Second session on the new Tribal ASY. The fin simply rocks. As opposed to the trusted Z Asy it's not totally dependent on leg pressure. All known speedfins up till now rely heavily on leverage and weight. Not so with this fin. It's super easy underfoot and asks for far less leg power to get up to speed.
Conditions were less than ideal for 5.7. Similar to the first session I slowly got to understand the difference in feel compared to the asy fins I am used too. I dare say the speed was insane for the conditions we had as realistically it just wasn't 5.7 weather. I know the S2 Venom works in smaller sizes but the added value of this fin gives another dimension to rigging and tuning small.
Serge deliberately used his small speedboard and stretched tings even further boardwise. In the now he weighs around 8 kilo more than me. We will test more indeep and come back with more detailed comments for sure.
In person I am 100% convinced this fin will prove to set a new standard on a true speedcourse.
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