Glide SW

With its compact shape, the Glide SW will be your board of choice for going winging in the waves. With its reduced length at equal volume compared to other boards like the Glide V2, the Glide SW will be a machine to carve and surf, even in the hollowest waves.

The Glide SW is also a very accessible board, its generous width will offer you the necessary stability whether on your knees, in the take-off phases and even in light winds. As for freestyle, the Glide SW does it too! Indeed, its compact shape allows it to be very reactive and allows you to make powerful jump calls, while facilitating pumping. With its maneuverability, limitless rotations are yours!

You are going to tell us: but then, can this board do everything? Well, yeah ! The Glide SW is our most versatile board, which you can use as a single board. However, if you want a specialized board for Race we recommend the Glide V2, while if you are looking for a board specially designed for Freestyle, opt for the Trix instead.

In short, the Glide SW is intended for intermediate to expert level riders who want a high-performance, versatile board that allows easy take-off and with which you can go in the waves as well as in the air.

The Glide SW is available from 70L in 4'7 to 115L in 5'4: yes, these are really nice volumes for these lengths! Depending on your size and your level, you can choose the Glide SW that will accompany you in your best wing sessions. In general, to choose the liter of your board, keep in mind that the more you have a good level, the more you will be able to move towards a board with a liter lower than your weight, while if you are not yet completely made comfortable, it is preferable that you keep a reserve of buoyancy.

For the Glide SW, we recommend confident beginners to choose a board 20L more than its weight, in order to have an accessible and compact board. With a confirmed level, the weight-volume is ideal, even in the light. For experts, it is possible to go down to -15L in relation to its weight in order to no longer have limits.

For the shape of our Glide SW, we took all the best from the Glide V2 and the Comet SW to obtain a board that is both slippery and maneuverable.

The high-performance take-off of the Glide has made its reputation, while the Comet SW has been acclaimed for its compact and voluminous shape, offering both maneuverability and accessibility. This is why our new Glide SW retains the shape of the Glide V2, adapting it to the measurements of the Comet SW.

The purpose of this combination is to optimize glide in a short board. This is nothing new, the shorter your board, the more maneuverability, responsiveness and pumping efficiency increase. Where short boards can be scary is that they are often sinkers (i.e. sinking boards) with a difficult take-off, not very slippery and not very stable, reserved for advanced level riders. This is not the case with our Glide SW, which offers, thanks to its generous width and volume, a super efficient take-off in a compact shape, while remaining accessible.

For even more maneuverability, the Glide SW has a concave deck dug to bring the rider closer to the foil. It also lowers the rider's center of gravity, for better stability and board control.

Even with its compact and voluminous shape, take-offs are easy and smooth thanks to the triple concave hull straight from the shape of the Glide V2. This hull makes it possible to evacuate the water more quickly and therefore to offer a fast and pure glide.

Combined with its beveled rails and its light rocker, the hull of the Glide SW promises a natural rebound effect that absorbs impacts, even at high speed or when landing a jump, for ever more forgiveness and soft landings. .

We were able to achieve this ideal shape for the Glide SW thanks to our high quality full carbon construction. The magic happens in our own factory in Portugal, thanks to our vacuum infusion carbon technology.

Concerned about the protection of the environment, we select our raw materials with care. We take into account the proximity and sourcing of our suppliers, while favoring state-of-the-art quality.

Our Glide SW is made with our vacuum infusion technique in our factory in Portugal, in Peniche, the center of surf culture in Europe. At Takoon, we have constantly questioned our production methods to produce ever more durable boards, respecting our environment as much as possible. We are proud to contribute to the local economy and to make long-term commitments to make our industry more eco-responsible.

At Takoon, all our suppliers are European and are part of the world leaders in composite materials. Only our Double Rail US Box case is an exception: we have indeed selected products from the American brand Futures, Made In California, renowned for their solidity and robustness.

No more decompression valves, no more infiltrations: our Glide SW is built around a foam block of our own Takoon design. We developed this hydrophobic foam in order to obtain unequaled mechanical properties and a compression rate that we could not find elsewhere on the market. The heart of our boards is then made of this resistant, flexible foam that does not drink water: in short, a durable and repairable board!

In order to obtain an optimal resin/fiber ratio and to provide our boards with flawless solidity and responsiveness, our Glide SW is completely covered in full carbon produced by vacuum infusion. At Takoon, we have decided to use this infusion technique, which is perfectly suited for high-end products, for the sake of performance and quality.

Used by the aerospace, aeronautical and even high-tech automotive industries, vacuum carbon infusion is the future of the evolution of our industry. In summary, this technique consists of bagging the piece, bread with foam and fibers, then evacuating the air from this bag in order to create a vacuum and apply strong pressure to the board to ensure perfect bonding of the layers. Then tubes feed the resin into the bag, which is sucked through the carbon fiber and infused. Any excess resin is immediately sucked up by the vacuum pump and the process can then be stopped.

The result ? A reduction in excess resin of approximately 60% compared to hand lamination. In the process there is no waste of resin, a completely predictable amount is used for each board. There are no brushes, no rollers, no splatters. Compared to the familiar mess of open layer construction, vacuum resin infusion is like a day at the beach.

This vacuum infusion technique has many advantages over open lamination techniques: we obtain a better fibre/resin ratio, the quantity of resin used is reduced thanks to the fabric pre-compacted under vacuum, the operator is less exposed to harmful emissions and benefits from a cleaner working environment and of course the combination results in stronger and lighter boards.

Indeed, who says optimal fiber / resin ratio, says that there is no superfluity, so you have a lighter board compared to boards of more traditional constructions, especially since at Takoon, we also have made other optimizations on the weight of our boards through the choice of materials and accessories.

This full carbon construction in vacuum infusion thus makes it possible to propel the performance of the Glide SW. Indeed, thanks to its weight gain and rigidity, you get a lively, reactive board that responds precisely to your support. It is also a durable construction that will withstand the vagaries of board life and will be perfectly repairable. With good maintenance, you will keep it (a very) long time!

Your Glide SW board comes equipped with the best accessories to facilitate its use and improve your navigation comfort.

Our new multi-piece EVA pads will always offer you more grip and comfort underfoot or during take-off phases, while promising better water evacuation. 3.5mm thick, they also protect the board from shocks and give the Glide V2 a new stylish look.

The integrated and ergonomic carrying handle will facilitate your launches and your end of sessions. Positioned on the hull, it will allow you to carry your board and its foil with one hand, in order to leave the other free to carry your Wing.

To ensure the connection with your foil, the Glide V2 board is equipped with Double Rail US Box boxes from the high-quality Futures brand, themselves placed in a high-density foam reinforcement.

For those who prefer strapped riding, multiple strap inserts are available on the Glide SW. We have Takoon straps in neoprene, single or V, sold as an option. These comfortable and lightweight footstraps will offer you excellent support and navigation comfort.

Our Takoon leash is a belt leash adjustable to your size, from 71 to 104cm. It has a coiled part (85cm extended) and a straight part (also 85cm). Sold as an option, this belt leash will allow you to ride with your feet free of the leash: you won't be able to step on it, or get your feet tangled with it. The must have for greater freedom of movement.

Your Glide SW will be delivered to you in an eco-responsible and 100% recyclable Hexiflex protective sock, extremely resistant to compression, which you can reuse to protect your board during your next surf trips.

Our material can be shipped worldwide.

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