PhilUK said..Faff said..
Ezzy sails are really like nothing else in terms of feel. You either love them or hate them.
Thats whats some people do say, but without saying why. I think usually, its because they are wave sailors and dont like the fact that Ezzys have a lot of inbuilt fulness, they dont rely on the wind for them to take some shape. So for wave sailing, the sail is always producing power, they dont go neutral and flat in moves.
But for freeriding, inbuilt fullness and a stable shape is a bonus.
About 7-8 years ago I bought two Ezzys and I found myself in the hater group very quickly. They felt like cambered sail and were exhausting for B&J (note that I regularly slalom). I sold them after a month of use. No idea how more recent models work, I vaguely remember some comments about how they were softer. But HSM Firelight back then were both powerful and playful. Fast forward to these days and my HSM KS3 could be depowered at will, thanks to the S-shaped bottom batten. Point-7, by the way, introduced a S-shaped bottom batten ages ago and the Spy seem to achieve B&J-swell-riding nirvana. You have all the power you want, but you can open the sail and smoothly control it.
NB I actually did not know about the S-shaped batten, but after a few times out I noticed the behavior and the sail reminded me of the KS3 (but on steroids!). I could see the S-shape when the sail was at rest, but to be sure I asked Andrea (Checchi, the designer) about it, and he confirmed that it had been a signature of the sails for a while.
