I'm 85/90kg and mostly ride the swell in Western Australia. I was on Moses 950 or 790 with 82 mast. Bought the Sabfoil 940 kraken kit and straight away felt like an upgrade as if I downloaded better skills overnight Matrix style. Stab 370 felt draggy so got the 430 but will get the 380. For me that kit carves like a hot knife in butter and the speed demands to launch for long jumps like I use to when windsurfing. Despite 2 months of punishment the gear looks the same as when I took it out of the box. I'm known to misplace things so with the kraken system I stopped looking for or asking my mates for spare bolts and screws. Money well spent ??
For high quality gear made in Italy rather than China I feel that Sabfoil deserve more praise than what I read on the forum.
How did that 430 affect the looseness of the ride? I have never really been a fan of the 399 style but I have finally made it work well with my 1350. So far SAB has been top of tops if you get the right foil. It is true that they have very disparate foils on offer and only a few of them are truly amazing IMO (specially compared to other surf foils out there). Having said this, I haven't had a single issue with my gear and would never consider selling any of my SAB foils. F-one though, straight to the bin
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How did that 430 affect the looseness of the ride? I have never really been a fan of the 399 style but I have finally made it work well with my 1350. So far SAB has been top of tops if you get the right foil. It is true that they have very disparate foils on offer and only a few of them are truly amazing IMO (specially compared to other surf foils out there). Having said this, I haven't had a single issue with my gear and would never consider selling any of my SAB foils. F-one though, straight to the bin
The looseness was only slightly affected with the 430 but expecting improvement on that side with the 380. Still using the 790 front wing on light wind and slow waves. Not a fan of the 1110 as it doesn't match my style of riding but others swear by it. It's about finding what suits your style in their range and you'll never go back. My first foil kit was Fanatic when switched to Moses at the time it felt i just remembered to take off the hand break
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How did that 430 affect the looseness of the ride? I have never really been a fan of the 399 style but I have finally made it work well with my 1350. So far SAB has been top of tops if you get the right foil. It is true that they have very disparate foils on offer and only a few of them are truly amazing IMO (specially compared to other surf foils out there). Having said this, I haven't had a single issue with my gear and would never consider selling any of my SAB foils. F-one though, straight to the bin
The looseness was only slightly affected with the 430 but expecting improvement on that side with the 380. Still using the 790 front wing on light wind and slow waves. Not a fan of the 1110 as it doesn't match my style of riding but others swear by it. It's about finding what suits your style in their range and you'll never go back. My first foil kit was Fanatic when switched to Moses at the time it felt i just remembered to take off the hand break
Totally agree, I have found SAB to be very specialised and has at least 1 good foil for each spot and condition. What they are missing is a range of sizes within each range. The only category they do that with is the Balz and now Leviathan, i am guessing Balz range being a top seller.
Keen to know your impressions of the 380 once you get it.
