The board feels super light, nimble, eager to go and holds its own on a wave, brilliant!
Full test here:
windsurfing.lepicture.com/board-tests/#2015-Goya-One-Freewave
Nice write up.
I have moved onto move Freewave boards from wave boards recently. I always had full wave boards and although my local spot is a wave spot its also onshore most of the time and has serious rips on the inside section.
I have got two boards only 2 litres apart and they are totally different to sail but if the wind swings more side shore then the quad is great and if its on shore then the thruster is good. Having a Freewave board does often mean you can make the most out of sloppy conditions and a power box mean its plug and play too.
I had one of those for a while. I found it more wave than freewave. I was 80kg when I had it, so quite a bit heavier than you. It planed early for its size so long as I put my front foot in the strap early. It had a very short planing flat. Trying to encourage it to plane with my front foot in front of the strap just pushed the rocker under the track the through the water. It was slow compared to my Exocets and now Quatro Tetra, with the thrusters even slower. But the board turned extremely tightly on a small wave. It was light and stiff, the pads didnt give much though.
The lad who has the board now is a bit lighter than me and enjoys it.
I think the later ones have a longer planing flat section for speed, and are more freewavey.
Thanks for the great feedback you all. Smurf you're spot on. Also as technique and timing improve we can also make the most out of freewave boards on a wave.
Phil, spot on. I had read similar thoughts. What year was yours? Had straps all the way forward? Mast track back? Fin all the way back? 
I do feel like more modern ones favor more the freewave domain. My older one is more locked in than this one too. Yet, this one has a good mid section which can be leveraged for pop and fun.
It's so versatile though, impressive.
Mine was 2015, same as yours. With the thruster setup (came with 10cm) I had to move the mastrack back from the centre, I cant remember how much. This was to get the board out of the water rather than ploughing through it. With a single fin, the mast foot was around or just in front of centre.
The front straps were in the rear plug, rear straps in 2nd from rear, and that still left me with a wider then normal spread.
There rent a lot of proper waves where I sail, its more high wind bump and jump when it is windy. We get waves in the middle of winter when its too cold for me in the shorebreak.
Makes sense, it's better at poor to small waves than bump and jump.. The more I sail it the harder I push it and it delivers, really stocked!
After some more sessions, I moved the mast foot back in the middle and set the front straps one hole away from the back, rear one one hole from the front.
Also I moved the central (and only single) fin from the front to the middle, middle-front.
I'm getting occasional spin outs. It happens when we have stronger side current and shorter period with increased chop but still a little more often than average.
So now I still have plenty of drive, it responds well to pumping where speed increases with each pump (important when slogging through the break).
I had one session on my older Tabou and it did feel one full size smaller (10L), the Goya being more stable and easier to sail in general.
The wave performance is quite remarkable, I would gladly accept less for more speed given what I had in mind for it. When surfing it surprised me where I faced the lip vertically while I wasn't asking that much and that's pretty awesome!
Still a bit stiff in terms of comfort, let's see when I start landing forwards more upright. Yet, high jump tail landings are still ok, it's good practice to try and punch through the water with the tail anyway.
I'd definitely classify the board as a wave board. I can have most of my weight forward in the turns and plane through jibes and maintain speed during the bottom turn. On the other hand I can also press down hard on the back foot for a sharp and short turn to hit a lip right behind me.
Tried it in two straight strong days 22-32kts well lit on 4.2. Fantastic, really impressed wow. Total control.
The board's limit is higher than my own. My new favorite board!
