{"id":10138,"date":"2013-12-02T08:39:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T06:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/?p=10138"},"modified":"2018-11-27T18:36:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T16:36:21","slug":"wam-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/blog\/products\/wam-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"WAM 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hehehe, it&#8217;s now the 3rd blog in a row about my new 2014-toys&#8230;\u00a0 it&#8217;s the time of the year, after all, when all the new products of the coming season are hitting the world and likewise, us team-riders, I\u00a0 L O V E\u00a0 this time \ud83d\ude42 !!!<\/p>\n<p>After been riding the North Pro Series (in lighter winds I use the 6&#8217;2&#8221;, anything over 20 knots I go down a size to the 5&#8217;11&#8221;) for the last few weeks, this morning I looked at the forcast and decided: today is the day that my brand new <strong>WAM-baby<\/strong> will be set-up and taken out into the Indian Ocean for the first time!\u00a0 <strong>The WAM has been the most popular board in the North range for several years now and that for a reason, it&#8217;s just THE most versatile and amazing all-rounder. <\/strong>And I&#8217;m just about to jump in my car and to head off to the beach. The wind already started blowing, the swell is meant to kick in any moment, yew!<\/p>\n<p>Whereas the last few years I always went with the medium sized WAM, with the brandnew 2014 model I went for the biggest one in the range, the 6&#8217;0&#8221;. I personally simply love to ride big boards. I set it up as Quad for now\u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0 I truly\u00a0 a d o r e\u00a0 this option of being able to ride it as thruster or quad !!!\u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0 as today they swell is not meant to be picking up to monster-size, just fun-size. Once it gets over 6ft, I throw the thruster fins in for more drive through the turns. And bloody hell, how cool are the looks of the board!!! Diggin&#8217;\u00a0 the bamboo tech and the colours.<\/p>\n<p>Yew, can&#8217;t wait to give this baby a shot. I&#8217;m officially gone now, the online swell buoy just shows first signs that the waves have started to hit \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nGxx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hehehe, it&#8217;s now the 3rd blog in a row about my new 2014-toys&#8230;\u00a0 it&#8217;s the time of the year, after all, when all the new products of the coming season are hitting the world and likewise, us team-riders, I\u00a0 L O V E\u00a0 this time \ud83d\ude42 !!! 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