2026 JP Magic Move

GREAT SENSATION

Easy-going medium to high wind freemove boards for freeriding and bump & jump blasting. They excel in manoeuvres and they willingly plane through the gybe with speed. Ideal for high wind freeride windsurfing on fresh water as well as on the sea.

Now in its third year, the Magic Move continues to redefine the standards of the free move segment. These boards target riders seeking a 90 to 110 L sporty board for easy and early planing. This dynamic design offers an exhilarating ride, excelling in speed and maneuverability. It is the new ‚Master of the Carve‘ for sporty and aggressive jibes and to play in small swell. It is great for riding open ocean swells and can even tackle reef and coastal waves, it remains unstoppable. Shaper Werner Gnigler’s praise for the board’s versatility and comfort is echoed by many enthusiastic owners and riders: “Planing jibes and effortless planing guaranteed!”

The Magic Move is more than only a small Freeride board. It better is compared to the Freestyle Wave than pure freeride designs, which are usually larger and designed for lighter wind and flat water. Therefore, it stands proudly next to the Freestyle Wave as its powerful brother.
The Magic Move supports riders when it matters: Thanks to its wider tail, it planes earlier and easier than the Freestyle Wave. It stays on the plane when the wind is fluky and takes more speed through planing manoeuvres. And it is clearly more manoeuvrable and feels more at home in swell than previous small JP freeride designs.

Consequently Werner used the Freestyle Waves as his starting point for development and adapt a few parameters to achieve the desired improvements. Here they are…

Shape details:
Compared to our Freestyle Wave line the Magic Moves are slightly longer, wider and equipped with a noticeably wider tail with additional volume. The outline in the mid-section of the board is kept rather parallel, offering a wide planing surface. This in combination with the even volume distribution makes the shapes very stable when non-planing and lifts the rider onto the plane effortlessly with almost no pumping needed.

A unique design feature of these boards is the refined new rail shape: Lifting the apex point along the midsection towards the nose creates the extra required lift. This helps tremendously to maintain speed during the jibe and exit with speed.