Appletree skipper downwind prone?

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Anyone have experience with this board both for prone and wing?

Thanks

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I have the 50L - works great as a smaller wave prone board. I also don’t have any trouble winging it in decent wind.

It paddles fast, but I wouldn’t compare it to a proper downwind board for prone paddle speed. I can catch bigger unbroken waves prone, but I need to paddle very hard.

The boxes are very far forward. I use lift foils and run them towards the back of the boxes.

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Interesting that you say the boxes are far forward. I have the predecessor to the skipper DW (last year’s version at 5’7" which was a semi-custom and is higher volume than the current version). I found I needed to put a new tail pad on the board further back than the deck pad originally extended. Felt like the deck pad was too far forward for the volume and I was pearling a lot and my stance wanted to be further back. Works a lot better for me now. I ride the foil further back in the tracks on this board than I do on my other Appletrees.

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The pad on the new version feels like its in a good spot - but the board is light enough I prefer my stance to be a bit toward the tail vs dead center so I’ve been pushing the foil further back that other boards.

In general I feel that in the smaller appletree sizes I run to the back of the tracks. (I also have a skipper short, skipper prone, and dw)

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This could be a really cool board for parawind DW runs.

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I have a Slice V3 50L and even with a forward type of foil, like Axis Advanced+ and Code, I have to run the foil towards the back of the tracks. You’re absolutely right. I don’t think this board would work well with the older Axis fuses for example.

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Anyone have any experience with the skipper prone board? I’m over EPS boards.

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I like my 50L. Works well in small waves and for winging

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Another option is the Omen Flux which is built by Appletree. Mine is over a year old and still looks brand new.

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Couple fun freshwater ankle biters on the 50L the other day. Fyi, sounds like there’s an updated shape for the Appletree next year and more sizes.