2024 Naish Global S28 Windsurf Wave Board

Naish Global S28 All round wave boards

Board Category:  Windsurfing / Wave / All round / Performance / High Wind- Bump-n-Jump

Naish Global S28 – All-round performance Wave boards for real world conditions!
Naish put extensive testing and design effort into creating the Global S28 board line-up. Quickly getting on a plane and reaching top speed is a crucial performance element of the Global that leads to great jumping performance. Combined with a turning ability that allows the rider to drive off his back foot or focus on carving turns off the front foot, this board line truly has everything needed to perform in the widest variety of conditions. It's best suited to side-onshore and onshore conditions while offering enough range to also feel at home in side-shore conditions.
The Global's outline carries a bit more width through the nose and tail compared to a Ho'okipa Quad, giving it additional stability and planing ability. The V-bottom shape starts with a slight V in the entry of the nose area that carries into a V with a slight double concave in its midsection, transferring into a clean V release out the tail. The rocker line focuses on early planing and fast acceleration. Combined with the V-bottom shape, we managed to achieve a turning ability that is comparable to other side-shore boards. The Global's rail shape carries a slight edge with a medium tuck through the nose and midsection that turns sharp just behind the front foot area for ultimate early planing and good acceleration.

Features:
- Sizes: 75, 85, 95 liter options.
- More width in nose and tail.
- Moderate Tail rocker
- V-bottom Nose
- V to Slight Double concave mid-section
- V  Tail release area
- Bottom Y-stringer
- Slight Edge rear rail – for early planing and acceleration.
- Medium tuck in nose through midsection for sharp tuning radius.
- Quad slot box setup
- Maximum suspension EVA deck pad
- Slot Box system
- MFC QS 250 Quad fin set (75/85 =2x14+2x8)
- MFC QS 300 Quad fin set ( 95 2x15+2x9)
- Double foot strap holes – prevents twisting straps
- 4 x’s Naish windsurfing footstraps

Size / Specs:
75 = 218 x 55.5 cm, 5.7 kg / MFC QS 250 Quad fin set
85 =  220 x 57cm, 6.0 kg / MFC QS 250 Quad fin set
95 = 223 x 60.5cm, 6.3 kg / MFC QS 300 Quad fin set

Construction:
S-Glass PVC sandwich = Precision cut CNC EPS core. S-glass PVC deck with vacuum lamination with wood and carbon reinforcements in the stance area. S-glass wood sandwich with vacuum bottom lamination.

Quote: 
We have spent the last 2 years working on the new Global range. The goal was to create a board line that literally works anywhere. For me specifically this means that I can take any of those boards and use them to compete in the majority of the PWA Wave events around the world which are mainly in side-onshore and onshore conditions - Ricardo Campello

Surf Magazine Test 2024 Review 85:
On the water: Despite the rather narrow width, the Global Quad is balanced in the water when bobbing. With the first gust, the board takes off well, runs with a good mix of control and liveliness and reaches a high top speed. Everyone can live with this combination, and on the way out you have the best conditions to hunt for suitable jump ramps. In gybes, the Global turns surprisingly tightly over the back foot, making it ideal for tight radii against the wave. The Global Quad is also pleasantly balanced on the wave. With less speed, you can coax tight turns over the back foot out of the board. Nevertheless, the board can also carve long radii with good control and takes the speed well up to the lip of the wave. Only when there is a lot of wind and high speed on the wave does the shape reach its limit in terms of maneuverability, then you can no longer make the radii as tight as cracks would sometimes like for 360s and tight cutbacks.

Naish Global Quad - the conclusion: The Naish Global Quad offers a great mix of planing power, control and turning characteristics and consequently convinces as a universally usable wave board with a focus on the North and Baltic Sea. Even occasional trips to the Ijsselmeer chop or powerful ocean waves do not upset the Global Quad. For 95 per cent of wave surfers, the Global is probably better suited than the Hookipa Quad, which is noticeably more radical but also more difficult to ride.