Has anyone tried these yet for prone surfing?
I absolutely LOVE surfing on the Silks, but there are some (slower) days/conditions when more glide/pump would make for a better session.
I’d love to hear from anyone who’s tried them.
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I’m also curious if anyone has tried them and compared to code
I went ahead and ordered the pure 900… will let you know how it goes when I get back to bali in a few weeks…! I can’t speak for comparison against code alas, would also love to know
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yoo - I actually ‘forgot’ about this and got distracted by various swells… I last used the 900 V2 towing, and have given it another sanding/tuning. I’ll take it out proning tomorrow. Hope it’s now ‘silent’.
My optimism still remains that it’s something like the CODE 850s (which i ended up buying to fulfill that ‘need’ for the non-Silk days, but so far very much doubt it. The Pure V2’s seem to be made for fast high level winging, not pumping/surfing.
More to come! Incidentally I bought the pure 150 stab to go with it, debut tomorrow prone.
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Other than speed what do you mean by high level winging? Assume its fast and has a lot of pop for airs? Everyone says its more “technical” than the silk, and while I’m sure that means “harder to ride,” Im very curious what the positive attributes are.
I know the silk isn’t meant for freestyle, but I jump mine all the time and it works fine. Wouldn’t call my freestyle “high level” by any means, but it gets the job done and surfs like a dream. Ive dinged mine up a bit (repaired them to 100%) and its not the most robust build (tips and trailing edge are pretty fragile), but those were all from reef/rock incidents and haven’t had any damage from jumping.
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Hi Velociraptor - I’m not yet a winger so I don’t really know, myself. But what i would say is that the 900 V2 feels much heavier than the silk, and feels super robust and strong . I assume meant for extreme jumping. This is not to say the silks feel in any way ‘not strong’ for me, just lighter.I’ll weigh them and give metrics tomorrow.
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Took it out, caught one wave, and despite my efforts to tune it, it’s still HORRIBLE. Going to send it back to AFS.
Weights:
Pure 900 1504 grams
Silk 850 1040 grams
Quite a difference there.
I think you’ll probably be looking for the new ENDURO line if you want more glide and pump
Going to be hard to resist the enduro… Would mean i have no need for the Lift HA120 i’ve been holding on to.
I’ve already taken delivery of a Code 850s which has pretty much ticked all the boxes for me, outside of the Silks. Code 850s AR is 9.5 and it pumps so well, turns really smoothly, breaches with ease. I’m very impressed with it as an all-round wing.
AFS kindly agreed to replace my squealing Pure 900, so i hope i can give it a fair comparison at some point. Highly doubt it will be anything like the Code though, i’m increasingly sure the Pure is just not meant to be a (competitive) prone wing.
Nope! The Pure 900v2 it’s meant to be a WING Ultimate foil !
I was able to enjoy the 900v1 in prone foiling thou - even in tow foiling in really nice waves -
The speed you get and if you can handle the turning at high speeds, was kind of a really nice different surf style feeling.
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It all comes down to how good the fuse>wing connection is. So many brands have gone wrong there and I haven’t really seen how good the AFS connection is yet. As inconvenient as the Silk is for travel, taking that connection out of the equation is one less source of flex, weakness, play and headache.
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If it’s more playful than the 800HA and easier to use as I’ve heard, I think it can make some sense to give it a try in wingfoiling. Just saw the @foilthegreats instagram and he dropped a series of stories winging the 750 ULTRA - looks rad - Wingtiping with no issue!
just to update this
AFS very kindly replaced my PURE900 with a perfectly tuned new wing. I have had a few tow sessions on it and absolutely love it. It’s different to the Silks as we know and would expect, feels fast and turns really nicely particularly with my new favorite stab (pure 150).
I’ll give it a go in some prone/pump conditions soon and further update.
Thank you AFS for your customer service - second to none.
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the Pure V2 900 is a foil I didn’t like on first try, after riding the Silk 850 a lot. It’s completely different, super stiff, direct with lots of pop to jump and aggressive pump abilities, but more difficult to handle then the Silks. The opposite of smooth 
. In the meantime I love it and the V2 700 is even better, an early flying speed and freestyle machine starting at 15 knots.
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