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Spark said..
Anyone own an ampjet and love it?
Seems like the hype's gone and quite afew for sale second hand.

Yeh I got one & loving it. Have posted about it elsewhere on this forum. Wondering what's making you ask the question/what's behind your question? Happy to share my thoughts.

I got to ride before I purchased so knew what I was getting which helped make decisions about size & foil easier to make.
Had a great session (no jet, just with the blank in) yesterday at a local point break. light onshores with chopped up swell aimed direct down the line of the point. was a bit more down wind style foiling than riding waves. Hoping for the same again this afternoon

There's 4 people down here now with them. A few other crew have the foils but not the boards. One of the guys who bought an amp, when he first got it was wishing he bought a longer one. the flitelab board he bought was shorter & less litres than his previous prone foil board, so there was an adjustment. He stuck with it and loves it now too. I just ask him how's it going & the smile spreads across his face and he can't wipe it off. There was a bit of persistence from him to adjust to riding a smaller/less volume board. The persistence paid off & his foiling was gone from strength to strength with and without the jet. I reckon he has had his since when they were first released. I've had mine since November. I ain't going to be selling mine. Am going to buy a longer one to wing/parawing & downwind with.

oooh tow boogie fun! Never tried one, would be keen. lots of waves to access around here with a tool like the tow boogie.
Hilly I rode the 4'2" raw board with the 1010 months ago. was the first time it felt like i had one piece of equipment and not two (board plus foil). Raw board is so stiff, so strong, so light.

Wanted to chime in that I've finally bought flite.lab setup. i've posted elsewhere about trialling flite.lab gear. Finally shelled out my hard earned & bought:
- 4'2" amp
- 707 with short fuse & 125 tail
To say I'm happy would be an understatement. It's been everything and more I'd hoped & experienced.
Here's what I can add to what is posted here......
I ride with the jet and and the jet out. The five main reasons I ride with jet in are:
1) It's big and i want to get in early
2) It's small, weak & there's not much time to catch a wave
3) It's crowded and with the amp I can sit wider and safer
4) When it's windy off or cross shore
5) Tide is too high

So a bit more on each of the reasons I ride with the jet in.
1) When it is big the amp gives so much more time and easier entry into bigger waves. By bigger I mean head to head and a half height faces. The amp gives an ability in these situations to make take offs possible that arms alone cold not.
2) We have a few waves that when small only give a few seconds to get up and riding. Once up the waves are foilable. The challenge in these conditions is to get going. The amp makes getting up and going when it's small so much easier
3) Summer oh summer.... That time of year when a lot of people who own surfboards take them out to rinse the year or years worth of dust off. We have some point breaks that people with less ocean experience make challenging for people on any crafts because of where they sit, paddle, freak out when sets come. I don't like foiling among these crowds. The amp has been a crowd cheat as I can sit wide or everyone and get the waves. Once up and foiling am away from the crowds (as all foilers would be, I just don't have to dodge the crowd on the way to getting wide)
4) When it's windy. This was a benefit I didn't expect. I was foiling, there was a 4ft swell that when it refracts is 2-3ft on take off, then 2ft to the beach. I was riding without the jet & it was strong cross shore. Riding with the wind on my side was fine, ,as soon as I'd do a cut back the wind gets under the board slows everything down. This happens on any board & makes a 400-700m ride a glide fest, which while fun i'd rather be turning. So I went in and put the jet in, came back out & the weight made the session. Turning in to the wind the weight counters the effect of the wind lifting the board. This meant I could ride the board at a better angle and go faster, therefore surf the waves with the cross shore rather than having a glide fest. So now if it's windy I put the jet in even if I don't need it to catch the waves because it's a better ride
5) Tides: We have a bunch of tide dependent waves. We can only really ride them on the low to mid tide, about half the tide cycle. With the amp I'm now able to ride 3/4 of a tide cycle. Another chance to ride with less/no people & beat the crowds.

What else to say apart from how amazing the foil and board is.... Feel like i've got something from Batman's cave :) the finish on everything is top notch. In more useful news I can double down the 707 with the amp in and I'm no cardio or pump hound.
and yes I bought this gear, this isn't a paid review, i'm not a team rider
Happy for questions.

FYI: I weigh 78kg & am 183cm (writing as some people ask about this)