We present the JP Australia Magic Move 2026.

Magic Move

Easy-going boards for moderate to strong winds, perfect for freeriding and bump-and-jump blasting. They’re super maneuverable, jibe easily, and plane with speed. Ideal for freeriding in strong winds on lakes and at sea.

Now in its third year, the Magic Move series is once again setting new standards in the free-move segment. These boards are designed for riders looking for a sporty board ranging from 90 to 110 liters for early and easy planing. The dynamic design delivers an exhilarating riding experience, excels in speed and maneuverability, and is the new “Master of the Carve” for sporty, aggressive jibes and playing in small swell. Whether open ocean waves or reef and coastal waves, this board is unstoppable. Shaper Werner Gnigler praises the board’s versatility and comfort—an opinion shared by many enthusiastic owners: “Planing jibes and effortless planing guaranteed!”

The Magic Move is more than just a small freeride board. It’s most comparable to the Freestyle Wave, not to pure freeride boards, which are often larger and designed for light winds or flat water. That’s why it stands proudly alongside the Freestyle Wave as its powerful sibling.

The Magic Move supports you exactly when it counts: Thanks to its wider tail, you’ll plane earlier and more easily than on the Freestyle Wave. It stays on thePlane even when the wind is choppy and carries more speed through planing maneuvers. It’s also significantly more maneuverable and feels more at home in swell than earlier small JP freeride designs.

Werner used the Freestyle Wave as a starting point for development and adjusted a few parameters to achieve the desired improvements.

Shape Details

Compared to the Freestyle Wave line, the Magic Moves are slightly longer, wider, and feature a significantly wider tail with additional volume. The outline in the mid-section remains fairly parallel, providing a large planing surface. Combined with the even volume distribution, the shapes are very stable when not planing and get you up on the Plane almost effortlessly, with virtually no pumping required.

A special design feature is the new, refined rail shape: The apex point is raised along the center section toward the nose, which generates the necessary lift. This helps tremendously in maintaining speed during a jibe and getting out of it quickly.

Step Rail

Toward the tail, the rail shape tapers and ends in a distinctive step rail. This allows you to use a wider tail with ample volume while ensuring grip and stability in tight turns on whitewater.

The boards feature a flat scoop rocker line for early planing and high speed. The pronounced double-concave V at the front acts as suspension in choppy conditions. The V is reduced between the footstraps and reinforced again toward the tail. This decouples the rail shape from the center scoop rocker line, achieving the perfect blend of performance and maneuverability.

The Magic Moves offer various footstrap options and a single Powerbox fin for the perfect, customizable setup.

The Freestyle Wave Finss have a large surface area at the tip, a curved outline, and a gently swept angle. This ensures plenty of drive, secure grip, and excellent maneuverability.

In summary: These boards plane earlier than freestyle wave boards, maintain more speed during jibes, and stay on thePlane even during turns. Compared to freeride boards, they’re more versatile, more relaxed, livelier, and simply more fun.

Technical Features

• Parabolic Rail Reinforcement

• Integrated Innegra nose reinforcement

• Full bottom Paulownia sandwich Construction with reinforcements

• Multiple footstrap positions

• Footstrap Scale

• G10 fin

• New Sail Positioning Scale

WoodPro—Freestyle/Wave Specs