I'm glad you are liking the setup! For Freestyle, the Psycho is the way to go for the board. With outboard straps, you can jump, but you can't pop.. when popping the board durning a trick we're standing up straight as opposed to leaning back against the sail for a jump. More like a skateboard or snowboard. Ocean Air has Psychos in the demo fleet to try out. VERY different board from the Fox though. Happy to provide some freestyle entertainment for you :-) It's such a blast and an incredible feeling to land a trick clean. I always like a new challenge and wih freestyle, the next challenge is always waiting for me. Rip it up! Mike

@@severnewindsurfingnorthamerica Excellent, super helpful info, the skateboard pop as opposed to leaning back makes a lot of sense!

@@vyleart4488 our pleasure! Always happy to give some freestyle tips on the water! Just ask!

Glad that you are loving the Fox 3 as much as us!!! Yes, full control all the time to keep you at full tilt!

Glad I could help! I am also realizing that this is a good trick for kids that don't have the strength to dowhaul their sails all the way.

Hi @christopht.5649 The new NCX does have a bit more on both the low end and the high end compared to the previous NCX. The Gator is still the sail with the best low end. Remember, the purpose of the NCX is speed similar to a slalom sail. The Gator is the more all around freeride sail with more power.

The previous NCX was also built for max speed without cams. Very loose leech like slalom sails and the new NCX. I also owned the previous NCX. I had no problem keeping up with guys on PWA level race sails in a straight line while fullly powered. The cammed sails do excel in the lulls and overpowering gusts. The NCX blurs the line between a cammed slalom sail and a no-cam freeride sail. The NCX is based off the Mach race sails . They are slalom sails without cams. Without cams, they become incredibly user friendly and light handling. The large Gators are the more classic freeride saills with more power on the low end. Plenty of stability for the average windsurfer looking to get going in lighter winds and the Gator is the easiest jibing.

Hi Brent, The NCX was specifically designed for the fin and is very, very good on the fin. It is possible to use virtually any sail on a foil. The experience on the foil won't be as nice as something like a Foilglide or a tighter leeched sail, but it can be done. The tighter leeched, foil specfic sails are more powerful and balanced specifically to foil. So the short answer is, yes, an NCX can be used to foil, however it won't have such a locked in feel like a foilglide would have on the foil.

Hi Dimitris, I haven't heard this from any other customers that are rigging correctly on Severne masts. What mast are you using? If you are using a Severne mast and you are downhauling properly, try adding some outhaul. Properly tuned, the sails will flip as easily as you see in this video.

@@severnewindsurfingnorthamerica Maybe need more downhaul? Severne sails like more downhaul than a lot of others... It changes the way the batons interact with the mast.

Hi Pierre, it was the 7.2 in the video. It's the only NCX size that I have. Would have chosen 1 size bigger if I had one, but the feelings in the gusts with proper power was incredible. After thd camera person packed up, the wind picked up a bit. That's when I was really able to feel the top end.

Wow, very impressive!@@severnewindsurfingnorthamerica

Hi Rich, Both sails have very good speed and similar low end. The Moto is a bit more controlled and locked in at the top end. While I'm reaching similar top speeds with both the Moto and NCX, I can hold that top speed longer with the Moto. The Moto has better speed upwind. With the Moto, it's always turned on, meaning it always wants to keep pushing similar to a full PWA slalom sail. The NCX is easier to depower without the cams which some people like. The NCX seems to power up quicker exiting the jibe without the cams needing to ratate first. NCX is easier to rig. Just downhaul and outhaul. Go withe the Moto if you want an easier handling and lighter PWA sail like the Mach. Fastest from point A to point B. Go with the NCX if you wanr easier handling sail that can be immediately depowered if something gets a bit out of control, and better jibing. Still, it will be a close call as the better sailor will likely win the drag race or slalom course on either sail. These are both very fast sails built specifically to blow past everyone else on the water. How much do you weigh? That will help determine the sail sizes. I'm 195 lbs and use my Moto 6.8 starting at 18-20 mph and can hold it down into the upper 20s. 22mph is perfect for me with the 6.8. 5.8 would be my sail for 24-28. 5.4 when it's 30 mph. Depends on your weight and ability. How much power do you really want to hold down? The overall wind range is insane between the point where you can get planing and the point where it's no longer possible to control the rig. Hope that helps, Mike

@@severnewindsurfingnorthamerica Mike. Superb advice and review. Thanks! I'm 170 pounds and have just purchased a 5.5 (2023) and 6.5 (2022)NCX's. I have only used the 5.5 and am completely in awe of the speed and efficiency of the sail. I have found it likes to be rigged with maximum suggested downhaul and outhall. I have found even these slightly old versions to be crazy fast. I have never gone upwind with such efficiency. I have only used the 5.5 in 20-30 knots and definetely want to drop down in size at 30 ish knots. I'd love to try a Moto but feel the NCX is pretty stunning. Thanks for the great reviews and evaluation.(Melbourne Australia)

@@richardmatison3591 I'm glad to hear that you are just as stoked as I am on the NCX! Yes, the NCX likes downhaul. I owned the previous generation as well and it has incredible speed as well! You are correct, tune the sail with lots of downhaul like a slalom sail. Rip it up!

