no Nonduro mentions 
I think itās more a feeling than a ride characteristic.
As a mediocre rider, foiling often felt a bit like riding a bike on ice.
After 15 minutes on the Code S everything felt healthy, it turns, carves, takes speed while remaining under controll.
To some extent, it eliminated part of the difficulty of foiling so now I can focus on the fun.
That being said, itās probably not only a Code spec, but also moving to a more prone wing (lower AR).
I demo codesā¦it was very similar to a Lift 120. The AFS Silk is pure magic if you like the Kujira.
98kgs, foiling 6 years, I went from sabfoil, armstrong, gofoil, unifoil, code, axis then to AFS this year. AFS is way better than the rest imo, wish it was cheaper so I could buy more foils. I would not buy a legacy male to female mast to fuse connection, itās 2025 not 2020!
I have heard that silks do not pump well from many. Are you powered or are you pumping when riding them?
Are you comparing same year foils of each brand otherwise youāre just seeing general foil progression over the years
if you need to pump around with your own effort, code is the only option for me. i got the afs silks and they definitely are better for carving due to the lower aspect ratio, but i cant pump it anywhere close to the codes. i moved to another country and only brought my code foils and my afs is sadly collecting dust. the enduro looks interesting as its higher AR, but what bothers me the most is not really the connection system, its that they went away from a monobloc system. Its weird to claim that you have the best stiffest monoblock silk wing, which i agree is 100% true, and then later say, yeah forget we said that, non-monoblock is stiff too. you cant have best of both worlds, and while i havent ridden kt, i wouldnt even be interested in trying it if it wasnt monobloc. on the otherhand, the new trident cloud 9, duotone d/lab are all monobloc and i would love to try those if i had the chance. why am i so crazy about monobloc, cuz i used to ride axis and the moment i went to code it was a night and day difference.
Not sure monobloc necessarily means stiffer. The enduro setup I have is stiffer than anything else I have tried, granted I donāt have the silks to compare. Friends having silks and enduros donāt feel the difference of construction in stiffness. I think the current fuselink and fuse to front wing connection is really well engineered. Same with KT, really well designed, I cannot feel any wobble coming from those connections.
On the flipside, Fone is monobloc but the mast to fuse held by 3x6mm is a little bit underengineered for wings with more than 90cm in span imo.
Itās almost like older brands are at a disadvantage with their connection system as they usually avoid to change it over time despite the industryās progress on that front.
Maybe this is obvious to everyone else, but I had a weird observation when I tried the silks. I canāt really pump for any distance. On my lift 150hax, I can occasionally get a couple pumps in before I lose technique and āpush throughā - I lose the back pressure from the foil, or lose balance and start swiveling. I had one super quick demo on the Silk 1050 and it was so easy to pump, it felt like it just worked, I pumped and it pushed back every time. For sure the HA foils might be more efficient over distance but it seems like the silk pumps āwellā to me.
I kite/sup/tow/wing and mostlty wing (best for most time on foil and flagging out and repeat) and sup.
thought about armie again but didnāt like the rake in the new masts and the brand is locked into their mast fuse connection that needs a dozen or more bolts to hold it together, same issues as gofoil with foil to fuse connection
All of these comments are great support to consider a cedrus mast lol. I just ordered mine and have heard from others that love them. Iām on uni now and will be purchasing some code foils soon as thatās all the rave lately. Give it a few months then another brand will be the next popular foil. I saw the cedrus up close and itās a thing of beauty.
Having a cedrus Iād say thatās the main problem with them. Itās really easy to be tempted, but in my case I was on k2, which I think is probably similar to silks, and never had much luck connecting. But today after over a month out of the water I connected a wave on foil drive first try which is unusual these winter days. That because I was empowered to try enduro. Thereās a balance btwn learning your gear and getting better gear. Iām trying to move towards the former now.
and donāt forget the enabling move āmaybe Iāll just pick up a KT and an AFS connector for my Cedrusā¦just in caseā¦ā
Like you, I was a little sad to see the non-monoblock build but having ridden the 700 in maxed out conditions and after chatting with AFS at AWSI Iāll admit it felt really stiff. The joint and triple m8 bolts to put it together seemed legit and I look forward to riding the lineup this spring. The one variable that is lost is the weight savings though. As soon as you step up to the 900 and larger your kit is about 1lbs or more heavier.
All that being said, the Enduro is the āall-terrainā model for them. Having a non-monoblock option probably opened up a world of new customers who insist on fuse options and ease of travel. All my friends on the Enduros froth about them but when I tell them to try the Silk itās always ānah, I wont consider the Silk because itās monoblock. Iāll wait until they release a v2 that breaks downā
The Silks though, really the most shockingly versatile and high performance foil Iāve ever ridden once I put the time in on it. Each size took me a few sessions to get into but now, DW, flatwater, huge swell, epic carving, just keep changing the tail and that foil does it all. The UHM construction matched with the UHM masts skinny 75cm or standard 80cm and the crazy stiff tails make those foils unrivaled in my experience.
I know 3 people who lost their entire F One hydroplane when the three M6 bolts broke. In all cases they did not hit anything, they were just carving turns. I was talking to a local at New Smyrna Beach the other day and he knows 5 people who have lost everything but the mast. F Oneās response to one friendās inquiry was he needs to torque those bolts to spec before every session and they offered 10% off on a replacement. Seriously?
Looking at the mast/fuse connection, it is the flimsiest design imaginable. They need a solid mortise & tenon connection like Axis/Unifoil/Lift, etc and not be loading those M6 bolts in bending.
The good news is that there are now a lot of legitimately very good choices. Iām very happy with my Code and KT foils for performance, build and future prospects.
I think the bolts are supposed to hold the foot in place and the sides of the connection counter the bending. But maybe above a certain strength the bolts snap. Afs, KT and Duotone did a beefed up version of that with M8 screws that work great (although I have not seen duotone in person). In depth post there Mast foot standard, industry standard interfaces - #93 by KDW
Mikeslab has been using 1/4ā screws, which are only a tad wider (6.3mm) than M6, for ages. Without any issues ever reported. So it is not just the screws but how the overall connection is designed.
How would you compare the two?
This is a funny one for the chat. Review of the F-One Momentum, but the bolts shear and the foil falls off mid review and he loses it in the water.
Spends a few sessions of snorkeling looking for it, only to find SOMEONE ELSES foil that fell off in a previous session, an AFS 
This is GOLD!!!