You should get in contact with James.

I was thinking the same thing late last year. After looking at a Formula but wanting more flexibility James offered to do a custom Slalom. With the advantage of CAD James was able to take the CA slalom shape and scale it up. After placing the order I received a 3D QTime movie of my board that afternoon! We made a couple of tweaks and then it was off to the CNC for shaping. I am now the proud owner of a custom Carbon Art SL90.

The only downside that I see is that a SL90 would not be allowed to enter slalom competitions held under the ISAF/PWA rules which allow boards only up to 85cm of width (see for IFCA: http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/FUN2009CR150509-%5B7308%5D.pdf).

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HI Steph,

I guess we could add a 90 to the range but where do we stop? our SL 80 will get planing in super light winds for most, I would prefer to do these sort of requests as custom orders, as it's such a specific request I don't really think resale is an issue, you just keep it for it's intended purpose.
We have done a few customs when requested but only keen if we cannot supply one of our productions models to suit, for example at present we are building a custom speed and slalom board for an 8 year old which is quite a cool project.

James

I think James is right. Keep the model range as it is. Nice and simple. I think with CA's philosophy of working working direct with the customer they dont need to. How many models do Starboard have now ?

Steph, the board works great. It turns effortlessly and is perfectly balanced. I have a 58cm cut down Formula blade from Chris Ting at VMG which I use with a 10m sail. In higher winds I use a 7.6 with the same fin. I am pretty heavy so I get away with it!

Re resale. Given the beachside interest I dont think it would be a problem. To most they assume its a normal CA board. I agree with your comment on the re-sale value of customs but that's only when the shaper or brand isnt well known. And James is also right, I dont ever envisage selling this one. It addresses an issue that wont ever go away... Light winds!