Hi Tommy, It depends on the temps. We get many days throughout the winter on the Outer Banks with temps in the 50s or warmer. Today for example is blowing 20-30 mph and it's 60 degrees...... Any decent 4/3 blindstitched and glued wetsuit should do with temps over 50 degrees. These types of suits are water tight except for the neck, ankles and wrists. Same as drysuits. We should be sure to note that not all wetsuits are created even close to equal. The Severne Primo is a top of the line suit that uses only the very top tier fabrics available and is glued and blind stitched. It's warmer and stretchier than any other 4/3 I've ever owned. I can take this suit down to 40 degree air temps with open palm mitts, boots and a hood. Compared to a basic wetsuit like an Ion Element, or O'neill Epic, these top end suits are significantly warmer and stretchier at the same time. If I owned a 4/3 low end suit, I most certainly would choose a drysuit. I do own a couple drysuits as well but I always prefer a wetsuit when I'm not wearing gloves and a hood. When we don't wear a hood with a drysuit the water enters the suit through the neck when you fall and it's a bit of a stun every time. Doing freestyle, I crash a lot. In a wetsuit, water leaks in the first time through the neck as well, but then it's warm after that first fall because the wetsuit traps the water against your body and heats it up. This is the primary reason I prefer a wetsuit when air temps are above 40-45 degrees. A good drysuit will totally keep the water out, but only when you're wearing a hood and mitts overlapping the neck and wrist seals. Since I live here on the Out Banks full time, I tend to simply wait of days above 40-45 degrees when my 4/3 works just fine. I haven't put on the drysuit in about 6 years. If the air temps dip down into the 30s, I just wait a couple days until the temps warm up again above 40-45 degrees for the wetsuit. Hope that helps.

@@severnewindsurfingnorthamerica You are so kind to help me to get into cold water. Not many people are unselfish with their time as you are. Where might I shop for this Severne wet suit?

@@tommycheshire5508 It's our pleasure! The more people on the water, the merrier! These suits came in a few months ago in limited quantities and sold very well. What size wetsuit would you wear? I'll check with a couple shops and see who might have one left in stock for you.

Best time of year for Hatteras is April through mid-July and October. Shallow water with small chop similar to Bonaire's water conditions, but we have gradient winds from passing systems, not tradewinds. I've been to Bonaire 14 times, at least 2 weeks per trip. You will likely sail more days in Bonaire if you have a 7.0, but Hatteras definitely has more windy days for a 4.8, 4.4 or smaller.

Hi Eedeepee, The Enigma 160 is actually available now with either SDM or RDM head right from the factory, so it depends on how the shop ordered the boom. I will have the guys update the Website. The full head can be swapped relatively easily, but the only piece that's different between the SDM and RDM head is the plastic "cup" that the mast sits in. This is only a $10.00 part. I have personally used SDM Enigma heads on RDM masts and they work ok, but having the correct boom head is absolutely incredible! As someone once told me, "If we didn't think that it was ok to use our boom fully extended, it wouldn't have that long of an extension."

You're very welcome! Happy rigging!

Thanks Bob! Glad that you're stoked on the Fox 2. Yes, the Fox 2 is already an incredible board! 3 full years of R&D later, Severne nailed it again! Always amazing when brands don't have a deadline to meet for a new product. Nothing is rushed along and these boards went through so many rounds of testing with both the pro team and average guys at the local beaches. Once both sets of testers agree that the board is the best on the market, AND an improvement from the previous model, only then does it go to production.

Thanks Windsurf Norway. Yes, all in the plans. For now, this is a way for people to learn the steps to rigging a cammed Severne sail. Many, many people do no know the steps required. Tuning a sail is the next step. Stay tuned ;-)

Always happy to help! Have fun!

The board is incredible! The sail is the 2023 Severne Freek. The shape and performance of the 2023 Freek is the same as the 2020, 2021, 2022 Freeks. The only thing that has changed during this time is the graphics. These pair with the Psycho perfectly. They are very forgiving in the tricks and provide great power and incredible lift. Freeks are also great sails to foil with as well. Here is a link to a review of the 2021 Freek which will be the same as the 2022 and 2023 Freeks. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7pzpaurrKe6nY0.html

Severne Sails can be purchased at any Severne Dealer. You would have to check to see what sails each dealer has in stock.

