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PERFORMANCE 865

Our ultra high-performance mast, developed with America’s Cup engineers, minimizes drag and enhances stiffness and responsiveness. Using premium composites and over 100 prototypes, we optimized fiber orientation for strength and flexibility. The mast features a refined baseplate, reduced drag fuselage connection, and proprietary titanium hardware.

Features:

Mast rake angle for easier takeoffs, smoother landings, and faster riding without nose dives.
Includes protective bag and premium hardware.

Recommendations: WING, SUP SURF, TOW SURF, KITE, DOWNWIND, PRONE SURF

€1629,00

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Description

The do-it-all length for wing, SUP surf, tow surf, kite, high wind downwind and prone surf.

Development

“As the sport develops, riders push themselves and the equipment to the limits. After listening to feedback, we wanted to develop a new, innovative, ultra high-performance mast that minimizes drag and ventilation while also being stiffer and even more responsive.” – Armie Armstrong

Collaborating with a team of America’s Cup foil engineers, we set out to develop a high performance mast to take us into the future. Our design goal called for a unique blend of strength, stiffness, drag and light weight. Combining CFD analysis with expert insight allowed us to tune each section of the mast from baseplate to fuselage connection for maximum efficiency.

“Working with the latest premium composites available, we torture tested over 100 prototypes to work out the optimal fiber orientation for strength and designed flex. In keeping with our philosophy of strength and light weight, we redesigned the mast top geometry to shave off every possible extra gram of dead weight.” – Armie Armstrong

Structural analysis shows that a combination of both high modulus (HM) and intermediate modulus (IM) carbon fibers best distributes loads throughout various sections of the mast. HM’s stiffness minimizes flex in the mast’s central strut area and IM’s high tensile strength caters to the complex shapes of the top plate and fuselage connection.

The result is a top of the line mast consisting of top shelf materials, new mast section, refined baseplate, reduced drag fuselage connection and new construction method. Proprietary titanium M7 mast top hardware follows suit with a strong, light and drag reducing connection to the board.

- By bringing the foil closer to 0 degrees when the board is in the water, drag is reduced which makes takeoffs easier.
- Touching down at speed or landing a jump is more forgiving and there’s less chance of crashing headfirst over the board.
- By lifting the board nose slightly (1 degree = 17.46mm/m), mast rake makes it easier to ride fast without catching the nose at steep riding angles.

Simply put, the Performance Mast range takes the sublime Armstrong feeling further than ever.

Recommendations:

WING
SUP SURF
TOW SURF
KITE
DOWNWIND
PRONE SURF

Specifications

Length (mm)	Weight (g)
865	1925

Includes protective bag and Hardware: 3*M6 28.5mm titanium-plated countersunk head screws + 5*M7 T-nuts + 5*26.4mm M7 316L (titanium-plated countersunk head) CSK Screws + 1*8mm Titanium Barrel nut + 1*S2 naked Zn-Ni coating torx tool.
Please note that for some 3rd party boards with deeper boxes, you may need to purchase 30mm M7 hardware available on our hardware page.