I picked up an AXIS 102 foil with ~70cm mast for SUP foiling. I am still very crap at SUP foiling.

I decided to attach the foil weapon of mass destruction to my Naish Hover 130 and give it a go with a Cloud kite.

Too say the Axis 102 foil is big, is an understatement. It is huge.

The red metal fuselage and mast are sexually attractive and heavy. The wings must be made with same bubbles in Aero Bar chocolate, ie no weight.

The wing is almost wider than board is long.

I throw the board and foil in the water and the foil floats. Floats really really well. Floats so well I am struggling to push the foil underwater for a bit of upwind body dragging to get away from shallows.

On the other hand, the float makes strapless starting super easy. No sinking foil!!!

Went out in 6 to 10 knots with a 17m Cloud on 32m lines.....

Dived the kite, pushed the foil down with a small amount of water speed and I am not sure the board touched the water. I was now standing completely upright and still. I had to push the beast forward a little and off it went.

The word slow and floaty comes to mind as I started foiling. Had to shuffle my weight forward a little and all was good from a balance point of view.

This thing tracked super well and goes upwind really well. Healside, toesside, all good. Gybing was great and using yaw in super slow turns was magnificent.

Staying up on the foil in 5 knots was no drama. 10 to 12 knots was typical cruising speed. Got a few surprising bursts of speed (15+ knots) as I hooked into downwind runs on the baby lake swell.

Most people on smaller foils will think this thing is a semi trailer. And it is. But I really enjoyed it being 100kg+. I can muscle the foil around without any surprising reactions from the foil. I had no issues carving around on it (long board feeling rather than surfboard) and it if you have any swell you can turn all the power in your kite off and glide.

Really looking forward to riding this thing in some surf swell.