Coming of the incredible success of the 2008 150 Mako Wide, we’ve listened to your requests - I am stoked to present the 09 Mako 140 Wide! This board is every bit as phenomenal as the 150 - these boards are truly in a league of their own!

The 2009 150’s and 140’s will be available in limited quantities in approximately one month’s time. Contact your retailer now or you will not be able to get one from the first run!

It’s the unique combination of heavy concave, flex and the sweet outline that makes these boards:

Cheers,

Evan

Comments from John

The Mako 150×40 was last year’s run away best seller in the Mako line up, and some would say one of the most talked about boards of the season from any brand. This board proved popular because it was quick to plane up, ripped up wind, allowed for agressive carves, smoothed choppy waters and had a very “surfy” feel on the waves. All around we often called this board an ATV and it has already been flogged hard by tons of riders on this forum who have no association with our company. Locally some riders have started waxing the board up and riding it completely strapless with great sucess.

The Mako 140×40 is a different but similar board. It has the same “damp” ride over choppy waters and carves like a son of a gun. It also throws to switch, in my opinion, a bit faster and easier than the 150×40 and is a ton of fun for low powered up jumps as it releases off the water a bit better than the big one and because it is smaller for a more “tight” feel in rotations, etc. Where it looses to the 150×40 is just a bit on the upwind leg and on lighter winds. The 150×40 tracks up wind so hard you don’t even need to concentrate on it whereas the 140×40 does require a more concious effort to get on your back foot and point higher. That being said, both these boards rip up wind compared to a conventional TT. At 140×40 it also does not quite have the same plane as the 150 and so looses a bit in the light winds, but it is only a marginal loss.

Of note as well is the re-release of the original Mako 150×34. For 2009 we have re-cast the mould to make the board thinner (top to bottom), in line with the thickness of the 140 and 150×40. This has allowed the original to hold its status as the hardest carving Mako in our line up but also loosened it up a bit in the rough waters which was always a bit of a stiff ride on the original 150×34.

Overall we are gambling that the 140×40 will be the run away best seller of the lot for this year as it is a more “conventional” size, allowing the general public (yet to be initiated into the Mako cult) to ride a board in a size more similar to their existing experiences. The 150×40 will continue to win the hearts of those willing to give it a ride and the new 150×34 will be a sure fire seller to all those riding their original 150s from late ‘03 to’07 looking to replace their ride and already sold on the benifits of the Mako.

John