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crakas said..
After some input from the brains trust.

Current Foil setup
- North Sonar HM 85cm Mast
- North Sonar 1230SF Foil
- North Sonar S215 Stabilizer
- North Sonar Carbon Fuselage 700mm

I've had this setup for over a year and a half, really like it, but my concern is that from the beginning I never felt like the GeoLock tapered interface, designed to ensure a tight mast-fuse connection was not as tight as it should be. I usually leave the system together and dissemble periodically for cleaning and maintenance. Today I noticed a hairline crack just starting to appear in the fuse in front of the insert. Also, I feel the fit is worse with more play than would be expected, and it appears that the base of the mast is touching the bottom of the fuse insert preventing the tapering from doing it's thing. I expect to be some wear, but since it was ordinary from the beginning...a bit more than one would expect.

Not try to brand bash as I'm about to order a new fuse and see if the fit is better.

Just would like to know if anyone had tolerance/mismatch issues?

What was the end result?

Shlogger said..
Yeah, the Goya One 12 thang threw me off as well but the blue one posted above in a 105 liter is what I'm looking at. Latest current model.

WingyDingy said..




Do you mean the one being teased on Instagram? I think that is just a video from their team rider Noe.

Jeroensurf said..




Its always sad when people lose there jobs, but regarding to the testing: we (I live 30min from Katwijk) don,t have the pacific waves, but it is pleny windy here. I can besides a 32h job easily get a 150sessions a year in combined wingfoil, supfoil, DW.North windsurf and Mystic are also located there so from a brand integration pov I get it when they move everything to one spot.
What I do hope that in time they can also bring the production from Asia to Europe...

scotty380 said..
Just back from Baja. I rode the DW900 and DW820 paired with the S178 stab. Wind 18-24mph each day. Swell 4-9ft. I love the 820 over the 900. The 820 has greater glide and lift. It pops up and rides high on the swell. Glides with minimal pump between bumps. The 900 was draggy and oven I found the swell overtaking me. I had to pump more than the 820 to keep my speed and keep up with the swell. I also found both paired nicely with the S178. The 820 liked a no shimmed stab. The 900 like a -.5 shim. The specs between the 900and 820 are so close, yet the ride experience is amazingly different, hard to believe but it is just better. I also tried the s145 stab, I either don't like it or need more time on it to figure it out. It was very loose and felt unstable in all three axis. But that may just be me. I would like to try the S158 and S142 at some point. Anyone have experience on these two stabs? Or experiences with shimming?

AlexF said..
What's your weight? Im also interested in the Kai ML 8'8.
Being 94 kg and currently riding a 8'6 Quatro Glide Pro 130 liters, 7,8 kg