The 'Raven' is our Our All rounder Parawing board -  designed  for upwind and downwind Parawing - Thei Raven range of boards offer high speed glide in the water - a 'slidey / skatey and Non Tracking outline - making them versatile and  ieasy to ride - even coping well with lengthy 'Dogging' in disturbed water states. 
 
The Raven Range allows 'Bouncing' in the water despite its Typically higher volumes and floatation - this is achieved by its dramatic bevels and enhanced tail rocker, some how this combination reduces 'Corkiness' in a board volume that will float you easily - even in winter wetsuits etc, typically riders are choosing around 10 Litres over their body weight on these boards, and going for as short a length as they can depending on parawing power / wind power and required water speed. 
 
 weve put a lot of work into making a light / stable board that can be ridden at high speeds Downwind on  smaller Parawings and yet still be easy to get up on foil . 
Also super Ace  as light wind Wing Foil board as well, this board does it all..
 
Like all our shapes - we customise boards 'live' to your requirements based on a proven model that works - In this case to simplify choices, the base dimensions of the Parawing 'boards  are broken up into Advanced and Allrounder categories. 
 
The Raven Parawing Boards
 
'Suited to 80 - 85 Kg Advanced Riders who are working on Upwind to Downwind 'Stashed riding' connecting Bumps and riding smaller volume to pump further riding smaller foils 650 - 900sqcm)
6'10 x 22 x 4 15/16 @ 96 Litres. (light wind) 
6'6 x 23 x 4 1/2 @ 93 Litres (all Round) 
6'2 x 22 x 4 1/2 @ 85 Litres (heavy wind) 
 
 
 
The Boards photographed (green machine) is the 6'10 - -  The Black and Red one is the 6'2  - and the Blue and White is the 6'6  
 
DECK GRIP
FOIL TECH - All Boards Come with  Full Deck Grip 
 
SPECS
Typical Weights of the boards with Deck grip fitted is around 5.1kgs. Construction is EPS foam Sandwich with HD Foam TWIN stringers.
 
MAST BOX
Were using a Foil Tech 450mm Track box, sunken into a 120cm long High density Twin rail track HD Foam rail  that runs right through to the deck for Ultimate connection to foil and board strength and Stiffness. 
 
CONSTRUCTION : Biaxial Twin weave Stitched Carbon Fibre - Not to be confused with typical 'Twill' carbon fibre - The Biax we use is stiffer / stronger than any other substance on the planet. Its expensive and hard to work with. But its stiffness is INSANE. 
 
Vent Plugs included in all boards, as well as a rear leash plug. Foot straps / Foot strap inserts add weight and are able to be added in if desired - See the sales options on the listing for 'extras' - If your adding footstraps we need accurate measurements of your stance and ride positioning of your feet. 
 
TO RIDE - WHATS DIFFERENT? 
Swing weight is almost un-noticable as these boards place the rider almost midships, If anything the length works toward straightening out your pump swing issues ... Some how I can pump the 6'10 further than my prone...
 
WIND GUIDE
LIGHT WIND WING GUIDE
Parawing these boards shows them to be very very slippery in even light wind - the fastest on the water being the longest. (6'10 x 22) 
 
BOARD SIZE GUIDE FOR PARAWING - RIDER TIPS - NOVICE TO INTERMEDIATE
 
OVERPOWERED on a PARAWING
Its easy to mismatch your Parawing size to the wind strength when learning to parawing. 
With a lifetime of wind sports experience,  Nowdays Im up and  flying when its around 15 - 18 knots on a 3.5m FONE  Frigate Parawing, Typically Im achieving this light wind takeoff by moving up to my biggest board - ( 6'10 Raven board) And I'll,combined this with a 1090 WING and 170 tail. I have to work the bumps downwind to get up on foil, but its nice to turn into the wind and not be overpowered upwind. 
 
Once it Hits over 20 Knots, Im still on the 3.5 FRigate Parawing, But Ive moved to a 6'6 Raven board - still on the same foil (1090 x 170 Tail) as the bumps are still pretty slow.
 
Once it hits over 25Knots, Im on the 6'0 Board, and Switching down to a FONE eagle 890 or 900 eagle X for speed. - and Im dropping the parawing size to 3m. 
 
I believe The Key to successfull upwind downwind  parawinging is to change your board sizes in accordance with wind strength - rather than the parawings... Stronger the wind, smaller the board and the harder you can rip turns... OW YEAH. 
 
A Harness makes a huge difference to your upwind sailing on the Para.
 
Any bump action at all underfoot makes a massive difference to that push required to get your- board speed up.
 
You may ask - why not just ride a DW board?
 
Totally - you can. DW boards give you the water speed - The Downside to a DW board is their 'tracking'.
The desired Tracking Built into the shapes of DW board help you to paddle them straight, Unfortunatly for Parawing riders, the inconsistent pull on the parawing requires constant balance adjustments left and right to keep your balance while gettting ready to fly on foil.