Buddy of mine is curious about the Appletree Pro Surf board.
This is a mysterious board, 2 reviews online from back in March 2020, and then not a single mention I can find anywhere.
My interest is the boat-hull extreme-vee nose. I continue to be fascinated and intrigued by the stark difference in opinion on bottom design for foil boards, between concave, flat, or vee. Some strong opinions that concaves will trap air and create suction, resisting take-off and grabbing on touchdowns. But lots of concaves out there ... either because they have a performance benefit ... or possibly they just look sexy and sell more boards. The cynic in me says this may have almost no impact either way, since we're going slow at that point that bottom design is almost irrelvant....in which case may as well go simple and flat.
The Appletree have a pronounced vee in nose, which is then drawn out right to rails -- rather than the standard chine, it's like half the board is a chine. Has anyone ridden one? Have any feedback on the Vee design, whether appletree or otherwise? The two reviews seem a little mixed on this specific point, though both the like the board for other reasons. I am not considering buying one, am thinking of experimenting on next DIY. So any input either way would be appreciated.
"That's just your Oklahoma attitude...........everyone knows that a pintail will hang better in a steep section."
"I'm gonna throw food at you now"
Pro-foil Surf
The surf foil board that makes catching waves real easy. Perfect if you just started surf foiling, because you won't outgrow this surf foil board
appletreesurfboards.com
This is a mysterious board, 2 reviews online from back in March 2020, and then not a single mention I can find anywhere.
My interest is the boat-hull extreme-vee nose. I continue to be fascinated and intrigued by the stark difference in opinion on bottom design for foil boards, between concave, flat, or vee. Some strong opinions that concaves will trap air and create suction, resisting take-off and grabbing on touchdowns. But lots of concaves out there ... either because they have a performance benefit ... or possibly they just look sexy and sell more boards. The cynic in me says this may have almost no impact either way, since we're going slow at that point that bottom design is almost irrelvant....in which case may as well go simple and flat.
The Appletree have a pronounced vee in nose, which is then drawn out right to rails -- rather than the standard chine, it's like half the board is a chine. Has anyone ridden one? Have any feedback on the Vee design, whether appletree or otherwise? The two reviews seem a little mixed on this specific point, though both the like the board for other reasons. I am not considering buying one, am thinking of experimenting on next DIY. So any input either way would be appreciated.
"That's just your Oklahoma attitude...........everyone knows that a pintail will hang better in a steep section."
"I'm gonna throw food at you now"
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