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Kalama Barracuda Downwind SUP Foil Board 2023

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Kalama Barracuda Downwind SUP Foil Board 2023

Original price was: $310.00.Current price is: $98.99.

SKU: YMLND 80633 Categories: SUP, SUP Boards Tags: Downwind, Kalama

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T.J.’s take:

The Kalama Barracuda started it all…it’s the shape created by master waterman Dave Kalama from Maui HI, with initial intensions to bring downwind foiling to the prone world.

As we played around with this long and narrow concept, we found that 21” and narrower boards can also be applicable for Downwind SUP foiling too.

The Barracuda offers a profile that allows paddle ups to be more accessible now than ever. From navigating downwind swell in the gorge, to huge open ocean bumps in Hawaii, the Barracuda is a must for every foilers quiver.

We are finding it even opens the doors to flat water paddle ups, foiling small surf and light wind winging too.

The Barracuda is offered in three sizes, 92/102/111 ltr., in a lightweight carbon construction starting at only 11.65 lbs. 10” tracks range from 22” off the tail on the shorter 7’8, to 22.5” off the tail on the 7’10, to 23” off the tail on the 8’0.

Give us a call for sizing advice, and get a piece of history in the making with the 2023 Kalama Barracuda Downwind SUP/Prone board at Big Winds!

From Kalama…

Introducing the Barracuda.

More than a new board shape… The Barracuda is a design journey.

Every journey has an objective. And that objective starts with a question. How do we design a board that will increase flying time? Increase the fun. A pretty simple objective. But a very complicated set of design features.

To get up on foil early and often with minimal effort requires a unique design. The Barracuda was first designed for downwind applications, however like all good journeys, it’s the learnings along the way that inspire and define the trip .

What we have learnt is that the Barracuda soon became the go to one board quiver killer. It works as good for winging, prone and SUP wave foiling as well as it does on long downwind sessions.

What was once thought to be too long or narrow has proven to be our own preconceived limitations on a design. But if you let the design speak for itself it has shown us the path forward.

Dave has been building prototypes, testing and refining the Barracuda designs over the last three seasons. It’s now time to release all these learnings to you.

Built with Passion and Purpose for Fun. Enjoy!

EFFICIENCY

Efficiency is where it’s at. All foil boards start out as displacement hull shapes until the second the board breaks the water tension and is released to the air… A combination of nose entry, hull and rail shape, length, rocker, tail release and a handful of hard learned design elements all combine to create our most efficient design to date.

BUMP DAMPING

Once on foil, the unique design, length and width come in to play assisting in smoothing out the bucking, bumps and chop. You can think of it as board suspension. Hard to describe until you experience this unique feature once up on foil on a Cuda. Turns are smoother, pumps are easier, bumps are connected more efficiently, and the fun keeps going with less effort.

CONFIDENCE INSPIRING

Getting up on foil should not be a limiting factor to having fun. The Barracuda’s unique design will get you up on foil and keep you on foil between touch downs without crazy tracking to allow your confidence to soar and your fun factor to blow up! We call this the smiles per dollar equation. The more you are smiling the cheaper each one of those smiles becomes.