It's not very often you see race foil reviews.... I think mainly because it's easy to see what the top guys are on in the world foil series and make your own mind up.

I bought the 2019 bionic 3 months old from another guy, who said the moses rode better after riding the bionic. Once I had the foil in myu hands and wings mounted, I could clearly see there was a manufacturing issue - the fuselage looked like it had shifted while getting machined, and the flat rear stabiliser mount plate, was flat on two different angles. Result of this was the rear stab was on a 10 degree lean vs the front wing once done up.

I tried modifying it with some success using an angle grinder ( It's stainless steel and basically unsandable and unfile-able ) , but after an e-mail to levitaz they sent out a replacement free, which mounted normally.

The build quality and precision (apart from the first one ) , is good. The 110 mast almost had no pin holes, except for the area around where the fuselage mated and is very stiff.

Ride wise, the foil seems to get up at around 10 kts, and on the first session I had it up to 25kts, needing to put the bigger ( 30 or 45 ) shimm in and also shift the stance position forward which I'm yet to try.

Compared to my aluminium alpinefoil - it feels very planted and solid through the water except for the pitch. The pitch control is sensitive and I think needs a wider stance to help control it and keep it in the water... I also found the freeride kites are less forgiving on this foil ( If needing to pump them ) because of the increased pitch sensitivity at low speed. No comment on gybing or tacking yet as I had the stance set too far back and dare not try today. It is definitely harder to turn sharp and prefers more to track in straight lines than the freeride, it just feels like it has more inertia underwater when you try move it, and sharp turns don't happen.

All for now