Freeride 3.5-6.5m

Immaculate handling in all conditions

Wave sails are cut for manoeuvrability and don’t tend to generate much down-force through the mastfoot. The Storm provides significantly greater drive than a pure wave sail, locking boards to the water over chop and delivering superb low-end power. This is matched by a top-end that makes for unrivalled high-wind blasting performance in a no-cam sail. 

Constructed entirely of X-ply and Kevlar reinforced laminates, with double width seams in impact areas and PVC crash panel, this sail will take the kind of punishment usually only hardcore wave sails can survive.

Magenta/Black Cyan/Black Red/Black Yellow/Black

"Especially good at what most want to do: to go fast and handle speedy corners"

Peter Hart

Magenta/Black

Magenta/Black

Cyan/Black

Cyan/Black

Red/Black

Red/Black

Yellow/Black

Yellow/Black

Tushingham Flag

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Harty summarises the sensational Storm

Tushingham Flag

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Tuning tips

Tuning

The Storm is designed to have a wide variety of settings to give a huge wind range. There are two main ways to set the sail:

A. Rigging with outhaul tension being the main control (usually for lighter winds or a more powerful style)
Tension the downhaul so that the leech is just beginning to go loose between the upper battens. Then tension the outhaul so the batten above and below the boom are lying with their front tips approximately midway between the side and the back of the mast.

You can now use the outhaul adjustment to control the sail's power:
To decrease power, increase outhaul tension so the front batten tips are level with or pulled away from the back of the mast. To increase power, ease outhaul tension so that the front tip of the battens are level with the side of the mast (halfway round).

B. Rigging with downhaul tension being the main control (stronger winds, blasting or for more forgiving feel)
Tension the downhaul so that the leech is moderately loose between all the upper battens. (This is a fair bit more downhaul than in 'A' above) You will need a few centimetres of outhaul to pull the front tip of the battens between the side and the back of the mast. The outhaul is still used to fine tune the power, but when using this amount of downhaul, it's the downhaul that becomes the dominant control and can be adjusted accordingly.

The easiest way of checking downhaul is by looking at the leech tension. There’s a wide range of settings, here’s a good guide:

  • MINIMUM SETTING for light winds: downhaul so the leech is loose (i.e. quite floppy) to the second batten down.
  • MID-POINT SETTING for most “comfortably powered” sailing: as above but with a loose leech to the third batten down.
  • MAXIMUM SETTING for very overpowered windy conditions: loose leech almost to the fourth batten down.

 

Trim

  • For more control (i.e. overpowered conditions) - Use the downhaul setting as in ‘B’. above.
  • For pure downwind blasting speed - Let off the outhaul by about 1 -2cm so there is very little tension by the clew.
  • For improved upwind performance - apply an extra 1cm of outhaul.
  • For pure wave performance (i.e. jumping and riding) - A fraction more downhaul and 1cm of extra outhaul will help control on the wave face.
  • Underpowered - Use the setting as in ‘A’ above allowing the battens above and below the boom to rotate with the front tips halfway across the mast.

Mast Selection

  • The Storm is optimised for standard diameter masts and we highly recommend the Carbon 75 or FreeWave 45 masts for all applications. They induce an efficient foil for the smoothest power delivery, fastest speeds and most stable top-end.
  • The reduced diameter RD Wave and RD 60 are also compatible, offering improved low-end power.

Further Assistance

Contact your Tushingham dealer or e-mail rigging@tushingham.com for a professional response from one of our Team.

 

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6.0 Jan/Feb 2013 Windsurf Mag

"The Tushingham Storm is a highly versatile and hassle-free sail to use, with great plug-and-play potential that riders of all levels can instantly enjoy. It’s best suited to the more freeride focused riders who want to blast around at high speeds and turn with ease and style, but is also pretty capable of venturing out into some waves and it certainly won’t hold you back if you fancy busting out some freestyle moves at any point."

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6.0 Jan/Feb 2013 Windsurf Mag
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