Anybody tried this 'hot dog' foil for wing foiling, looks crazy !

cameron I think we are about the only people still on GF outside Hawaii, (Ive been contemplating a shift to AFS or Slingshot....) the PNL185 with the 12.5FTL is my fav setup so far, still riding old gear

RAF142134 said..
cameron I think we are about the only people still on GF outside Hawaii, (Ive been contemplating a shift to AFS or Slingshot....) the PNL185 with the 12.5FTL is my fav setup so far, still riding old gear

Haha, I'm still on Gofoil in Sydney. Expensive business to change teams and the bottom line for us mere mortals is that the gear isn't holding us back

camerongraham said..Yes the AFS look good with rave reviews.

AFS is lot simpler than GoFoil - Silk for solid waves Enduro for everything else. No comparison on ride quality, finish and fit.

hilly said..

camerongraham said..Yes the AFS look good with rave reviews.

AFS is lot simpler than GoFoil - Silk for solid waves Enduro for everything else. No comparison on ride quality, finish and fit.

Still on GoFoil myself due to the fact it is so robust and simple to assemble. There's a lot prototyping going on right now including the use of high camber like KT. Hope they knock it out of the park with the new wings as (imo) the current quality and connection are top level. I haven't seen any AFS in person. Is the AFS as reef proof? As stiff?

winginglkemich said..

I want to get into prone foiling more and only have a 92cm mast, so I am waiting for the new GoFoil masts and foils come out before I purchase a 75cm mast. Maybe I shouldn't wait and just switch to AFS? Is the extra cost really worth it. I am not pushing the boundaries of the sport or perfect Maui conditions. I wing on Lake Michigan which hardly ever has perfect conditions.

Make sure you demo a 75cm. I prone an 80, and though I started foiling with a 75 and was fine with it, switching to 80 made for a much better experience prone, for both bank angles and for pumping.

Its very difficult not to hype a foil or diss it, I like the GF for what I currently use does right for me, I feel people of similar ability to me have progressed more on other gear (maybe I really suck?). What pained me was a while back the GL were really expensive, I got some cheaper NL and they literally have NO bottom end as far as my use of them goes, too much hard work in gusty conditions, (not to speak of the ridiculous tips of dark destruction!!) NOW the GL wings are almost being given away - I have a new mission this year to train every aspect to failure and see if I can finally improve, lol

I've been on gofoil since the rs range was launched and it's been solid for me sup waveriding, wing waveriding and downwinding however the demise of the brand throughout Australia since Dylan left has made updates and froth for the brand diminish. This season I have made it my mission to smash the sup foil downwinding and have gone hard to achieve that - initially on gofoil which got me up and going. I then had a ride on the AFS Enduro and within 2 runs aged my first downwinder - the change has let to me improving in every element of my riding.

Maybe I was using the wrong go foil gear for downwind sup, maybe not but sometimes change is needed. I stuck.it out with gofoil and still have my 975 rsx, 12.5 and v2 mast up for grabs if anyone is keen on some supercheap gear but I may well hold onto it as a wave setup for when I don't want to smash up the new AFS gear.

Regarding the travel issues this never bothered even travelling remote indo trips was easy as ultimately board is still the widest piece of equipment so mast/fuse never an issue. Also I will massively miss the simplicity of the 2 screw setup but agree with hilly that the wear issues with wings was super annoying causing some to be too loose and others not to fit.

I wish go foil well but in Australia I feel their time is now done

Da Foil Monsta.