Windsurf Gear Test Archives

Goya, MFC, KT and Quatro launch // Tarifa 2022

Posted on 17th March 2022 by 2xs

Further to my sneak preview of the 2022 line from Goya, Quatro, MFC and KT back in November 2021 (see news post) this was the official launch with the Team from Hawaii. I went to Tarifa, this time with Jon Stevens, who was going to give me a different opinion on some of the gear [...]

Goya /Quatro 2022 NEW GEAR – Tarifa

Posted on 11th November 2021 by 2xs

Managed to sneak out to Tarifa with Andy Chambers last week to get a preview of the 2022 season Goya, Quatro and some of the new KT products. Tarifa is where Goya/Quatro/KT/MFC have their European headquarters. .Lalo Goya, Mateo, Alex, Guime and the rest of the Team showed us the new products and each evening [...]

Dakine T-9 Classic Slider Windsurf 2020 harness // TEST

Posted on 22nd April 2020 by 2xs

Dakine T-9 Classic Slider Windsurf 2020 harness I have been testing one of the Dakine T-9 Classic Slider Windsurf 2020 harnesses since last June - I have used many of the Dakine T series harnesses from the Thermoform all the way up the Dakine T6, T7 and the T8 sliding bar harness. For me I [...]

NEW KIT // Ezzy Wave Sail

Posted on 4th December 2019 by 2xs

The new EZZY WAVE sail by Graham Ezzy My life is between Hawaii and Europe. Maui is my home, and Ho’okipa my homespot, but in the summers, I’m based in Germany with my wife and I compete on the world tour, which mainly takes place in the Canary Islands. I often drive up to the [...]

TESTED // The new 2020 Quatro Cube

Posted on 20th November 2019 by 2xs

The new 2020 Quatro Cube Late this summer I very gratefully received the latest evolution of the Quatro quad fin, “Cube” to replace my previous year’s version. The question that naturally arises on the release of a new board is ‘how is this different from the previous version of the board’ or more relevantly for [...]

Wing Foiling and Windsurf Foiling

Posted on 11th October 2019 by 2xs

Windsurf foiling and/or Wing foiling - what is the crack? There has been a lot of development in foiling, especially with the 2019 introduction of Wing foils - we get a lot of questions why would you wingfoil? Well I suppose foiling "full stop" is a new sense of adventure on the water - it [...]

New // Duotone Foilwing & Slingshot Slingwing

Posted on 12th June 2019 by 2xs

This new concept is yet another rebirth of old ideas and I suppose there is a bit of scepticism about whether it’s a valid product! By looking at the current social media you would think that everyone is using them, but they’re not, I think there has been some massive claims by Naish, Kai Lenny [...]

Duotone Fanatic Ion // Tenerife

Posted on 3rd April 2019 by 2xs

I have just got from a dealer trip in El Medano in Tenerfie with Nik Baker, Jane and Tim Frampton. We all had to chance to test new Duotone windsurf sails (formerly known as North windsurfing), Ion Wetsuits, Fanatic windsurfing/SUP, plus Fanatic new windsurf/SUP/surf foiling. There were a lot of products for the dealers to launch [...]

TESTED // Ezzy Taka 5

Posted on 28th November 2018 by 2xs

EZZY TAKA 5 Ian Whittaker has been using the EZZY Taka series of windsurf sails for the last few seasons - he has been spending quite a bit of time at Gwithians, Cornwall windsurfing and down here in the Witterings. He is a windsurfer who is demanding on his kit but wants a stack of [...]

TESTED // Quatro Power 105 @ West Wittering

Posted on 28th November 2018 by 2xs

Test Location West Wittering: High tide and flat water in the 'trench'. Quatro are well known for making some of the best wave boards out there - the Quatro Cube, Pyramid Thruster and Super Mini. Keith Taboul has been shaping freestyle waves for while. The previous model the Tetra was a favourite of mine and although [...]