Foil Drive Fusion Session #5 today on local Raleigh lakes. Review of Fusion for the newbie heavier guy. 224lbs with 2mm wetsuit. Borrowed a 60L Apple Slice - wasn’t sure how Session 1 would go with 60l board? Put on S1 2450 wing and was up / planing /standing / riding on foil in Gear 1 or 45% throttle and backing off to 35% on foil. Controlling pitch, bringing pod out of water and gliding back to water, touch down and back up and making turns - so we proved the S1 2450 makes any board ‘foilable.’ The power was incredible!
Session 2 switched to CF2050 and continued improving but vs 2450 needed more power 75% throttle to plane, stand & foil downwind and 85% - 95% into wind. I need to see how I am using Boost cause it seemed to have little effect. Once on foil reduce power 10 - 20% or a gear or 2.
Sessions 3-5 continued to improved and doing some mini pumping. Lots of falls trying to figure out pumping! Foil size seemed much more determinant of riding ability than board size. Exceeded my expectations plus share how Fusion is working for someone new with less than ideal technique. The 18.5cm mast was definitely the right call so again thanks for the exchange.
