Benoit from AFS runs through this year’s board range — a new molded carbon construction process built entirely at their own factory in France, a sneak peek at an experimental hollow 3D-printed board, a new downwind board, and why downwind foiling is having a resurgence thanks to pairwinging.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro: Benoit from AFS on this year’s board range
0:05 New molded carbon construction process at their own France factory
0:12 Dialing in resin amounts more precisely
0:15 Strategic tri-axial carbon reinforcement — their lightest, stiffest, most durable boards yet
0:23 Sneak peek: hollow 3D-printed construction, still in development
0:44 A new downwind board
0:46 Addressing “downwind is dead” — it’s coming back through pairwinging
0:54 Riders who master reading bumps in pairwinging want to paddle downwind next
0:59 A resurgence on the downwind side
1:00 Downwind as the ultimate challenge in foiling
1:04 It’s the pinnacle — and genuinely hard
1:15 Cracking bumps in pairwinging makes downwind much easier to unlock
1:21 More accessible than ever
1:24 Surprisingly light boards
1:29 Their own carbon factory in France
1:35 All carbon products made in France
1:37 Fiberglass boards made at the AHD factory in Tunisia for a better price point
1:47 Wrap-up: thanks to Benoit
More info: https://afs-foiling.com/product-category/all-boards
