The forecast called for strong winds today - but during the timeframe I could be out on the water, it was supposed to be a really low tide (0.3') - that means going to Hickam (or Pavilions)
Mark let me borrow his AFS equipment while he is out of town so....
First up at bat - the AFS Enduro 700
In a nutshell - this foil is incredible!!!
And the engine for today - the trusty North Nova Pro 5.0
This was a good call as the wind was really up and down. And the low end on this wing really helps with the smaller foils.
I wanted to get the session in and then get packed up in order to beat the traffic home. These are good stats for the pinched session.
With the wind as up and down as it was, I did not see the need to go outside - and there weren't any waves anyways.
As long as there is wind, this foil stayed up. Tons of glide - but just not big enough to pump (and least not during the first run).
It does tack decently easy (again as long as there is power to be tapped) - and jibes were really fun.
Good wind when it wasn't lulling.
And in flat water sessions, the speed runs -
This is where this foil shines - fast but not too jittery.
Fast, but not noisy. And you don't feel like you are going as fast as you are.
This is also with no footstraps - but where this foil balanced out, I could have used the footstraps (unlike yesterday with the bigger foil - and F One foils like to sit further back than the AFS foils).
This foil is a pleasure to use - but first impressions are that this feels a lot like the F One Eagle 890 and 690 - and those two foils are faster. I'll need to do more testing on this foil - but knowing what I know, I think the Silk 850 would be a better foil to own (unreal surfing/carving ability - unlike any other foil I've used).
W:156/PW:2/FD:102/F:5/S:29
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