The Deep Dive: AK Tracer V3 review | Foiling Magazine
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- čas přidán 10. 12. 2023
- The first in our brand new series of highly in-depth test reviews, Foiling Magazine's Technical Editor Richard Boughton (IG: @kitebarn) and test rider Chris Burke (@poseidonwatersportsuk) go deep on the new @AKDurableSupplyCo AK Tracer V3 foil.
For more on the AK Tracer V3, head to: www.akdurablesupplyco.com/hyd...
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Yeeeeha! Keep the updates coming my friends. Epic video concept!
Thanks Kyle!
Great review team!
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How thick is the mast, what is the mast cord, how wide is the wing, what is the wing cord and aspect ratio, and how many cm^2 is the wing. None of this is on their site.
Hey Bohdan, sorry for the late response. The foil being reviewed in the video is the Tracer 1030cm². The Tracer 1030 has an aspect ratio of 8.2, the wingspan is 914mm, and the cord is 149mm with a cord thickness of 15.5mm.
Our new Carbon Plus masts are 14mm thick with a 124mm cord.
mast is 14mm
Where is this spot that you’re winging, it looks superb ?
Daymer Bay
Great review thanks guys. Am looking at moving on from a F-one phantom 1280. Winging in up to 22knots (after which I go windsurfing) on a 5m strike, mainly in slow fat waves at hayling island. 70kg. Any thoughts on this vs a SK8 950?
Both options would be a really fun upgrade and sensible step from the Phantom 1280.
They both have a playful ‘surfy’ roll and are great in the waves.
Comparing them, The sk8 is much faster, handles speed great and excels in its mid-top end, at the compromise of bottom end grunt to get going, so you’d probably find the jump to 950 might take some adaption and probably wise to hang onto your 1280 for light days. In slow fat Hayling swell it’ll want you to keep the turns flowing and feel great doing it.
The tracer excels in bottom end and lifts super easy in sloppy waves or when underpowered. It pumps great and doesn’t stall out making it very forgiving to learn turns and positioning, but it’s not as fast and as you near its top it becomes a handful.
You’d feel at home on the 1030, but probably find yourself wanting the 800 as the autumn energy starts pushing again.
In slow summer Hayling swell you could sit pretty straight.
You probably want to look at the brand systems as a whole and consider your possible next stage and whether it’s worthy of a full migration.
The AK is a very well priced system which makes low powered riding easy and has great options for surf and DW which make you feel a better rider.
F-one has a huge range of foils and especially their small ones excel in high performance riding, having such a large range means each design is dedicated to specific riding styles with less cross over. Their foils are priced higher so quiver building is a more costly pleasure.
Hope that helps.
Welcome to give one us a shout for more advice 🤙
Chris - @poseidon
Rich - @kite barn
Awesome thanks @@poseidonwatersportsuk for the detailed reply - that's a great help.