It's been more than 10 years since the GO board was first introduced. These original wide-style, full EVA deck, all-round fun designs marked the beginning of the modern windsurfing era by bringing comfortable, accessible windsurfing to everyone, everywhere, anytime.

With the new GO Sport models, these accessible and high performance shapes are now also available without full EVA decks, making them lighter and more responsive for the freeride windsurfer.

Why go wide? With extra width, the GO boards simply give you more stability and early planing. The GO 155 for example, has so much stability that many motivated people go for it as their first time board, learning and progressing all the way to advanced levels. With extra width also comes more power and early planing ability: as you progress, the GO boards give you some of the highest performance levels you can get from a windsurf board. With their full EVA deck, they provide exceptional comfort and the carry handles make them easy to transport.

These are the secrets behind the GO board's success and its number one status as the World's most popular board over the last ten years: they are easy and comfortable, people can learn on them and yet they will grow with its rider as he or she progresses to the highest levels.

The largest GO board, the GO 175, is a dedicated GO design that provides the most stability and it is the easiest to learn on. With its short length, its wide outline and when fitted with the supplied Shallow fin, it becomes a good platform for learning and progressing. It is also the GO size that has most racing like performance when fitted with the larger racing fin (also supplied), making it the most powerful and earliest planing GO model for more advanced windsurfers. With extra volume, it is also the perfect family board: kids can play on it, jump on board, learn, experienced adults can blast up and down with full power. The GO 175 has footstrap positions that will cater for the total beginner, progressing sailors and advanced windsurfers.

The GO 155 is based on the same concept as the GO 175, but it is one size smaller making it the better choice for those who want a more fun freeriding board without that much compromise on stability and ease. Like the GO 175, the GO 155 has footstrap options to cater for the total beginner, progressing sailors and advanced windsurfers.

The GO 144 starts to become more pure freeride orientated, yet it remains wide and stable enough for windsurfers that are already getting better. From this size and down, there are no more beginner footstrap options, only intermediate and advanced options.

The GO 133, the GO 122 down to the GO 111, are more performance orientated freeride machines. They are fast and fun, with a wide wind range, early planing performance and class leading stability. Multiple insert options remain, which allows progressing windsurfers to tune the board for maximum planing ease, or for more advanced windsurfers to tune the board for maximum power and performance.

The GO 111, 122, 133, 144 and 155 share the same shapes as the Futuras.

New construction
For 2009, the GO collection introduces a new variant of Starboard's Tufskin technology: using a new manufacturing process known as A.S.T. , the GO boards lose their outer plastic skin to be replaced with a half-deck wood layer that improves the board's rigidity without a weight penalty. The rest of the board's skin remains the same: it is made from layers of 3-dimensional 400g glass mat wetted out with an expanding epoxy resin system, which creates a thick, durable and tough skin.

1.       Extra wide and extra slim shapes

2.       Nose carry handle (Go 144, 155, 175)

3.       New improved ergonomics: extra dome and footstrap positions positioned further inboard makes the GOs easier and more comfortable

4.       New Tufskin A.S.T. construction

5.       Multiple insert positions offer tuning options for entry level/ intermediate/advanced/expert riders

6.       Two fins are supplied with the GO 155 and 175

7.       Full EVA decks for maximum comfort (Go Models)
No EVA decks for a lighter weight (Go Sport models)

8.       Side-cuts improve fin drive and release

9.       Tail cutaways improve speed and acceleration

10.   Centre carry handle (Go 144, 155, 175)

What else is new?

New model - The GO 111 is a new addition to the GO range.

New outlines - the GO 111, 122, 133 and 144 have new outlines that have are wider in the area between your front foot and your back foot, with the same tail width: improved planing efficiency and improved jibing performance.

Improved ergonomics - all GO boards have increased dome in the tail section and footstraps positioned further inboard: improved comfort, more accessibility, whether you're using the full outboard setting or the inner setting.

New deck concave and a centre of gravity that is shifted back (GO 111, 122, 133, 144) - more deck dome in the tail increases the thickness, but the front half of the boards were shallowed-out with a deep deck concave - the overall volume remains the same, the centre of gravity remains low and it is also shifted back closer to the rider: more control and a quicker response to foot pressure.

Summary:

• The original wide-style, all-round fun designs

• Improved ergonomics

• Easy, progressive, comfortable and high-performance boards for all

• New GO Sport range

• New GO 111 size

• New Tufskin A.S.T. construction

• New deck concave and a centre of gravity that is shifted back

• The GO 111, 122, 133, 144 and 155 share the same shapes as the Futuras