Foiling Magazine publishes our test session in Annecy!

As we mentioned, the advantage of testing the products on a wake wave is the regularity of the wave. This makes it possible to Test all options under the same conditions, without any external parameters disturbing the test.

• Step 1: At first, riders need to get used to the wave to get to grips with this new way of surfing. The wave is shorter, so you have to adapt your surfing style. Compared to a natural ocean wave, you have to press slightly more on the back foot. Once this adjustment period is over, we start to change one variable at a time. After each modification, riders review how they felt, then compare each other’s opinions in order to choose the best possible option.
• Step 2: The objective: to test the different possible options. We started by changing the size of the fuselage, then the length of the mast, and finally we tested different stabilizers. Every time we changed an element, we tried to get an agreement on how everyone felt. If this was not the case, we went back into the water to check and compare our sensations again.
  It’s a long and meticulous job, but it’s the best way to produce a perfectly finished product that meets all the objectives we had set for ourselves. It is for this reason that it is useless to produce 50 different fins without having done a lot of work beforehand to set a complete set of specifications and precise objectives.
• Step 3: Obviously, we end up with validation. This type of test weekend is fundamental to validate the production of a new fin. We were able to adjust the foil perfectly and thus determine which was the most suitable combo for wake foil, according to the different riders.