EvanOR wrote:Construction is the same, but the Wide board appears to be a little thinner.
Yup. When we released this year's line of Mako boards the new Mako Wide was designed on the planform of the Original Mako 150 but was a fresh start. We tweaked the flex and the rocker in addition to adding the extra width. At the time the logic was simple, as Bfay says above, the Original Mako was so perfect we did not want to change a thing about it so we left the mold the same for the 150 narrow but tweaked with things for the new Mako Wide.
The result is a board with a massive wind range that you can do a ton of stuff with. In really high winds you can carve it as hard or harder than any other board on the market. In really light stuff it has a huge running surface to keep you on a plane and the added flex makes it a dream to ride in choppy waters.
If you have not had an opportunity to ride this board get in touch with your local shop and have them bring in a demo model for you to try. I am not at all exaggerating when I tell you that we have not had one board returned to us after people have had an opportunity to try the board for themselves.
Evan and I will be at the 2008 Pismo event with a couple of these boards there for demo, we will be in the Gorge around the beginning of May, intend to be in SC to do an event with Aircompany and will possibly be in South Padre as well in the coming months. If you can get to any of these events we would be happy to get you out on one of our boards or the new 08 Rise!
John Z
