TheKiteMag - The Ultimate Test Guide

€540

F-ONE WTF!? Subjective Criteria The WTF!? is F-ONE’s performance freestyle board, but we UNITS SOLD also found that it had a non-aggressive, playful quality to it that Carving allows ability it to crossover easily into freeride. The WTF!? features a double concave, rail channels, tip channels and a relatively Spray wide outline, all of which combine to help the board grip the Directional stability water and develop impressive speed as well as giving it an overall Rail grip smooth ride. A three stage rocker line with a flatter section in Planing speed/light wind the center of the board allows the WTF!? to plane early, and ability increased rocker on the tips makes landings impeccably smooth. Upwind ability Impressively, the transition between rocker stages is unnoticeable Pop and you get a very positive and progressive pop off the water as a result.ofThis was not one of the lighter boards we had on Smoothness landings test, and smaller riders found it a bit cumbersome (we had the PARTICIPANT

140 on test so you could of course drop down a size or two if required), but for heavier riders riding stacked you could tell it was 7 in the zone. The WTF!? is a delight on the water with its razor7sharp yet smooth ride slicing up chop, with F-ONE taking the HRD rail from the Trax and juicing it up for even more 9 performance. Underfoot, the rails are even more prominent and 9 thicker for maximum lift, stability, and a superb propensity to displace 8 water for cloud-like landings, while still maintaining the biting rail grip needed for pop and upwind. This is a brilliantly 8 engineered board with lots of energy for an explosive pop, and 9 a progressive rail bite and load which feels incredibly intuitive and10 accessible to all competent riders.

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Cutting through chop

SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA:

OBJECTIVE CRITERIA: Weight

3.4

Inserts

Angled

Rocker

Medium/High

Spray

Rail channels

Y

Directional stability

Tip channels

Y

Concave

Double

Rail shape

Inverted bevel underfoot with taper at mid

Tip flex

4

Construction

Glass

Mounting system

Inserts M6

Boots compatible

Y

Slider proof base

N

Ease of setting up

9

Carving ability

Rail grip Planing speed/light wind ability Upwind ability Pop Smoothness of landings Cutting through chop 0

2.5

5

7.5

10

€899

CORE CHOICE 3 Subjective Criteria The Choice is CORE’s ‘all-in-one-freestyler’ taking riders comPARTICIPANT UNITS SOLD fortably from hooked to unhooked freestyle with the option of Carving ability riding straps or boots. The Choice gives an incredibly strong Spray locked-in feel, like you’re riding on tracks. Its multiple deep channels,Stability double concave and V hull provide an incredible level Directional ofgrip grip and you could ride the Choice without fins and still have Rail plentyspeed/light of trackingwind power. The diamond CNC surface contour Planing at the tips direct load over the fins for great edge control leading ability into the pop and to provide grip in even the most powered Upwind ability landings. Despite having a larger rocker than the Fusion, the Pop Choice was efficient upwind and for early planing. The more Smoothness of landings

squared outline and extensive shaping features create ample forward drive. Some spray is to be expected from the wider tips 7 and when riding at speed across chop, the locked-in feel feeds7back as a bumpy ride across the chop. The rail thickness of the Choice varies from 9.5mm, due to greater reinforcement 8.00 underfoot, down to 3mm at the tips, making it easy to load the 9 board and getting a generous pop in return. Coming down you 8 can expect smooth landings. The reinforcement underfoot prevents8the board from flattening its rocker on landings, allowing the double concave and V hull to break the surface tension to 9 soften heavy landings.

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Cutting through chop

SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA:

OBJECTIVE CRITERIA:

Carving ability Spray Directional stability Rail grip Planing speed/light wind ability Upwind ability Pop Smoothness of landings Cutting through chop 0

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2.5

5

7.5

10

Weight

2.82kg