UniFoil Viper 130 which tail?

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Which tails work well with the Viper 130? Perhaps the Progression tails or Takuma 158 or 178 tails?

Thanks

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Been riding the Vyper 130 in solid Costa Rica surf the last few days. Been riding a Progression 14.5 because it’s all I’ve got here. Using a two shim. Foil in the back of the box. Ripping setup.

Feels great. Rippable and pumpable.

I’m 6’4” 230 pounds though! So not sure how that translates to a smaller rider.

13.5 Progression would probably be great. Faster than the Kujira tails.

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Been Using the Vyper 150 w/ short fuse, neutral G10 uni tail and 2 degree shim. @230 lbs I can get going in almost anything I can paddle into.

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I’ve tried a few different tails and have found it seems to like a larger tail with zero shim or smaller tail with +2 shim. If you go a fast tail with no shim the forward pitching at high speed is uncontrollable. Depends on size of your waves though. 178 works well no shim, so does the 13 shiv/shunt with +2 shim, and 14.5 progression no shim is great. Haven’t tried 13.5 progression though