Starboard is excited to release the new Starboard Race range: the most winning All Star and the Sprint being the fastest flat-water racing board.
The ultimate in all water conditions, the All Star and high-performance Sprint, have been fine-tuned to conquer the 2024 and 2025 racing seasons. This means that the boards Starboard is launching on March 1st will continue to shine through 2025 as well.
For both models, we focused on refining the much proven and loved concepts, rather than creating a completely new concept. As we already had so many years of experience and innovation, we want to expand on tweaking the extra level needed to stay at the front of the pack.
More forgiving round tails and reduced volume are just some updates that have left the Starboard Dream Team feeling impressed and excited after the World Championship races in Thailand, where Starboard riders secured 29 medals on the podium and Starboard racing boards maintained their dominance in the industry.
‘Before getting started with R&D, we asked all of the team riders a lot of questions to really understand what they wanted to achieve. This can sometimes be complex as we have the biggest team in the industry, with a mixture of genders, sizes, conditions and riding styles. So the feedback was very good for us to “see the full picture” before we hone in on the design changes.’
Ollie O’Reilly
STARBOARD SUP BRAND MANAGER
ALL STAR
ONE BOARD, ALL CONDITIONS
For the All Star the full-size range was updated.
These are some of key features updated:
- ROUNDED TAIL OUTLINE
which creates better hydrodynamic flow at the tail, for less wash and a faster gliding board. It made it easier to do fast buoy turns and was more forgiving to change direction when going downwind. - VEE BEHIND THE FIN BOX
for easier turning in the surf and aiding a better release. - NEW OPEN-STYLE COCKPIT DESIGN
allowed us to reduce weight and give more room in the standing area, and by removing volume in front it is more comfortable to rest your chest for beach starts.
- REDUCTION IN VEE IN THE BOTTOM SHAPE
to increase the overall stability and useability of the board, giving more control in chop and more power in flat.
“The board is pretty incredible. Refined tail has really changed the game for me. The tail is allowing nice buoy turns, catching bumps quite well. It’s one of the best All Star ever created” – Connor Baxter
SPRINT
THE FASTEST GOT EVEN FASTER
For the Sprint, it shares several learnings from the All Star, updating only the 21.5” and the 23.5” models.
- ROUNDED TAIL OUTLINE
We carried over the same new rounded tail outline, which helped reduce wash, make it easier to turn and generally created less drag. - VEE BEHIND THE FIN BOX
for a smoother release, making it much harder for others to draft. - NEW OUTLINE
which is the big change for the Sprint. We widened the overall outline and moved the widest point further forward and extended the standing forwards. This means you have a wider stance at the mid point of the board, giving more stability and control. The width runs slightly in front of the standing, allowing a more predictable glide.
‘As soon as you put your paddle in the water, you are automatically accelerating forward’ – Fiona Wylde
ECO ACTION WITH EVERY BOARD
10 X CLIMATE POSITIVE
For every board sold, Starboard plants 3 mangrove trees with Worldview International Foundation. Each Mighty Mangrove sinks down 673kg of VCS certified CO2 during its first 25 years. Together, our 3 mangroves offset the boards Carbon Emissions 10 X over and fund local livelihoods projects in Myanmar.
PLASTIC OFFSET PROGRAM
Buy a board and we pick up 1.4 kg of beach/ ocean plastic trash – equivalent to the amount of plastic trash entering the ocean, per person, per year. Starboard balances this amount for our customers.