Here it is: www.severnesails.com/sails/freek/

The Gator has a bit more seam shaping compared to the Blade, so the Gator is a bit more powerful and locked in compared to the Blade. The Blade does also get some shape under power however the profile is a bit flatter than the Gator. The 2022 Blade has a bit deeper profile under power than the 2023 Blade since the 2022 has the dacron panel next to the mast to let the sail inflate a bit deeper under power. The power delivery on both the Blade and Gator is very smooth. The Blade will be a bit more maneuverable than the Gator. The Gator will have a bit more power. Both work great for bump and jump. If you want a more reactive sail get the Blade. If you want a bit more power and locked in feel, then the Gator. I agree, the Ezzy's will be on the water what they are off the water. Either flat and no power but can maneuver ok, or powerful but awful for jibing and maneuvers with very little feedback form the rig. Severne sails build profile under power which lets the sail set into a locked position under power, yet go relatively flat and depower for maneuvers and control. Best of both worlds, just tuned differently depending on what the rider's main focus is between the Blade and Gator.

Hi Vyle Art, this depends on what tricks you want to learn. The Makani Koi Weed is hands down the best freestyle weed fin on the market. I personally use the 15 cm Koi Weed which allows for multiple spins without the fin catching too much. The 17cm Koi weed has more grip and power. This 17cm fin is great for single spin tricks like Spocks, flakas etc, but adding a second spin on the 17cm is difficult without popping the board twice to clear the fin again on the second rotation. The 17cm is the fin that most folks going for their first freestyle weed fin find comfortable to use. For blasting, my wife uses a 23 cm Makani Mano and likes it a lot. There would be a few good fin options from a few different brands for just blasting on the Psycho 3 to turn it into a FAST, early planing bump and jump board. ***When adding a weed fin, remember to bump the mast base back 1 -2 cm in the mast track to account for the weed fin and make the board feel closer to it does with the standard fin!*** Enjoy your Pscyho 3! It is absolutely incredible!

@@severnewindsurfingnorthamerica Thanks so much for the super thorough answer! I want to begin to learn all the basic freestyle moves on the psycho, and have been practicing on a longer board in low winds to start getting there. I understand that the fin is key to do so. I will go for the The Makani Koi Weed17cm. If at all possible you should think of a basic setup video for beginner freestyle riders. Loving the new content so far, great work!

@@vyleart4488 You are very welcome! Yes, the Makani Fins Koi Weed 17 will be your best bet! Feel free to shoot us a facebook message and we'll be more than happy to give you some tips on whatever tricks you are working on. facebook.com/severnewindsurfingnorthamerica

Hi Ricardo, Severne doesn't openly share the exact bend curve #s for their masts. It is always recommended to use Severne masts on Severne Sails for maximum performance. The bend is in the constant curve range.

Such a great time! Good to get the windsurf community together.

Thanks for the feedback Patrick! It's good to hear some different opinions. One thing that you need to keep in mind is that Severne is a 100% windsurf focussed brand with absolutely no interest in compromising any windsurf performance to fulfill any type of crossover sport needs. Windsurfing has the unique ability to adjust the balance point of the foil by moving the mast base around where as with winging, surfing and kiting, moving the foil is the only way to adjust the balance point. This is why the vast majority of dedicated windsurf foil boards use the tuttle / foil box. Tracks are an ongoing controversy. So many windsurf users prefer the tuttle box / foil box for ease of use while at the same time others want to bring their current foil setup from one of the brands that crossover into different sports and don't specifically focus on windsurfing the way Severne does. Personally, I owned a board in the past that had both tracks and a tuttle box. I went through he hassle of using the tracks once and ended up putting the foil in the same exact spot that the tuttle box was placed. Since the tuttle box was so much easier to set up, I never used the tracks again. That said, I do understand why people would want to have tracks on the board. From a board building perspective, it's a matter of trading off the lightest possible weight, and therefore the best possible performance (which is quite a WOW factor of the Predator) and satisfying a small portion of the windsurf market that requests tracks. Adding tracks would definitely add some weight to the board. Personally, when given the option, I much prefer the tuttle / foil box since I've never felt a need to move the foil at all on the Predator and it saves me significant time setting up the kit since I need to take the foil off the board after every session. There's also no need at all for a full deck pad since the rider is in the footstraps 100% of the time on the Predator. Tracks would have a purpose whereas a full deck pad would only add weight for no real reason. If you can, give the Predator a try. I've been demoing my 110 ltr to quite a few people here in Hatteras. This board probably gets the most consistently great feedback compared to any windsurf board I've ever let people try. Right along side the Severne Fox. People absolutely LOVE the Predator after trying it.... All the best, Mike

