Kitesurfing Hydrofoil Boards Reviews
Naish Kiteboarding Hover Micro Chip
The Hover Micro Chip is poised to become a staple for kite and pump foiling enthusiasts, thanks to its recent redesign that brings enhanced features and optimized construction. This small yet versatile board is particularly tailored for those who are perfecting their kite foiling skills. Notably, the new design includes an increased nose rocker and added width, enabling easier take-offs,...
Naish Kiteboarding Hover Macro Chip
The Hover Macro Chip is a remarkable addition to the world of kite and pump foiling, designed with both performance and usability at the forefront. This board is a result of a complete redesign that enhances the features and construction technology of its predecessors, bringing together the best attributes for an elite riding experience on the water. At its core,...
Naish Kiteboarding Hover Potato Chip
The Hover Potato Chip is an innovative addition to the kite, pump, and tow foiling scene, boasting a design that caters to a wide range of riders, from beginners to the more advanced. This highly versatile board features optimized shaping and innovative construction technologies that enhance the overall foiling experience. First and foremost, the Potato Chip is designed with a...
Naish Kiteboarding Hover Mother Chip
The Hover Mother Chip has emerged as a standout choice for water sports enthusiasts, notably kite, pump, and tow foiling adventures. This product review will delve into its impressive features and performance characteristics, showcasing why it deserves a place in water sports gear collections. With a design focused on stability and efficiency, the Hover Mother Chip is the largest board...
Ozone Apex V2
The Apex V2 is a revolutionary hydrofoil board designed for the most progressive kite foilers of today. This super dynamic board offers stiffness, response, and compact shaping, making it a versatile option for various foiling adventures. Featuring a slim, lightweight, and durable construction, the Apex V2 delivers exceptional stability and responsiveness. The increased thickness and volume in the V2 model...
Cabrinha Logic
Kite Foiling introduces an exciting new dimension to wind sports, allowing riders to push the boundaries of what was once thought possible. The all-new Logic board takes a step forward from its previous model, featuring a fresh outline and bottom shape. Its innovative Adaptive Strap mounting, located under the front foot, opens up endless possibilities for riding styles with both...
Naish Kiteboarding Kite Crossover
The Hover Kite Crossover offers a versatile and exhilarating experience for riders seeking to explore the world of kite foiling, kite surfing, wake foiling, and wake surfing. Designed with the perfect outline, volume, and rocker, this board is lightweight yet durable, delivering exceptional performance that will be appreciated by intermediate and advanced riders. Its thruster fin setup, wide tail, and...
Naish Kiteboarding Hover Kite
The Hover Kite is a compact board with medium volume, designed with a minimalist approach to optimize performance. They offer exceptional control during tight turns, providing a dynamic and responsive riding experience. Moreover, the Hover Kite's size facilitates easy sinking and positioning on its edge for effortless take-offs. The board boasts a closed cell core made of CNC cut precision...
North Kiteboarding Scoop Mini
When they embarked on the design process for the Scoop Mini, the goal was clear: create a board that excels in a specific task. The approach taken was to strip away anything unnecessary and focus solely on the essential elements. This led to the creation of the Scoop Mini, a high-performance kite foilboard designed for advanced riders who demand responsiveness...
North Kiteboarding Sense
Step up your foiling game with roll to ride water starts, magic glide, fast set up, and hassle-free traveling. The Sense offers strength and performance with its lightweight and durable wood core construction. Even on the lightest wind days, this board is their go-to option. Included with the board are the Sense Screw Pack (4x M8x23mm) and Foil Strap Screws...
North Kiteboarding Scoop
The Scoop is a high-performance foilboard that offers immediate recovery upon touchdown. Its concaved deck allows for smooth transitions and effortless steering. The Hybrid Carbon construction, known for its lightweight yet durable qualities, includes a structurally reinforced core to enhance impact resistance and rigidity. The Scoop is designed with a forgiving hull shape, making it perfect for both Freeride and...
