In fluorescent colour and with a deck as flat as the Lamborghini Countach, the Volar is not a wallflower in the freeride field. The large, wide and flat deck is equipped with every conceivable loop anchor at the rear. From learning loop surfing to dedicated heating, the board can be adapted effortlessly and appeals to a wide target group.
This is complemented by the stable water position right from the start, which does not change until top speed. The flat bow hisses very close to the water, the board hardly tilts or wobbles sideways and the nose stays down even in strong gusts. Even though the deck has almost no forward curve, the board glides flat but freely enough over the waves with a 17 centimetre scoop. However, if it does pick up a few choppy waves, they hit a little more crisply under the bow. This is particularly noticeable as the board otherwise glides over the water very smoothly under the soles of the feet. Thanks to the pleasant rounding in the rear deck area, you can also stand comfortably in the inside positions of the straps without stretching your ankle too much. In the outside position, the heels are almost race-orientated on the thin but slightly boxy edge. The stable gliding position always ensures a secure feeling, requires little body tension and even waves or small load errors will only move the board off course in slow motion and very tentatively.
You can and must initiate the jibe with corresponding vigour. With solid foot pressure, the board places itself on the rail, then stabilises itself in its favourite radius (medium to wide) and continues to glide steadily through the water - whether mirror-smooth or rough and rutted - at top speed on the new course. A gliding power jibe could hardly be easier. Against very tight, "snappy" turns, however, the board builds up a resistance that can only be overcome with a lot of weight and is unlikely to be manageable for light surfers.
Goya Volar - the conclusion
The Volar is as easy to surf and jibe as a JP Magic Ride and is also a touch sportier. The board loves medium to wide power jibe radii and rides them as if over a set switch, whereas really tight turns are only possible for heavy surfers.
Learn power jibe, easy surfing
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Tight turns
Technical data Goya Volar Carbon 110
- Weight: 7.12 kg
- Length: 244.8 cm
- Width: 70.8 cm
- Length of sliding surface: 91 cm
- Rocker: 2.5 mm
- Shape at 33 cm from tail: flat V, 5 mm
- Shape at 100 cm from tail: slightly double concave V, 6 mm
- Price: 2090*/1550** Euro
- Info under goyawindsurfing.com
all data measured by surf
Goya Volar: Available sizes and data
*Volar Carbon, **Volar
