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?

This dreadlocked Mad Professor has been thrashing around in his shed looking for a solution to trim down unnecessary bulk from his boards