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CRACK THATWHIP 98 SMORGASBOARDER | SUMMER <strong>2016</strong>
igidity while keeping the board reasonably thin (under 4 inches, not bad for an inflatable). They have achieved this with a batten system that slides into a sleeve on each rail. They call it the RSS Batten System, sort of like rail stringers. The other piece of technology that has made for a more rigid and lighter board is a construction method called MSL Fusion, which you can check out on their website if you really need to know that stuff. It has two thruster-type built-in fins and a removable fin which screws into a fin box. All this basically means is that they’re really into it and ya gotta love that. The good folks at Paddleboarding NZ lent me one, along with a 3 piece bamboo shaft paddle which fits neatly with the board and pump into a really well designed travel bag that has wheels on the base for easy rolling, some back pack straps so that you can carry it to remote breaks, a couple of well placed carry handles and everything easily loaded and unloaded via a front opening zip system. Weight is around 12 or 13kgs and you can squeeze in a wettie and towel as well. Once again great design. SO HOW DOES IT TRAVEL AND HOW DOES IT RIDE? First trip I took it on was to the Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island. Air New Zealand charged me $30 each way as an extra bag which I thought was reasonable, unfortunately there was no swell and constant westerly winds for the entire time that I was there, which I thought was predictable, so it never came out of the bag. Next trip was to Sydney, super easy travelling with the Whip, Air New Zealand charged me $50 each way this time, starting to get a bit unattractive I thought, really need to get some use out of it. Chucked it into the back of the airport shuttle and off to the Northern Beaches for family, friends and any number of breaks working in a multitude of conditions, all now SUP surf accessible in Mum’s 1984 Toyota Corolla with no roof racks. No need to walk to Long Reef and pray a Southerly doesn’t hit before you get there. Just fold the Whip into thirds (leaving the RSS battens in the rails) chuck it in the back seat and off you go. The first day was 40 degrees Celsius and pumping it up in the car park was a bit of a challenge - wishing someone would invent the SUMMER <strong>2016</strong> | SMORGASBOARDER 99
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