Ultra Short Board Concept

Board lengths shrink season by season. But could we also be on the verge of wiping-out both volume and rails as we know them?

Snowboards. Wakeboards. Kiteboards. Snow and Waterskis. They can all be tight turning and hard-carving at speed, but they have hard edges and a lack of rail shape in common. There's also the resurgence for the Alaia, finless hard-edged ancient Hawaiian surfboards going on, that proves thin, sharp edges can carve. 'Regular' Surfboards and windsurfing boards have a mix if 'fat' rail shapes from square to tucked and rounded. So could it be possible that a sailboard could feature an 'edge' rather than a rail, and still be capable of carving a turn? And could that board float enough to sail off the plane?

Mark 'Sav' Salvage is a well-known figure on the UK windsurfing scene. He's also an Engineer for Airbus. Chief of Non-Destructive Testing - Ultra Sonics, for the A400 Project to be precise. This dreadlocked Mad Professor has been thrashing around in his shed looking for a solution to trim down unnecessary bulk from his boards. (He once made his own 'Wind Weapon Glider too.) So what's he discovered now?