MProject04 said..MeonAsh said..
In the UK F4 foils are a complete non event - if you want one you have to internationally import it, no opportunity what-so-ever to try one.
So it's a three grand punt to find out if it suits you or not - and then there's zero second hand market for them if you find it not to your taste or you picked the wrong front foil.
Those few things combined mean that the chances you even see someone on F4 is pretty much zero.
The videos are nice, the hype is lovely but as a brand it's just not here at all. I do wonder if Europe is the same.
Hypes come and go. There are lots of solid brands out there for us mere mortals without Maui conditions.
One reason I never looked at F4 seriously despite being based in EU was a story here on Seabreeze about a year or so ago of someone ordering their foils and receiving a box with a pile of parts..super poorly packed. There were some shocking looking pics I'm sure they improved ever since..
Anyway..back to topic 🙂
I have never seen any product packet so well as F4 foils.
I think it depends on your use case but if its riding bumps downwind then F4 don't need to market and the hype was created by the punters trying their foils. It was hard to ignore half of the Maui recreational downwinders changing to F4 just because they got to try it.
I had a demo on the 800 Orca with the 13mm mast and it immediately replaced my 1000 900 800 eagle x's. It took just one bump to understand the groundswell of support for these foils.
I sold 7 fone foils and I use 3 f4 foils to cover the same range for prone, tow and DW. The performance is real and yes I pay for my foils.
