Starboard’s eQFOiL Concept Board Unveiled | Sustainability Focused Windfoil Board

Check out Starboard Windsurfing's new eQFOiL concept board, a windfoil board holding the same shape as Starboard's Olympic iQFOiL class board, but designed with a focus on minimizing environmental impact.
Hear from the Starboard team on how they developed this unique board and what it means to them to push the boundaries for sustainability in sport.
Learn more about Starboard's environmental work at: blue.star-board.com

[@Ezz21377]

Yay more spending money 💰 (the iqfoil setup is expensive and now we will have to buy new sets?)

[@4dm1r47]

prof. athletes have 5-10 sets because of the variability in in weight, stiffness etc. The sail is increadibly thin. and wasnt there the freeride series of starboard which delaminated due to "eco-friendly resin"? Stop the bullshit and bring products with performance and durability. And dont make neither the athlete nor the consumer your beta-tester. this is green-washing at its finest.

[@rodgerrodger1367]

Agreed, Starboard are wasting their efforts on being "green" when in reality they should be producing products that never break or need to be replaced.

[@markward8870]

Agreed, durable equipment is much more environmentally friendly in the long run. 30 year old Mistral one design Olympic boards are still going strong. IQFoil boards are fragile and competitive racers replace their boards, sails and foils at least once a year. Sounds like more green-washing propaganda.
I made my Windfoil Race board by recycling a discarded RS:X Olympic board and it is stronger and at least 1.5kg lighter than an IQFoil board : th-cam.com/video/dGSU-PjL548/w-d-xo.html.

[@Beachbumextraordinaire]

Ask the guys at Duotone. They were using basalt in their boards 10 years ago...

[@rodgerrodger1367]

The work of Starboard in getting windfoiling to the olympics is admirable, but in the last bit of time the brand has become a joke in an effort to maximise profit instead of actually producing good products. Your Wingfoiling gear is a complete joke and pathetic attempt at bringing 1 design rubbish into a sport known for diversity. Keep to making IQfoil gear that works well and is cheap instead of trying to rip off consumers with your silly branding.

[@Gryffins90]

Your production quality is so bad, athletes have to buy many many sets of foils. So you can multiply by 10 the carbon impact of each set because your quality is so bad even at a premium price!

[@Wacoal34d]

I don't get what this video is about. A new board or advances in sustainability?

[@17art3an]

Do you get tax deduction from beeing so green ;)?

[@JD-wf9rc]

🎉🎉 cool! Do you have also front and rear wings for stronger wind and more high performance slalom for iq foil users?

[@user-du5yk4yh1q]

Remy