A great and wicked design by Chris Lockwood. I'd like to highlight this fin as it's based on a free thinking excercise and it has massively paid off. The fin is super neutral, easy to sail and blistering fast on open courses. Because of the sweep it also functions up until a given amount of seagrass. It looks like this will be one of the favorite fins to use in my quiver. The "bulb" built into this fin can truly be felt. It's noticeable the board tracks better and stays at a given (optimum) angle because of it. And when you accidentally push too much (extremely hard, even with the smallest sizes) it's super easy to get back. Equally important: it has been built to perfection by the extremely high quality manufacturing plant set-up by Peter Weitenberg. I applaud him for putting in so much time and effort into profesionalizing G10 and Carbon fin manufacturing. The craftsmanship can be felt when being there and it's no surprise quality stands out (as with some other brands that manufacture for all riders, not just the very top), with quality, not quantity as the standard to work from.

It's solutions like this why I love the dedication of designers and manufacturers so much. Thinking out of the box, never satisfied with the options at hand, open to learn from the past and using the latest design treats in other parts of the gear development. Modern sails and boards give new opportunities. Amongst them mastfeet that can be placed further back. The sweep in the fin supports the ride with mastfoot placed far back while maintaining speed at cross wind.

This fin in the larger sizes could be a PWA killer for Fuerteventura against the now well accepted Carbon fins. I will gve them a true spin to find out about the potential and wouldn't be surprised if gybing speed, control and pure topspeed are better compared to well accepted top Carbon fins when racing on full chop.