Starboard Foil Freeride Wood Sandwich

Starboard Foil Freeride Wood Sandwich

• Freeride 75: 208 cm L | 75 cm W | 130 L vol. | ca 9,1 KG | 5.5 to 7.5 m2 | Wood Sandwich
• Freeride 85: 208 cm L | 85 cm W | 160 L vol. | ca 10.1 KG | 6.0 to 8.0 m2 | Wood Sandwich

The Starboard Foil Freeride Wood Sandwich (model 2024) has been a top seller for years. This freeride foilboard and has been developed for the recreational wind foiler. Due to its compact dimensions and high volume, this board flies very quickly and allows you to wind foil relaxed. This board is one of the easiest boards to be bought.

With a small wind force four, you can already wind foil with the Foil Freeride. Half wind, upwind and downwind, no problem. The new model has been further optimized in terms of shape for even faster foiling. In addition, the board has become shorter, making the board feel even more playful and lighter.

The Wood Sandwich version is the lightest version of this board. This gives an even lighter and more direct feeling. In addition, you get on the foil just a little earlier compared to the heavier Starlite carbon. The boards are only 2.08 meters long. That takes some getting used to tacking. To the volume (also in the nose) it is not in any case.

Our experience with the Foil Freeride

Our experience with this board is that it foils very relaxed. Starboard itself indicates that you can use sails up to 8.5 for 130 liters and 9.5 m2 for 160 liters respectively. Our experience is that a 1 m2 less than specified is the max.

The board has several rows of foot strap plugs, making it easy to adjust the character of the board. If you put the foot straps out, the board will get some more freerace properties (you can then foil upwind more easily). If you put the foot straps more inwards, you can cruise half wind more relaxed.

What wind foil?

Do you want to go freeracing? Then the F4 Foils Freerace is the best choice. This gives the board a bit more of the racing characteristics and is easier to wind up and downwind and is also considerably faster due to the wind foil.

Do you want to cruise back and forth in a relaxed way? Then go for the Starboard SuperFlyer or Starboard Freeride. The variant with a volume of 160 litres is the most popular board. With 160 liters, you have just a little more volume to get away quickly and you are more comfortable due to the extra width

Features Starboard Foil Freeride 160 Wood Sandwich

• Short and wide with a lot of volume to get into plané quickly
• Wide tail and boxy rails for maximum stability and control during foiling and upwind
• Foil approved deep tuttle Fin Box,
• Many footband positions to adjust board character
• Board winds very, very easy

Testing a wind foilboard yourself?

We have the Starboard Foil Freeride (Starlite carbon version) available for our lessons and to test out. Do you want to test the Freeride Foil? Send us an email and we will be happy to schedule a test appointment with you.