*NOTE – We can’t stress it enough but this board is really designed to be ridden longer, the width and rocker are made to accommodate that, riding it in a length similar to most other boards on the market may make it feel like a much slower board than you’re used to, the extra length of a bigger size allows you to have a more aggressive rocker line without the drawbacks that would create on a shorter board. If you want something closer to a traditional “kiteboard” ride the Quill instead.
Size up or down depending on what discipline you do most and what feel you like on the water (there's no hard rules on this).
For this season we’ve taken the Tranq a little further back towards it’s Freestyle roots, by narrowing out the tips and overall width a little you get a longer board that’s now better for high level freestyle or tech hits. If you like an overall wider platform like the 2019-2020 Axis Tranq you may now prefer the Quill instead.
The Tranq is the original do it all board, if you don’t know what board to buy you should probably buy the Tranq.
Suited best to those who want to ride a wide range of disciplines from Freestyle, to Freeride, Big Air and Park, size up or down according to which discipline you wish to ride.
The Tranq is built to be ridden longer (7-15cm) for Freestyle or Park with a narrower overall profile and tips (than either the Quill or Wraith), or alternatively ridden shorter and narrower at more mainstream Kiteboard lengths as a fully powered high wind Big Air board.
The Tranq is liveliest board in the line up with 3mm channels on the heelside and toeside rails through the belly of the board and a central 3mm deep tunnel concave extending from tip to tip. We only added what we believed was needed to the base in order to keep the board as quick and lively as possible.
The channels and concave add extra stiffness between the feet whilst reducing weight and adding directional stability, helping riders better transfer their reactions through the board to get the most out of a load and pop for an air trick, land more cleanly from bigger heights or grip harder through aggressive rail to rail transitions.
If more grip is needed when edging we recommend you ride bigger fins (this provides the same function as deeper nose and tail channels would).