'In my mind there have been some real stand out boards that have vanished' explains Sav. 'The Starboard Compact [2004 204cm x 83cm 126l] was really short with a bulbous nose and turned off the wind so fast it threw you off. So did the inflatable Mistral Windglider...that had tiny fins and the biggest roundest rails ever. The idea of a short board with a stubby nose came from those. You can see many boards already heading that direction now, but still with relatively thick rails - not 'edges'.

Normally, if the wind's light I go kiteboarding. I struggle with bigger sails - anything over 6.0 really. I want to be able to plane easily. I noticed that you can plane at a fast walking pace with a kite because it pulls you up from the water. I had a bet with a friend once that I could wakeboard behind someone running because it takes no energy once you are up to pull you along. This is even truer for a windsurfer. We attached a rope to some volunteers and found I could easily get up and carve just with people running pulling the rope.

I've seen kiters fly past me and crank turns on pieces of flat plywood without fins' says Sav, who sails in the super strong currents of the Bristol Channel. He's also tried nearly every board on the market in the last decade or so in his role as 'Demo Day Man' for JP Australia at events all over the UK. At a mere 65 kilos, it's easy for Sav to say this, but his concept is still simple - do we really need all this volume? And how will we get going without it?