North Kiteboarding Scoop Mini
Looking for a minimalist foil board that's light and stiff? The Scoop Mini from North Kiteboarding could be the answer. It's a small board at 110cm or 3'7 ft depending on your persuasion. With a hybrid carbon construction and a high-density foam core delivering just 10l of volume, this is a board for experienced foilers looking for a small board...
Armstrong Foils WKT
Armstrong is a brand that needs no . If you're into foiling, you already know the name and their signature black and white striped hydrofoil range. They are at the forefront of foil design and engineering, with an extensive range of hydrofoils to fit any and every application. Their board range, on the other hand, is relatively small, clocking in...
F-ONE Kiteboarding Pocket Carbon Custom
The Pocket has been an incredibly popular board for F-ONE for a few years; it’s a short foil board with low volume for freeride and freestyle foilers. For 2022 the R&D team introduced a new take on the design, the Pocket Carbon Custom. Built with performance in mind, it packs a little more volume into the design and is a...
North Kiteboarding Sense
It’s recently been announced that there will be two medals at the Olympics for males and females, instead of the single medal for a mixed relay. This is great news for the sport, and from this, we’ll almost certainly see a large uptake in foiling. Therefore, the need for high-quality entry-level foil boards is key. North has embraced the foiling...
Shinn Jackson Sunburner
The Shinn Jackson Sunburner is a low volume hydrofoil board that is perfect for strapped or strapless riding. Mark Shinn has been a fan of foiling for some time, and this is his latest board to hit the shelves. Previous versions have been incredibly popular, and it is easy to see why. At its heart, it is a simple looking...
Cabrinha Double Agent
The Double Agent is a crossover board from Cabrinha, aimed at the rider wanting a hydrofoil board capable of that little bit extra. Anyone who has been kiting for over 15 years will remember the buzz of riding a skimboard back in the day and the Double Agent presents plenty of opportunities for fun. The board features a fairly flat...
CrazyFly Chill
The Chill is a low volume all-round freeride board from CrazyFly. Built using a high-quality twin tip construction it is designed to be a durable platform for all your foiling adventures. It’s a short design available in two sizes, the 115 we have on test and the 130. Both models feature a wide nose with plenty of nose rocker. There...
DUOTONE Pace
The Pace is a short stubby freeride board that makes up one of four in the range. The more race orientated Indy offers performance, while the Free is a more stripped-down twin tip construction affair. The Hybrid Whip offers a surfboard platform with inserts whereas the Pace is a bona fide freeride foil board dedicated to making your time on...
Liquid Force Kites Galaxy
Foiling is booming across many watersports. We are seeing crossover boards, high-performance boards, low volume, high volume, race and more varieties. For this issue, we had the chance to try out the Liquid Force Galaxy foilboard. This board is a high performance, high volume foilboard with a track attachment system. The Galaxy lies at the larger end of the lineup...
F-ONE Kiteboarding Foilboard
F-One have a vast range of boards for foils, from SUPs, surfboards and kiteboards, using some smart technologies and designs they've been in the game longer than most and the 2019 range is looking impressive. The 49 is part of their kiteboard line up with volume. There are three boards in the range, the larger 52 being for beginners and...
Moses Hydrofoil T38 Ltd
The Moses T38 Ltd is a full carbon foilboard from the Italian brand, aimed at the freeride and wave foilers out there it’s relatively short and compact. It’s a low volume design with a reasonably square outline. A full deck pad makes for a comfortable and grippy surface to stand on and you can ride it strapless or add straps...
Liquid Force Kites Galaxy and Thruster Foil
With kite foiling becoming a huge part of our sport, we have been checking out more and more hydrofoil products on the market. We have ridden some great foils from LF in prior years, this issue we are taking a look at the new Liquid Force Galaxy foil board and Thruster foil set up. The Liquid Force Galaxy foil board...
CrazyFly Chill and Up Foil
With the recent news that kiteboarding has made the 2024 Olympics in Paris, I’m pretty sure we are likely to see a massive uptake in kite foiling, at both ends of the scale, entry and racing. There have been quite a lot of foils on the market now for many years, however top board manufacturer Crazyfly have recently released their...
