sup.star-board.com/products/hyper-foil/

There's some nice footage of Zane in the link above. I thought there was a trend emerging that the best strapless sup foilers (James Casey, Keahi etc) had boards 6ft or just over and it was only those using straps that have boards closer to 5ft. However, Zane seems to be ripping on something waaay under 6 ft in the vid. Which leads me to a gripe.... the smallest one of these boards you can actually buy is 6'4"! Why oh why do starboard insist on showing Zane on a board at least a foot shorter? It's fine to let him ride a fake production board day to day... but on the actual product market video??

Look at his foot at 57 seconds just BEGGING FOR A STRAP.

I have to be honest it is painful to watch people foiling without straps. It looks 30% less 'performant' than it could be.

I disagree Beasho & agree with stevet73..... I've been foiling for 18 months now without footstraps....I sup foil, prone foil & downwind & don't feel i need them but i think it depends what you're use to & prefer...

mattllew said..
Which leads me to a gripe.... the smallest one of these boards you can actually buy is 6'4"! Why oh why do starboard insist on showing Zane on a board at least a foot shorter? It's fine to let him ride a fake production board day to day... but on the actual product market video??

Did you also notice the paddle he was using?

It seems to happen every year with one brand or another.

surfcowboy said..
Is it me or does every thread have to involve straps or no straps? lol

Sorry!

surfcowboy said..
Is it me or does every thread have to involve straps or no straps? lol

It's literally like if every surfboard discussion had to include a talk about who's using a stomp pad or wax.

I am not shocked that they do the weird video thing. They've done stuff like that for years. Every time I see a guy my size in the lineup on a SB I feel bad knowing they bought that boat to surf based on seeing Zane rip on some custom board with half the volume.

Yeah I've windsurfed for nigh on 30 years so believe me I'm more than used to pics of custom boards faking their way into product catalogues. They're usually in the same solar system dimensions wise though. I think this is the most blatant effort I've ever seen in 30 yrs of watersports though... that board is at least a foot shorter than the smallest (6'4") they actually sell.