Surf foil reviews

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9.3 avg. foil score
21 foils reviewed
9 brands
Brand
Discipline
21 of 21 foils
Axis ART 1099 Front Wing foil — brand imagery
9.3
1099 mm spanProne / SUP downwind / wing
Axis
ART 1099 Front Wing
High Aspect Prone / Downwind / Wing

The high-aspect size that made the ART range famous — 1144 cm² at a 10.6 aspect ratio.

Glide, pumping and connecting wavesfrom $755
Armstrong HA1180 Front Wing foil — brand imagery
9.3
1180 cm²Prone / SUP downwind / wing
Armstrong
HA1180 Front Wing
High Aspect Prone / Downwind / Wing

Largest wing in the second-generation HA range — redesigned around surf riding, glide and pumping.

Low-end lift, glide and pumpingfrom $989
Axis BSC 890 Front Wing foil — brand imagery
9.0
890 mm spanProne / wing / SUP / kite
Axis
BSC 890 Front Wing
Carve Prone / Wing / Kite

Broad Spectrum Carve size that AXIS rates for prone, wing and light-wind kite riding.

Carving and easy handling across disciplinesfrom $632
Axis ART PRO 1401 Front Wing foil — brand imagery
9.1
1401 spanDownwind / wing / dock start
Axis
ART PRO 1401 Front Wing
High Aspect Downwind / Light Wind

Largest ART PRO — AXIS builds it for low-energy swell, light wind and long pump link-ups.

Small bumps and light windfrom $988
Axis ART PRO 1201 Front Wing foil — brand imagery
9.3
1291 cm²Prone / wing / downwind / tow
Axis
ART PRO 1201 Front Wing
High Aspect Prone / Wing / Downwind

1201 mm span second-gen ART — tested as a significant upgrade on lift, stall and turn initiation.

Glide, pumping efficiency and speedfrom $845
Axis ART 999 Front Wing foil — brand imagery
9.0
1010 cm²Prone / wing / SUP / downwind
Axis
ART 999 Front Wing
High Aspect Prone / Wing Foil

999 mm span at a 9.9 aspect ratio — race-foil numbers with surprisingly forgiving low-end lift.

Glide, pumping and speed with usable low-endfrom $683
Armstrong MA1000 Front Wing foil — brand imagery
9.0
1000 cm²Prone / wing / surf
Armstrong
MA1000 Front Wing
Mid Aspect Surf / Wing Foil

Armstrong's 1000 cm² mid-aspect carving wing for surf and wing crossover use.

Fast carving and ventilation recoveryfrom $719.99
Lift 200 HA Surf Wing foil — brand imagery
9.5
1300 cm²Prone / SUP surf
Lift
200 HA Surf Wing
High Aspect Prone Surf Foil

Lift's high-aspect surf wing — the reference glide-first foil for pumping between waves.

Fast waves, long glides, experienced foilersfrom $1099
Armstrong HA1125 Front Wing foil — brand imagery
9.4
1125 cm²Prone / SUP / Downwind
Armstrong
HA1125 Front Wing
High Aspect All-Round Foil

Armstrong's most versatile HA wing — prone in the morning, downwind in the afternoon.

One-foil-does-everything ridersfrom $1249
F-One Eagle 890 foil — brand imagery
9.3
890 cm²Downwind / advanced prone
F-One
Eagle 890
Ultra High Aspect Downwind / Surf

F-One's benchmark ultra-high-aspect wing — the reference downwind and pump-between-waves foil.

Downwind SUP and expert prone glidefrom $1299
Naish Jet 1240 HA foil — brand imagery
9.4
1240 cm²Prone / SUP surf
Naish
Jet 1240 HA
High Aspect All-Round Foil

Naish's popular HA jet — a friendlier entry to high-aspect prone foiling.

Mid-weight intermediate prone foilersfrom $899
GoFoil GL 240 foil — brand imagery
9.2
1590 cm²Prone / SUP surf
GoFoil
GL 240
Surf-First Mid Aspect Foil

Alex Aguera's mid-aspect surf specialist — early lift and forgiving glide in weak surf.

Small-wave lift and slow-speed carvingfrom $999
Takuma Kujira 1210 foil — brand imagery
8.9
1210 cm²Prone surf
Takuma
Kujira 1210
Mid Aspect Prone Foil

Takuma's Kujira 1210 — the mid-aspect surf all-rounder that made the brand.

All-round prone surf foilingfrom $849
Code S 700 foil — brand imagery
9.4
700 cm²Prone surf (fast waves)
Code
S 700
High Aspect Prone Foil

Code's smallest S-Series — the fastest prone-surf wing in its area class.

Lighter riders in fast overhead surffrom $1099
Code S 850 foil — brand imagery
9.4
850 cm²Prone surf (all-round)
Code
S 850
High Aspect Prone Foil

The consensus reference pure-prone-surf HA wing — Code's best-selling shape.

Reference pure-prone-surf HA wingfrom $1149
Armstrong HA925 Front Wing foil — brand imagery
9.2
925 cm²Prone / SUP / Wing
Armstrong
HA925 Front Wing
High Aspect All-Round Foil

Armstrong's smallest HA — the fast, agile A+ wing for lighter riders.

Lighter riders on the A+ ecosystemfrom $1149
Armstrong HA1225 Front Wing foil — brand imagery
9.3
1225 cm²Prone / SUP / DW / Wing
Armstrong
HA1225 Front Wing
High Aspect All-Round Foil

The best-selling Armstrong wing for riders 85 kg+ or downwind SUP.

Heavier riders and downwind SUPfrom $1299
Unifoil Progression 140 foil — brand imagery
9.4
903 cm²Prone / wing / downwind / tow
Unifoil
Progression 140
High Aspect Prone / Wing Foil

The turning size in the Progression range — 903 cm² at an 8.9 aspect ratio.

Manoeuvrability in stronger wind and waist to head-high surffrom $714
Unifoil Progression 170 foil — brand imagery
9.4
1350 cm²Prone surf
Unifoil
Progression 170
High Aspect Prone Foil

The most-recommended first HA wing on the US market — genuinely forgiving.

Intermediates moving up from mid-aspectfrom $999
Unifoil Progression 200 foil — brand imagery
9.3
1600 cm²Prone surf
Unifoil
Progression 200
High Aspect Prone Foil

Same forgiving profile as the 170, sized up for heavier riders and slower waves.

Heavier riders and weak beach-breakfrom $1049
Unifoil Vyper 130 foil — brand imagery
9.2
1000 cm²Prone surf (advanced)
Unifoil
Vyper 130
Ultra High Aspect Prone Foil

The Ho'okipa-tested Vyper — Unifoil's advanced prone-surf performance wing.

Advanced upgrade from the Progression linefrom $1149