Naish, 2024

Alaia 2024

1753mm long · 5'9"

381mm wide

25mm thick

5litres

See it on naish.com

Sizes & Numbers

Listed by the brand, read off a photo, or worked out: where every number comes from

In one line

More tail than most. A swallow tail, a full nose and parallel rails.

derived · against the 59 other kite surf boards in the atlas, read off the outlines.

As listed by Naish

Naish Alaia 2024: every size as listed by Naish
size	length	width	thickness	weight
5 L	175.3 cm · 1753 mm	381 mm	25 mm	4.1 kg

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Shape & Rocker

From above, then from the side, true scale · the chosen size solid, the others dashed

Read off the 5 L outline · derived

73 %wide point, 1278 mm from the tail

4.42length over width

365mm wide 12″ from the tail

6,246cm² of planform

Rocker of the 5 L · estimated

≈ 12 mmtail rocker, at the tip

≈ 0 mm12″ from the tail

≈ 1 mm12″ from the nose

≈ 8 mmnose rocker, at the tip

≈ 1524 mmflat to within 3 mm, from 6 % to 93 % of the length

17 %of the length to the lowest point, from the tail

≈ 28 mmat its thickest, 45 % from the tail

≈ 5 mmlonger along the bottom curve than flat

Lay this rocker over other boards

True proportions · dots at 10 mm and 12″ in from each tip · bracket: flat to within 3 mm · On Naish's photo of the 5 L, whose tail rises 11.7 mm against a nose of 8.2 mm: its tail end may be the wrong way round. Tail end set by Naish's photo convention, not checked by a person. · estimated