Foil Gear Test Archives

2024 Duotone Slick Review

Posted on 13th March 2024 by 2xs

We are massive fans of the Duotone Slick and were very excited to see and use the new 2024 version. At 2XS we have used every version of the Slick since its creation back in 2020 - it’s the original boom type wing – lots of brands have launched their own versions of the boom [...]

Downwind Foiling

Posted on 27th October 2023 by 2xs

Downwinding and downwind foilboards is the new foiling category worldwide – if you check out social media since the last couple of Molokai Crossing events in Hawaii – downwind SUP foiling has exploded across the globe. The likes of Kai Lenny, James Casey and Dave Kalama are all at it. The new downwind boards have [...]

Duotone is Fanatic/Fanatic is Duotone….

Posted on 4th September 2023 by 2xs

The Boards & More Group – who own Fanatic, Ion, Duotone windsurfing & kiting – have decided to change the branding on Fanatic windsurfing, foils and wingfoiling boards all to Duotone for 2024 and going forward. For the Fanatic officinado’s this will be a bit of a surprise – those who owned the Ultra Cats, [...]

Paua 2XS Wing Foiling Travel Bags

Posted on 24th July 2023 by 2xs

We have been working with Paua over the last couple of years to develop a wing bag for 2XS, allowing you to transport your gear with ease through an airport and arrive without your wing board being smashed on arrival. The material, developed by a local guy and surfer named Pete Symms, is a patented [...]

The Duotone Ventis 2024 wing – the new lightwind wing….

Posted on 21st June 2023 by 2xs

Nik Baker from Duotone and K66 came over on a super light wind day and brought the new Duotone Ventis - their super lightwind wing. He brought the Duotone 7.0 Ventis in the SLS construction and the 8.0 Ventis in the D-lab construction. We had a very light wind inside Chichester Harbour of around 8 [...]

Duotone Unit 2023 edition review

Posted on 15th November 2022 by 2xs

In September we went to Sicily with Nik Baker and Tim Frampton to test the latest Duotone Units, Dlabs and Slick SLS wings, Fanatic foils and foilboards. Luckily for us we had 3 out of 4 days that were windy that gave us a chance to really test the gear in both flat water and [...]

Duotone Slick SLS Wing NEW

Posted on 20th June 2022 by 2xs

We were pretty excited to get our hands on the new 2022 Duotone Slick SLS – we have been massive fans of the boom driven Duotone wing since the launch of the Echo then the Slick in 2021. Since Duotone launched the new Unit version 2 last year there has been alot of design work [...]

Testing The Duotone Unit 2022

Posted on 21st March 2022 by 2xs

The Duotone Unit is the new wing for 2022 that has been supercharged over the previous seasons Unit. What you notice straight away is the new kite style backpack type bag the Unit comes with is much easier to store, hang up and throw in the back of the car or van. The new Unit [...]

Goya, MFC, KT and Quatro launch // Tarifa 2022

Posted on 17th March 2022 by 2xs

Further to my sneak preview of the 2022 line from Goya, Quatro, MFC and KT back in November 2021 (see news post) this was the official launch with the Team from Hawaii. I went to Tarifa, this time with Jon Stevens, who was going to give me a different opinion on some of the gear [...]

Goya /Quatro 2022 NEW GEAR – Tarifa

Posted on 11th November 2021 by 2xs

Managed to sneak out to Tarifa with Andy Chambers last week to get a preview of the 2022 season Goya, Quatro and some of the new KT products. Tarifa is where Goya/Quatro/KT/MFC have their European headquarters. .Lalo Goya, Mateo, Alex, Guime and the rest of the Team showed us the new products and each evening [...]