These look seriously exciting! Shame they arrived just after I bought my new foil . Are the front wings slightly sweeping forward (like the cloud9)?

And which spot?

Thanks for these reviews Lee, serious lack of genuine discussion and testing out there that is not just reading off a product sheet...

How much easier is it to stay locked into a windswell bump when downwinding? Looking to get the glide 905 to complement my aero free 1200. Looking for something that will let me surf downwind easier when wind is pumping 16kts+, but also something for prone surf that won't eject the board on take-off when taking off on waves bigger than 1 or 2 foot, but still give easy gliding and turning once up on the face.

Nice clip! Thanks for the response, hope the weather will be that nice when I come back to the UK next month!

Yeah you definitely seem to get plenty of glide on those beach waves. Once thing is that I think the aero free 1250 is not a great pumping foil, doesn't seem to generate much speed or glide when pumping between wind swell or back out to the lineup. Do you think that the glide pumps better, or is it much the same?

Lee, 85kg, can gybe and wing along swells (so early intermediate?). Just got some Fanatic gear (75l and Glide 1085). I guess 1085 glide good for close together wind swells with 2-3' faces that I get at local beach? What would you recommend for soft waves with maybe 10' faces (soft Rhosneigr waves if you know it). As well as glide along I would like to turn too, but unsure if I'll ever be that skilled.

@leepasty do you know when the 590 will.be released? Have you tried it? I see some good speeds on gps-wingfoiling with it.

Also what is the total weight of the foil set up (assuming you have carbon mast and fuse?)

Sorry for all the questions!

Thanks, the attraction of the Glide is having a race set up and recreational set up that are inter-compatible (which then makes amateur racing affordable). Rather than buying a totally different foil.

It would be really good to know weights, as they vary so hugely (eg AFS UH carbon mast weighs half the weight of the Axis, both are equally stiff - I've used both)

I'm sure you are right. And I'm defo not going to beat Hugo or Finlay! But still good to be as fast as possible.

Would love to know the weight of the whole set up if you felt inclined to stick your foil on some scales.

Lee - Are the Duotone foils compatible with the Fanatic fuses and vice versa?

r0d said..
I'm sure you are right. And I'm defo not going to beat Hugo or Finlay! But still good to be as fast as possible.

Would love to know the weight of the whole set up if you felt inclined to stick your foil on some scales.

my foil weighs 3.46kg. 90cm carbon mast (non-TE), carbon 68cm fuselage, Aero Glide 725/160 wing set. can get this overall weight down ~300g going w/ the TE mast. Going to the 60cm AL 3BS fuselage adds about 125g

725 glider w/ carbon 68 fuselage 1505g
905 glider w/ 60cm AL 3BS fuselage 1630g
90cm mast 1955g

r0d said..
I'm sure you are right. And I'm defo not going to beat Hugo or Finlay! But still good to be as fast as possible.

Would love to know the weight of the whole set up if you felt inclined to stick your foil on some scales.

my foil weighs 3.46kg. 90cm carbon mast (non-TE), carbon 68cm fuselage, Aero Glide 725/160 wing set. can get this overall weight down ~300g going w/ the TE mast. Going to the 60cm AL 3BS fuselage adds about 125g

725 glider w/ carbon 68 fuselage 1505g
905 glider w/ 60cm AL 3BS fuselage 1630g
90cm mast 1955g

boardsurfr said..
Hi Kevin, can you comment on the availability of Fanatic foils in the US? Your web site seems to indicate that you have everything, but that seems highly unlikely. I'm ready to switch foil brands and hopefully will get a chance to try Fanatic foils when Andy Brandt comes to Cape Cod next month, but it's a bit pointless if nobody in the US actually has the foils, and the few other dealers that carry them all show I"out of stock".

2024 is about to come out which is why most retailers are out of stock. mostly same with few new bits. The te colab mast will now just be called dlab and standard carbon sls. speak to your retailer if you want something as normally the first batch mostly sells to pre orders

leepasty said..
2024 is about to come out which is why most retailers are out of stock. mostly same with few new bits. The te colab mast will now just be called dlab and standard carbon sls. speak to your retailer if you want something as normally the first batch mostly sells to pre orders

Thanks for the info. Local retailers don't carry Fanatic foils, so I need to rely on shops or manufacturers with a decent web site that shows what's in stock. In the past, Fanatic had at least some windsurf stuff available in US warehouses or dealers, but it seems like they are deeming the foil market as too small- which creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I have some stock of Fanatic foils here in San Francisco and there are more at the warehouse. Really nice stuff but they were a bit late to market so it might take awhile for more widespread consumer adoption as many people are already invested in other platforms


regarding the 725 I was able to get 500m at 24.2kt which is a PB for me. Average of 5 best 10sec runs that day was 24.4kt. Possibly those numbers could be current aided