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404 JOY Downwind Board

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Created by Yardsale > 9 months ago, 27 Sep 2016
Yardsale
66 posts
27 Sep 2016 5:59AM
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Looking for some paddler feedback on the 404 JOY. "Anyone, Bueller..... anyone?"

SurfNiels
182 posts
27 Sep 2016 4:55PM
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I briefly tried the 404 downwind board, I got told that it was a pre-series model as it was 24' wide
It looked nice quality with a great pad. The shape look a bit old school( no offence) to me, huge nose kick ( almost like the old javelin) and pintail.
lots of volume and pretty stabile. catches bumps with ease




LucBenac
431 posts
27 Sep 2016 10:27PM
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That bit looks like the Riviera DW board. It is totally old school and works like a proven design works - great. I love mine for the conditions we have here. Short period, confused chop, limited wind. My Riviera is also really light at 24 lbs fro a 14x26. It gets me through the muck and when wind and chop align then it goes flying. Initially I was not too sure, as the trend is more toward hybrid boards with very little rocker but after trying it, the comfort of the nose and tail rocker fit in short period is just too much to pass.
Cheers,
Luc

Yardsale
66 posts
28 Sep 2016 2:45AM
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LucBenac said..
That bit looks like the Riviera DW board. It is totally old school and works like a proven design works - great. I love mine for the conditions we have here. Short period, confused chop, limited wind. My Riviera is also really light at 24 lbs fro a 14x26. It gets me through the muck and when wind and chop align then it goes flying. Initially I was not too sure, as the trend is more toward hybrid boards with very little rocker but after trying it, the comfort of the nose and tail rocker fit in short period is just too much to pass.
Cheers,
Luc


Luc, the production model doesn't have any where near the forward kick of the Riviera Downwind board (which is dramatic) To me it looks more like the V2 but has a wider pin tail (26.5") and less tail rocker. I've seen that Riviera in action and it looks like a blast in large swell. SurfNiels, possibly the one you tried was based on the old custom design which was also 24" wide, the one I've seen on the rack has nose kick, but nothing dramatic. Thanks for the feeddback!

LucBenac
431 posts
28 Sep 2016 10:22AM
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Yardsale said..


LucBenac said..
That bit looks like the Riviera DW board. It is totally old school and works like a proven design works - great. I love mine for the conditions we have here. Short period, confused chop, limited wind. My Riviera is also really light at 24 lbs fro a 14x26. It gets me through the muck and when wind and chop align then it goes flying. Initially I was not too sure, as the trend is more toward hybrid boards with very little rocker but after trying it, the comfort of the nose and tail rocker fit in short period is just too much to pass.
Cheers,
Luc




Luc, the production model doesn't have any where near the forward kick of the Riviera Downwind board (which is dramatic) To me it looks more like the V2 but has a wider pin tail (26.5") and less tail rocker. I've seen that Riviera in action and it looks like a blast in large swell. SurfNiels, possibly the one you tried was based on the old custom design which was also 24" wide, the one I've seen on the rack has nose kick, but nothing dramatic. Thanks for the feeddback!



Yes the Riviera DW is a full on banana and it also works pretty good in short period. (we do not have the large swell here :-) ).
The 14x25 with square tail looks like a damn nice board if somewhat too narrow fro my taste.
www.standonliquid.com/404-joy-dw-carbon-14-paddle-board

Thanks for the clarification.



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