# New Masts 2026 - what do you think? **URL:** \ **Category:** Foils and Boards - Gear Talk\ **Created:** [May 27, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/new-masts-2026-what-do-you-think/15725 "2026-05-27T22:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Matt](https://forum.progressionproject.com/u/Matt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/new-masts-2026-what-do-you-think/15725/19 "2026-05-29T12:35:41Z")
great topic, my own exploring here has lead me to feel that for prone surfing in broken up waves the benefits are minimal, but I haven’t tried the latest masts (still on AFS UHM 80cm), so I’m interested to be proven wrong > [@FoilGraham](#): > > I’d agree that upgrading the mast is a huge win, so long as you don’t sacrifice control due to flex. Yes I think sacrifice is pretty real if you think that cost/performance/flex are all varyingly related, and gains on 1 of those points comes from either of the other 2. If you ride bigger foils, marginal benefits on the slipperier masts I’d imagine. But if you ride small foils, huge opportunities. > [@Eriefoiler](#): > > Anecdotally I rode a code 1250 on a 19mm axis alu mast (which seems to be regarded as stiff): This setup felt extremely wobbly in torsion, The 19mm is not good in torsion, maybe it’s the doodad as said above. [Here](https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/new-downwind-foil-which-brand-doubling-down-on-axis/6958/14) is a video illustrating the wobble the last time the topic came up --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/new-masts-2026-what-do-you-think/15725)._