eppo said..kobo said..
I rode the 4'2 board with the 707 flux. The board is fantastic and the mast is stiff and the foil is fast and turns well. The 707 pumps well with speed ,but it definitely has a high stall speed and would not be easy in smaller surf unless you're Mr Bennett's. I also demoed the 5'6 board with the jet drive with a view to DW prone it in 15 kns. It just didn't have the thrust to get you going in those conditions, I did manage to get a start over a shallow reef and then DW from there , but no go in the open ocean for starts, which I would be able to do with a paddle SUP. I think it would be possibly to achieve a start in nuking conditions.
I was surprised to see the front wing connection is taper slide on with 2 screws and nothing else but it seemed stiff enough.
Were you towing though or sup or proning under your own power. Hilly is using it on the tow boogie and always with decent serious power in the waves down there ?
Prone on the 5'6 jet in 15kns DW conditions and I couldn't get going. For reference I prone surf on a 4'5 board average 3 times a week,and would consider myself intermediate to advanced at popping up.I I got towed in the same conditions on the 4'2 with 707 flux so definitely underpowered.
