Slingshot 103 Hopecraft Review

[irwe]

Any word for the HC 103 as a Jump-Pump-Glide board? The DC 100 is currently one of the favourites on the market

[Kamikuza]

First edition dwarfcraft micro. Pad started coming off after a couple of months. I actually asked slingshot if they would sell me a new pad and they said they didn’t have any but would pay for new pads under warranty.

Like I said, fantastic customer service. I have owned a lot of slingshot boards and have always been happy with them.

There are a lot of slingshot foil boards and surfboards around here,

At 44cm the hope craft and dwarfcraft micro are about 2cm less in width then the axis tray. Not really any difference for hitting the edge of the board. I think the rounded profile and sharper edge of the slingshots makes it a bit less noticeable when you do hit the rail.

I’d say the 44cm of the slingshot is about the right width in the middle.

It doesn’t look like a lot of room in the tail to me though.

The new pads... yeah the texture on those looks nice.

Weird that they wouldn't sell one, but can replace it -- wonder how that works. There's a few here, but hardly anyone kite foils anymore so there's what, 5 of us "locally" who aren't racing, and 3 are SS boards.

I don't think the Tray I had was 94, think it was a size bigger, but can't remember now... might have been, I remember being surprised that it wasn't that much more difficult to ride than my 3'6", so long as I remembered when I went at the water. But yeah, I'd like even a little narrower in the middle

That mast looks massively wide though, if you mean space to get behind the mast for the back foot. I can't tell looking at the picture, but it looks the same as mine in length That's the shot I was thinking off when I commented on the narrow stance. I'm sure I like a wider stance... but have no idea as nobody is taking photos of me

When I was looking at getting new gear from a different brand way back when, I downloaded pictures of the boards and dropped them in photoshop, then scaled them and traced their outlines, to try and get a feel for how the boards would feel. I think that was mostly a pointless exercise I grabbed the 3'6" because the price was right and if it didn't work, then no big problem. Turns out it's excellent. Maybe the 103 will be the same result, especially if there's more volume under the front...

[Kamikuza]

Couldn't help myself...

[TritonFoils]

Too big!

For the full pocket board experience try:

https://www.tritonfoils.com/store/p19/8 ... board.html

87cm all carbon, made in Italy.

Super responsive.

Rudy @TritonFoils

[Nak]

Too big!

For the full pocket board experience try:

87cm all carbon, made in Italy.

Super responsive.

Rudy @TritonFoils

Hmmm. Pretty rude to pimp your board on another board's review. Slingshot had the confidence to send me a demo to test for a few days, do you? I'll give it an honest review. I even could let a guy who gets massive air on foils try it. Be forewarned though, he's broken more than a few boards. He's been riding the Hopecraft and is absolutely stoked with it as a jumping machine. So again, how confident are you in your board? I'm not affiliated with Slingshot, you can see my affiliation just to the right.

[grigorib]

I’ve got a cool one. Well, another cool one

[Nak]

I’ve got a cool one. Well, another cool one

Nice x 2!