Has anybody got any thoughts on the JP freeride i would be interested

I think you really need to talk to Ernie abut JP's



Maybe he'll post his feelings for all to hear....

Quite a nice board to sail on the lake /tide but a little stiff for wave use. Is a little too quick for real freestyle use. I would put it more into a medium to higher wind wind bump and jump type board, great for carving tricks.



What volume do you require in a board?

I have two JP boards one built whilst owned by F2 (72 litre Wave 250), one built after the Neil Pryde buy out (freestyle wave 94).....



Performance wise JP boards are everthing you want them to be.

Contruction wise there is a huge difference between the two I own.



-->The wave board is bullet proof.



-->The freestyle wave appears delicate (I'm being VERY honest when you consider I'm trying to sell it).



That having been said I'm hugely pleased with the way both perform on the water. Provided you are not gong to be trying too many freestyle tricks or already have them wired, even the freestyle wave is a great board.



I don't know if I own a 'lemon', or it's early production problems, or this is generally reflected across the latest JP's.......

Jones, I think you may be interested in my JP freeride Carve (2002) 106 litres, it can easily handle 7M down to 5.5M (7.5-5m max range) and is very fast and as long as you don't mind sheeting in at v.high speeds gybes really well.



It is going to be replaced by a freestyle board as it is just too fast for learning Vulcans on! The idea of landing backwards at 30Kts is too scary!



On the subject of JP durability I own a 2001 freestyle wave which is very strong but the outer _layer_ of resin is quite brittle and a 2002 66L waveboard which seems so far to be bulit proof. The 106 seems fine, it barely has a scratch on it, in fact is does not have a scratch on it at all !



Marc

I also have a freeride board for Sail. A RRD Avantmove (2002) with 105lites of volume. Takes sails from 7.5m2 down to 5.0m2 Its orange fading to white see their website for details www.robertoriccidesigns.com