He almost got launched jibing the freeride fin. I wonder why - less able to maintain speed into the transition?
If the board rides so much higher and free over chop with a carbon fin, shouldn't freeriders/ freeracers also be using them?
Being ignorant, I'm curious about the g10 freeride vs carbon fin comments.
I've got g10 MUF weed slalom fins for two boards bow, and they feel good. It's almost a necessity for weed fins here. I've got a carbon select 43cm for my Blast but it collects weeds easily so I don't use it as much and prefee the MUF.
Anyway, they also make a carbon race version. Is there that huge of a difference with just the fin? Do I need a purebread slalom board and cammed sails to really notice it or will something like the Blast noticeably improve with a more racy carbon fin?
I'm not super faat, mostly due to regular winds not being super strong, but I've done 24-26 knots. First session on my MUF weed slalom with my xcite I almost hit 23kts trying to push as hard as possible with a downwind angle but I was on a 6.3 freek and probably could've had more speed with my 6.6 goya mark? Definitely less pull in the freek vs goya but it's easier to handle.
I don't know that you'd really need to change strap positions - the big fins like the straps way out on the rail and the back strap just overlapping the the front bolt, just like foils do (unless you've got that back strap all the way back which could be a little scary). The problem is that the 9.0 isn't really big enough for light wind finning - those Formula fins work best with sails around 11 or above. Definitely worth a try though, on some day when it's blowing 12 or so and you could foil on a 6m. The speed the big fins can get to is ridiculous and the pointing angle rivals what you can do on a foil.
Maybe it would work without adjusting? I don't know. I had the Blast setup all the way back and liked it there, but it's not even close to the same type.
The official guide does recommend rear all the way back and two notches back on the front strap vs. foil setup, with tweaks to mast base: iqfoil.star-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/iFoil-Board-Trimming-Guide_iQFoil95.pdf