrality without fault. The boom, as it is somewhat long, can be slightly cumbersome for the technical transitions under the boom in freestyle.
+: versatility, accessibility, softness of use, neutrality/rotation of the profile, finish/upperworks
-: behaviour in strong gusts, boom a little long for technical freestyle
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