Shinn Jackson + K foil
Shinn have been producing some incredibly top end boards for many years now, this issue we are going to be taking a look at the new Shinn Jackson foil board and Model K foil set up. The Jackson is a dedicated foil board with sizes accommodating the entry level foiler through to the foil masters out there. The board is...
Sroka Freeride Hydrofoil Titanium and Kitefoil Board
Sroka launched a fantastic entry level hydrofoil onto the market a couple of years ago. This year they are back with an upgraded board and an upgraded foil package that uses some exotic materials! This issue we got our hands on the Titanium Freeride Hydrofoil and Kitefoil board. The Kitefoil package is targeting the ‘one foil does it all’ market;...
F-ONE Kiteboarding Freeride 90/800 Hybrid KiteFoil and 51 Kitefoil Board
F-One have really stepped up their hydrofoil game for 2017 and they were pretty devoted to it last year too. They now offer a huge range of foils not just for kitesurfing, but also for SUP and windsurfing! The Freeride 90/800 set up is an easy to use platform that has been designed to offer enough performance to keep you...
Liquid Force Kites Happy Foil and Happy Foil Board 4.10
Liquid Force were one of the first brands to get the hydrofoil to mass market and indeed that initial set up was the same one that I learnt to ride on. The low aspect front wing kept things slow and steady and it was, and still is, a great beginner platform. For 2017 they come to the table with the...
Slingshot Hover Glide NF2 and Alien Air
Slingshot have jumped into the foil game all guns blazing this year. The launch of their excellent Foil Academy has come alongside a totally new concept in learning to foilboard. If you are reading this then please join the Foil Academy now; regardless of what foil you use it is packed with amazingly helpful free videos and tutorials to help...
Moses Hydrofoil Fluente
The Italian brand Moses has gone from strength to strength. It’s great to see a company that is so actively involved with our sport and really helping to push foiling, especially in the UK. You’ll find Moses at most of the UK’s events allowing you to see the boards and demo them, which we highly recommend! The Fluente is their...
F-ONE Kiteboarding Kitefoil
Alex Caizergues has been into the kite foil scene for a long time now, the F-One speed champion has won quite a few long distance races and it seems like his infectious love for the sport has now spread to the rest of the F-One crew. Interestingly they are going full bore into the racing side of it too, with...
Moses Hydrofoil Silente
Moses have been designing kitesurf hydrofoil boards since 2008, making them one of the first foil manufacturers, as a result they certainly know their stuff. Made in Italy, every foil is created with extreme care to give the best performance possible. The Silente is their original foil. It’s designed as a free ride foil; strong, affordable and durable. The T-40...
Cabrinha Double Agent
Almost all of the top brands have jumped on the foiling bandwagon now, however, Cabrinha have taken a slightly different approach. Their foil board is, as the name states, a Double Agent. Cruise around foiling in the morning and when the wind and waves pick up in the afternoon head out on your newly transformed surfboard. It’s the best way...
Moses Hydrofoil Vorace
Moses have been designing kitesurf hydrofoil boards since 2008, making them one of the first foil manufacturers. As a result they certainly know their stuff! Made in Italy, every foil is created with extreme care to give the best performance possible. The Vorace is Moses’ fastest foil, used by all of their national & international athletes. You might therefore think...
Liquid Force Kites Foil Fish
The crew at Liquid Force Kites all love foiling, and this is the culmination of a project that looked outside the box of the traditional cottage industry foil producers around the world. The Foil Fish became the first commercially available foil on the market from the big players in the kite industry and as such it is arguably a game...
Sroka Freeride Foil
Bruno Sroka is one of the original kitesurfers, he's got a string of accolades to his name including kitesurfing from France to Ireland, winning three world titles and being the only person to cross Cape Horn on a kitesurf. These days he has turned his attentions to building stand up paddle boards and of course hydrofoils too. Perhaps the most...