"The Wave Panther is the hardcore wave sail. It has new cloth in the leech. This cloth is made just for us. The yarns are 100% Technora. Technora is an aramid, like Kevlar, but has much better UV and flexing durability than Kevlar. The warp (longitudinal) are closely spaced and give extremely low stretch up the leech. The stretch in the warp direction is 40% less than out regular Spectra X film. In addition, the new cloth has much thinner film as compared to the X film. The thinner film gives better UV life because it does not get as brittle as thicker film. The UV testing we did showed the new cloth to have about double the UV life. In addition, the new cloth is about 25% lighter than our standard Spectra X film.


I've shortened the boom, especially on the bigger sizes and reduced the leech hollow to keep the area the same. The 6.3 is about 7.0 cm shorter on the boom and the 4.2 is about the same as last year. The 5.5 has about the same boom length as last year's 5.2, the new 5.2 is where the old 5.0 was, the new 5.0 is at the old 4.7, etc. The shorter boom is nicer for wave riding. The low end has not been effected.


The foot shape (depth at foot batten) is slightly less than last year. This makes the sails flip easier and hasn't hurt the low end.


The wave panther has lighter feel than the 2008 sail and is a bit more stable.


The rigging is similar, except it doesn't take quite as much outhaul. For example, the 2008 4.7 had 10cm for the maximum outhaul, the Wave Panther has 8.5 cm. The minimum outhaul setting of both are still 6.0 cm."


David Ezzy




Some selected prices for the 2009 models:

4.2m - £372.50

4.7m - £382.50

5.2m - £395

5.8m - £405