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Ole wrote: Where did the Uno Max end up? I am surprised that he Ion was faster than the Uno Max...
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peterpav wrote: Im glad a manufacturers rep is reading forums, but thought they'd appreciate some unbiased feedback rather than criticising.
Maybe the Max just needs more of an acclimatisation period than the ION to get the best out of it.
I'm not an elite paddler by any stretch of the imagination, but as pointed out, we were all instantly fastest in the V10 which is older and tippier. One of us had never been in the Max, ION, or V10 before. If we went further the gap just got wider. Maybe if I was an elite paddler and trained 14 times per week instead of 4 the results might be different.
The skis I have spent the most time on are a Green7 and more recently in the Fenn Elite. Both were slower than every other ski here in a flat water sprint. As pointed out, I am splitting hairs as they are all quite close and a faster paddler will beat a slower paddler.
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Ranga wrote: Stew this is a common problem in surfski paddling. People try to paddle above their means in terms of the ski and go slower!
No matter how hard you try to explain this, deaf ears are the order of the day. "I want the fastest ski available!" or " this ski is slow because it is stable."
They do their test paddle on a flat lake for 2 minutes and then think they are good enough for downwind paddling.
A common phrase after a downwind is, "I never fell out this time." It however should be "I could put all my power into getting onto runs and felt rock steady and had great fun."
I managed to change a friend over from a V10 Sport to a V8, he went twice as fast on the V8, "how can that be?" Simple, no matter how fast you can swim with your ski it is still faster to float whilst on top of the ski without even paddling in downwind!
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