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Help with old equipment

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:26 pm
by 2old2surf
I have a older Alpha 205 board (12.5 feet long) that I don 't want to store this winter......does anybody want it ? ...or know how to get rid of it ? ...also have older booms and sails for free....thanks

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:47 pm
by mortontoemike
How old are you 2old? I'm trying to plan retirement and I need to know.

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:32 am
by firstonlastoff
Mtm & retirement;
Plan A - Give all of your gear away except your smelly wetsuit (see later), donate your big kahuna's of cash to folo's quiver, and become a living snarling cursing wind-sage legend who wears a smelly wetsuit (Huggies may help!) as a four-wheelin' wheel-chair gear caddy on the beach at Nitnat.
Plan B - Find a retirement adviser other than folo!

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:46 pm
by 2old2surf
I dropped it off at Ellice Recycling on David St. this afternoon....its in the oversize bin....call them at 250-386-4342 if you want it....good luck

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:14 pm
by downwind dave
free SUP board! act fast!

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:18 pm
by Teabag
The 205 Alpha is a SUP board?

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:24 pm
by downwind dave
dude it's 12'6" what else do you need! :lol:

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:45 pm
by Teabag
Not sure never tried a SUP but people who tried it said it wasnt that hard to stay on it.

On the other hand I have tried a windsurf from an Hotel in Mexico.... It was impossible to stay on it without someone holding it.... A little tiny tiny bit more weight on one side and the board flip in less then a sec. (wasn't that long tho)

Is that Alpha 205 a windsurfing board or an actual SUP? I google alpha 205 board but nothing come up other then some stuff not related.

I would certainly like a SUP board but not one where it is almost impossible to stay on it. Have you ever tried this board as a SUP?

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:54 pm
by more force 4
Teabag, its going to be tippy. Fine for windsurfers to SUP with their increased balance skills :lol: [/list]

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:14 pm
by downwind dave
i have actually paddled on an old alpha and it was pretty tippy. if you are just touring a lake or bay it would be ok especially if you can drop down a daggerboard. to qualify my earlier statement i should have said "its free, what more do you need" :lol: probably shredded by now though. :lol: