399,00€ Price includes VAT, shipping excluded
The Matata kiteboard 2021/2022 offers optimal output in low wind ranges and incredible heading and planing abilities.
The Matata kiteboard offers optimal output in low wind ranges and incredible heading and planing abilities.
The Matata kiteboard is inspired from the Simmons concept: boards that plane easily, that are compact and agile.
With its close to parallel back rails and its giant square tail, it’s the queen of lightwind: its early planing is second to none. Not to mention its heading !!! Just amazing. You can really feel the efficiency of the rail that edges and sets the board in line. No need to twist your body to gain 5° on the wind : It’s heading upwind like no other !
Yet the sailing is easy and smooth, even in choppy water, with its super-soft belly nose that evacuates the water instead of tapping on it.
Its DNA is surfing. Its capacities in the turns are boosted due to its smaller size, with heightened reactivity. The reduced size gives you more mastering on the wave face and a skate feeling that’s even stronger. The pinnacle for a board concept that’s genetically fast and smooth and that will perform in small waves. Its surfing glide and its restarts allow you to forget your kite that you can let drift while you focus on the surf. It’s super enjoyable because you really surf, even in poor conditions.
This is the perfect board for early planing, cruising and heading upwind in a freeride program. But above all, the Matata is a fantastic surfboard that will turn average days into memorable sessions.
The Matata kiteboard is the GONG version of the Simmons concept, the first planing boards developed before the middle of the last century.
To sum-up a Simmons concept, we have :
This compact shape focuses on the flow of water under the board: the diffusion of the water under the nose, and the concentration and then the ejection of the water under the tail. This combination of phenomena gives incredible performance.
And don’t imagine that it’s just an oversized board: this board is super manoeuvrable. Firstly because it’s short, but mainly because the accelerated flow of water between the fins gives a super smooth pivot from one twin fin to the other.
This shape is a legend in lightwind kiting.
The MATATA KITE FSP 2X are equipped with a high-end pad for maximum grip.
These boards are equipped with four FCS II boxes to insert and remove your favorite fins without tools.
The multiple straps inserts allow all adjustments from beginner to Pro.
You can also use your board for surfing, a leash plug will allow you to never lose it. Nothing is missing.
These boards are equipped with an innovative technology called FSP 2X for the best weight / strength / performance compromise on the market. The gain is significant since on average 15% lighter than the 2019 FSPs.
The addition of a biaxial fibre reinforces the board, so no concession has been made on the exemplary solidity of FSPs, on the contrary.
The PVC sandwich forms a 3mm hydrophobic shell over the entire board. This PVC sandwich offers the best dynamism while preserving strength, at an incredible weight.
It is by designing a new finishing technique, as close as possible to our prototypes made in our French factory, that we have succeeded in saving weight. We work with tinted resins to avoid as much as possible the paint that loads the board unnecessarily. Paint integrated into the resin, your board is enhanced with nobility and durability.
At GONG our boards are the highest quality. Our low prices can only be explained by our direct sales. If by misfortune you break them, they can be repaired from A to Z with the components we keep in stock for your favourite repairer.
Your benefits are clear:
1. An efficient shape created by one of the leaders in the world of kitesurfing.
2. A design at the cutting edge of R&D and ahead of its time.
3. Proven construction on thousands of boards.
4. Full Option finishing at a great price.
5. A light and solid board with one of the best technos on the market!!!
6. An incredible price that can only be explained by our direct relationship with you.
7. Simple maintenance and easy repairs because we have all components in stock.
FSP 2X Kitesurfing Technology:
The FSP 2X technology is easily repairable to new in case of dings. The PVC foam of the sandwich is waterproof and avoids water intake from everyday shocks. The EPS foam blank does not deteriorate because it’s well protected from water. And repairs have a much larger support to lean on and blend seamlessly with the surrounding material.
This technology offers, at an affordable price, the incomparable solidity/lightness ratio of the vacuum-assisted full PVC sandwich.
From beginners to pros who like to ride in small conditions, this board is fabulous.
The beginners will appreciate its natural glide and its ease to go through the choppy water. The board lifts a lot, which allows you to navigate in accessible conditions without being afraid.
The pros will love its skate feeling and its surfing DNA. In small waves, the Matata kiteboard is great.
Freeride in all possible ways and/or surf in small to average waves, this is the program of the Matata kiteboard.
Ideal wave size: from almost nothing to shoulder-high.
Power: at its best in mushy/normal waves.
Type: It can handle everything, even the choppy playgrounds.
The Matata kiteboard will work wonderfully with a Unik to have lightness and softness in the ride.
Paired with a large Strutless, the Matata will be formidable in the light wind. Nobody will plane sooner than you !!!
And in a stronger wind, what better than a 3-batten top kite like the Freewave to throw down some moves!
You can complete the low range with a Catch Foil when the wind is really light.
As soon as the wind picks up a little more, a Fatal or an Alu will allow you to go looking for more radical sailing.
The Matata kiteboard is mounted in Quad with FCSII boxes. You are free to assemble the set of fins of your choice. All FCSII fin models are available on our website.
The quad setting offers more grip, and a more skaty feel if you go for a small quad (4x90mm for example).
With 115mm twin fins in the rear boxes you’ll have a super smooth glide in the surf and mind-boggling snaps.
Riding strapless is sexy because you feel free. You’ll find the sensations of surfing and the mobility on the board to play with the waves. It’s a very pure style of riding but difficult to master.
With the straps, you are sure that your board will stay hooked to your feet, even in the most committed aerial maneuvers. You will have a lot more control and performance will be a step above.
It’s up to you to choose between feeling and performances. Put your straps in the central position (3rd hole) for the front, and the same goes for the rear strap.
If you want to be able to remove the rear foot for transitions and surfing, place the rear strap on the first hole.
GONG KITEBOARD MATATA FSP 2X: 549 €
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The first thing is to sell quality products that will last, be repairable and will please you for a long time.
The second thing is to sell for less. Most of the pollution coming from a Board is in its use (the km driven to use it) and in the countless environmental damages you have to do to pay for it. Each euro spent is a sum of damage related to your life quite simply: eating, working hard etc… By reducing the price of our products, we significantly reduce your ecological footprint on this item.
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For the rest of the world, delays can be up to 15 days.
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But in any case, don’t worry, just refuse it, and a new Board will be shipped back to you.
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Know all about the Matata kite FSP 2X
mdu (verified owner) –
Fraichement sortie de l’eau, j’ai pu tester la Matata 4’11 dans un vent de 10/13 noeuds un peu mou, plan d’eau houleux et quelques bonnes vagues de temps en temps sur la barre de La Baule, pour ceux qui connaissent.
C’est une planche hyper joueuse, qui remonte très bien au vent et qui permet d’aller taquiner la houle et s’éclater dans les conditions light, pendant que les copains galères au bord à essayé de sortir du shorebreak avec des planches plus perf lol
Elle remonte au vent +++ et devient encore plus fun à utiliser, avec des straps pour substituer un twintip classique. Pour mes 65kg et sauver des sessions ultra light, je l’adore.
Lalo Perez –
Matata kite 5’3″
On voit bien sur ces photos le travail de carène sur la Matata avec un tail ultra large doté d’un profond concave. La planche est une bête de lightwind et surfe à merveille.
Jean-Hugues Graingeot (verified owner) –
Une bête dans tous les domaines:
En kite freeride, elle porte tôt et cape de folie. Une bête pour le Low wind. A avoir dans son quiver, ne serait-ce que pour cette raison.
En Kite un peu plus péchu, elle s’accroche avec son montage Quad et passe les clapots en les avalant. Permettant de toiler un peu moins.
Sa légèreté permet des sauts sans la perdre.
Et sa conception hyper solide permet des replacages pas souvent tout en douceur.
En Surf, juste du pur plaisir.
Les mers ”carrées” d’Espagne sont avalées.
Pour moi qui ai commencé avec la 5.6 en bambou, une vraie révélation dans ses améliorations.
Captn Albal –
c’est une bombe , et pas que dans le ligth !!!! En plus elle surf fort ^^
Jim Virepinte –
La matata est genial ? le pad est le top, je pense que je vais essaye de prendre le même sur ma lethal foil
Karl Causon –
Premier passage au shop hier : chez Gong ils ne font pas le pont, et heureusement vu le monde ?. J’en repars notamment avec une kiteboard pour le light : la matata est magique, elle pointe même en direction de l’eau !
Captn Albal –
Une tuerie et en plus elle surf grave !!!!
Lalo Perez –
Retour sur la Gong Matata 5’3″:
Après plusieurs sessions je peux vous faire un petit retour sur cette planche directionnelle dédiée au lightwind.
Le shape reprend le principe des Mini Simmons adapté au kite.
La fabrication est un sandwich pvc pont et carène, assurant ainsi solidité et réactivité à la planche.
Le pads cette année est de 5mm apportant un confort supplémentaire et une préservation accrue de la planche.
Testée en quad FCSII Performer M, avec une aile de 15m² et une 12m².
Conditions des tests: de 10 nds à 18 nds, du plan d’eau plat clapoteux à des vagues de 80cm
La première chose qui frappe sur cette planche c’est sa capacité à planer tôt et à conserver le planning dans les molles. La planche accélère très vite pour atteindre une vitesse de croisière élevée, avec un rapport cap vitesse assez impressionnant dans le light.
Gros avantage pour pouvoir surfer et se replacer facilement sur le plan d’eau en side on ou side.
Dans des conditions side ou side on la planche se surfe comme une Mini Simmons et accélère fort entre les sections. Sa seule limite (mais ce n’est pas son programme) ce sont les vagues plus creuses de la reforme.
L’amorce de la courbe se fait en douceur avec une bonne conduite sur le rail pour aller taper le off the lip, ou le petit air vu l’arrière bien large de la planche.
Elle est très saine et n’enfourne pas avec son petit nez relevé.
Sur du plat une bonne vitesse est facile à atteindre et à conserver. Dans le fort clapot croisé et serré la planche le passe sans taper. Le belly et le concave ne doivent pas y être étrangers. Vu le shape je m’attendais à ce que ça tape plus …
Le jibe est super facile avec sa largeur et son volume. Ca peut être un très bon choix pour un débutant qui veut apprendre à jiber sans couler de suite.
En conclusion cette planche excelle dans le light et pour caper. Sa puissance et sa glisse sous les pieds permet de mettre de la toile pour sauver des sessions de lightwind sans foil.
Un rapport qualité prix imbattable !
Yohann –
4.11 ( blanche/ verte)- super maniable compact , les jibes sont faciles , très bon cap , bonne vitesse , super sympa dans 20 nds de vent , nickel