Simmer Style - Frugal Review 11/11/2013
Simmer Style is pushing out a whole new style of sailboards for 2014. Much shorter than before (210cm for a 77 litre), these boards look like something between a surfboard fish and a Starboard Evo. The Frugal, meaning among other things un-wasteful, is indeed a nice looking board full with promise, but is it a board that excels only in small waves like a fish, or can it also handle bigger down the line waves?
I was the lucky person to be one of the first to have a crack on the Frugal in West OZ. Being much smaller than my good old Evo, this board should turn a lot tighter. The first day was a small Spot X day. With the quad set up and back fins all the way to the front, the Frugal really came alive. The board planed easy despite it???s size, especially if you move your weight a bit backwards towards the tail. The turns are sharp and the board quickly snaps around without...