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Try it, you might like it (again)
BIC Techno One Design 293
Info: https://world.bicsport.com/windsurf/boards/product/techno-293-od-dtt.html Price: £1250
WORDS: WINDSURFING UK
PICS: JAMES JAGGER
AT ONE POINT, NOT TOO FAR BACK, YOU COULDN’T MOVE
FOR BLUE BIC TECHNO BOARDS LITTERING BEACHES ON
SUNNY BLOW DAYS. THE ICONIC BLUE SHAPE STILL
HOLDS FAVOUR WITH MANY – SCOUR THE CLASSIFIED
SECTIONS AND YOU’LL NO DOUBT FIND A FEW BEING
SOLD SECOND HAND. THESE DAYS THEY’RE NOT QUITE
AS PREVALENT, YET THERE’S NO REASON WHY THEY
SHOULDN’T BE.
Check BIC’s website and you’ll discover a whole host of BIC Techno shapes and
designs, all manufactured with easy windsurfing in mind. A huge tick in the box is
the brand manufactur within Europe (BIC’s French homeland to be exact). You
mightn’t be getting a board made from the latest exotic material. It may not be the
best solution for aerial contortionism. But then that’s not the point. For many
sailors looking to get out and simply blast, across ‘normal’ conditions, BIC’s
Techno range will still fit the bill for many.
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WIND
SURFING
Light wind
Possibly the most versatile and
longstanding shape in the BIC range is
the One Design 293. No doubt you’ll
have seen this sled being put to good
use by all manner of Olympic pathway
fleets. In particular, youth windsurf
racing is alive and well with the 293
and associated rigs. So what from a
recreational windsurfer’s point of view?
First of all BIC’s One Design Techno is
super versatile. Not only is it capable of
performance windsurfing in planing
mode, but due to the hybrid shape,
integrated daggerboard and beating
straps it’s an efficient light wind
machine that gives
raceboard/longboard shapes a run for