TEST-LEADER Mistral Beast 76 (Surf Magazine 1-2/2007) 37
Well it seems after a string of fantastic results in the waves during 2006 Mistral has pulled out an amazing wave board for 2007. Below is a summary of the German Surf Magazine test article copy from the Mistral website.
Article from Mistral News
level: expert / wave
ranking:
- Radical Wave riding
- New School Jumping
- Extreme wind & wave conditions
Conditions: waves and high wind
Construction: Carbon-Kevlar sandwich
Shaper: Mark Nelson
Key features:
- Shorter in length and revised outline for new school skate style
- Totally revised bottom shape – new single to double concave hull (similar to modern surfboards) for increased wave riding performance
- Deck channels for increased strength
- Revised Swallow tail for aggressive turns Nose chine on the bottom for water redirection, and control in radical maneuvers
- New Air Pod Footpads
- Lower Apex “Power” rail to improve initial bite at the start of the turn and extra grip during the turn
- New Customized Fin by Kai Hopf, now in G10
With the Beast 76 Mistral has developed another high-performance Waveboard. Based on the Worldcup Shapes from Nik Baker & the Brasilian Young Gun Marcilio Browne they have developed in co-operation with Mark Nelson the greatest Waveboard on the Market.
Great Acceleration, the board provides you with an ultimative kick. Once you push the edge when doing an bottom turn, it push you so deep into the wave, it feels like standing in a barrel ! There has never been a better waveboard on the market than the Beast 76.
Summary of the German SURF MAGAZINE: A Board which feels home in all kind of locations, either Klitmöller, Sunset Beach or Hookipa.
