As seen in this picture, the deviator will save your boards nose again and again. Simple but effective protection against slams and catapults. It weighs just 6 ounces and sits in front of and under your mast base, moving in conjunction with the base in the mast track. The Deviator™ will take the place of your current skid plate (if you use one).
Not only is it being used by rental operations all over te world but also by beginners, intermediates and even experts that have that special super light weight board while sailing in extreme conditions.

Attention: The Deviator™ might not guard the nose from damages in every crash, but it will 90% of the time. So if it saves your nose once, it's already well worth the investment.

In-correct information about the Deviator™: - If you use it, your mast box will rip out of your board.

FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions)
Facts: Over the past 10 years of extensive daily use by many windsurf rental operations all over the world (what better testing then this can anyone ask for), it has been proven to be an incorrect conclusion.  
We have found that because of bad mastbox insertions due to lack of epoxy resin saturation while inserting them, this has accurred a few times. 
98% of the boards however do not have this problem because most of them have been properly inserted.
The unique design of the Deviator™ allows because of the tendon u-joint's elasticity, the forces to be greatly reduced and the energy to be dissipated and absorbed, therefore minimizing the stress to the mast box. For this reason we advise to use a 2- bolt mastbase with a urathane joint. Be sure never to use a mechanical joint.
For Maximum protection we advise to use the Deviator™ together with the molded nose-guards that some board manufacturers offer.
Why use combination of these 2:
If you use only the molded nose-guard, the rig will still hit the nose, causing all the energy of the slam to be absorbed by the board. Putting extra stress on the structural aspects of the board, which after time will cause the board to crack behind the nose-guard and still break your board in 2, maybe not at the tip, but surely somewhere else.
The best thing about The Deviator™ is that it avoids the hit and therefore the energie, due to a direct impact hit of a slam/ catapult to be absorbed by your board.
Therefore we can recommend for maximum protection, to use both The Deviator and the glued-on nose guards!!

Tips on most effective use of the Deviator:

Use a two-bolt, rubber or urethane joint

Don't use a mast base protector pad (padding gets hung up on the roller)

When using the Deviator it is the most effective if you do not use a mast-base protector pad.
The problem of using a protector pad is that it avoids the rig to get deflected properly, instead the pad avoids the deviator to do it's job and get hooked up on the roller, causing the rig to not get deviated properly. This will put unnecessary extra stress on your u-joint and also the Deviator losses it's effectiveness.

Where to Get The Deviator

List of distributors, who carry The Deviator™:

USA and Canada & Mexico
Chinook Sailing Products
100 Herman Creek Lane
Cascade Locks, Oregon 97014 USA
PH: 541 374 5005
FX: 541 374-5006
EM: info@chinooksailing.com

USA-Alternate Distributor
Rainbow Distributing
131 Tomahawk Drive, 25
Indian Harbor, Fl. 32937
PH: 407-777-5936
FX: 407-777-9058
EM: rain@iu.net

Aregentina
SURFISH
El Cano 990
Acassuso, Buenos Aires
Argentina
PH: (+5411) 4733-3969/15 5852-9101
Website: http://www.surf-fish.com.ar
EM:chinookargentina@gmail.com

Australia
Stuart Bell Sails
45 Carrington St.
Nedlands, Western Australia
Australia, 6009
PH: 08-9386-1975
FX: 61-8-9386-2004
EM: johntrev@nw.com.au

Brazil
Rio Wind
Av Prefeito Dulcido Cardoso #400 ljA
Barra Da Tijuca, Brazil
Rio De Janeiro Cep22793-311
PH: 5521-243-82273
FX: 5521-438-2273
EM: kao@olimpio.com.br

Bulgaria
Extreme Zone LTD
82 Sredna Gora Str.
Sofia, Bulgaria 1303
EM: exzone@internet-bg.net

Bonaire
Bonaire Windsurf Place
Kaminda Sorobon z/n
Sorobon, Lac Bay
EM:theplace@telbonet.an

Canada
Alternate Distributor
AVF Distribution
3839 St-Jean Baptiste
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H1B 5V4
PH: 514-640-3001
FX: 514-640-1049
EM: wetbob@videotron.ca

England
K-Bay Trading
The Dell
Hinton Martell
Wimborne, Dorset
BH 21 7HP
PH: 01258 840580
FX: 01202 842777
EM: Ed@k-bay.co.uk

France
Chinook Surf Shop
Route De La Plage
Leucate, 11370
France
PH- 04-68-40-1717
FX- 04-68-40-2929
EM: contact@chinook-leucate.com
Website: http://www.chinook-leucate.com/accueil_boutique.asp

Germany
SSB Handelsagentur
Sven Hohmann
Preetzer Str. 207
24147 Kiel
EM:hohmann.sven@arcor.de
PH: +49 431 3180295
FX: +49 431 3180297

Greece
Greek House/WindRider
Kiprion Iroon 69
K. Iliovpoli 16341
Athens, Greece
PH: 30-1-9954992
FX: 30-1-9954899
EM: windrider@otenet.gr