@@severnewindsurfingnorthamerica Hello Mike, Thank you very much for your detailed answer. You are right, light weight is very important for a foilboard. But i think tracks are the future especially for freestyle foil boards. Ok, severne has only one foil and this is with tuttle. So it is clear that a severne foilboard comes with tuttle box. But there are other foils out there with plate. I have moses/sab and several wing/stab sizes. Foiling with them with my alien 120 shows up that i need to move the foil back and forth a bit to get balanced. Maybe the redwing is balanced with all wings and stabs, i do not know. But having a plate to move the foil and not change the strap position would be very nice. For me a freestyle foilboard should have only tracks, no tuttle anymore. So the weight would stay the same as like the tuttle version. With full deck pad i mean it should be one piece in the area where i put my feet. Not over the front of the front straps. This little bit more eva stuff should not bring much extra weight to the board. But it would be much more skin friendly. I will give the predator a try at the lake silvaplana exhibition in august if they bring a 110.I tested the alien last year and then ordered one and am very happy with it. Cheers Patrick

@@Sixthflyer Thanks again for the feedback. I do think it is something that Severne should reconsider. Right now, the Severne boards are really well balanced for the full range of Severne foils and wings. The 1400 front and 350 rear and they say that the 1000 front wing with the 250 rear wing are nicely balanced. I just received my 250 rear wing, so I still have yet to try it, but I'll report back when I do. I think Severne needs to make the decision if they want to adapt the boards to 3rd party foils. Personally, if tracks were added, I'd still want the tuttle box on the Predator even with the added weight. I honestly wouldn't see myself using the tracks at all since I have the Redwing kits and have never had any point riding it where I felt that I needed to move the foil or footstraps. We'll see what develops in Severne's foil range as it expands. Perhaps with more foils coming out, and more guys rotating in the air, Severne will see the need for tracks in the future. Let us know what you think of the Predator. it really has me eager to get out and foil and run through some 360s, try to foil away from helitacks, see how many times I can spin the sail during duck jibes, etc. Just good fun!!!

We're in Cape Hatteras. Lots of different spots with different conditions. We get anything from calm days up to 60+ knots about a dozen days per year. Flat water on one side of the dune, waves on the other....

@@severnewindsurfingnorthamerica Ahhh, nice. Yes, I'm aware. I haven't been there yet but I'm planning a trip soon. I'm in San Diego, but I'm pretty much fed up with the light winds here... specially given that I'm from Puerto Rico and spent a few years on Maui. I'm planning to move soon and have Hatteras at the top of my list. If not, it's going to be Great Lakes.

@@PinchTune Wow! The more the merrier! We've got great conditions here all year long! Take a trip and check it out. The Outer Banks comes in many flavors, so make sure you explore the islands and find the place you like best to settle down.

@@severnewindsurfingnorthamerica Thanks. I know my channel is about drones, so you wouldn't know who I am... but I used to be a team ridee for Airush back in 2003-2005 or so, though SkyHigh back in Maui. I mentioned that because I'm well aware that Severne was very involved with Starboard and Airush design back in the day. Maybe I'll see you guys around :).

@@PinchTune Very cool! Yes, all the brands are very close. Incredible crew we have! Hope to see you out this way!

Hi Lele, For 2022, The X-wing has full length tracks so that the foil can be moved from windsurf position to wing position while remaining in the same track.

Hi Z! I've used the Cyclops and other carbon extensions at max extension. They were all fine. Carbon doesn't bend like a cheap aluminum extension could. You'll be fine at 32 cm extension. The 5.6 Freek is actually the sail I would use the 400 + 32 cm extension on... I also use my carbon Cyclops at 30cm extension for my 5.2 often. No issues at all. Thanks, MIke

Hi David, The Cyclops is optimized for Severne Windsurfing Wave and Freeride sails like the Blade, Freek, S-1, Redback and Gator. It also only comes in an RDM version which kinda hints that it's not meant toward race sails. This is not a race extension. You are correct that it would be difficult to downhaul a sail that requires much more tension like an NCX or Overdrive. For normal tension sails like a Freek, Gator or Blade, its' really not that difficult to downhaul the sail in comparison to typical 2 pulley extension. Just use your left foot! For optimal use, Severne leaves enough clearance above the tack pulley to pass the rope through since the 2018 model year sails. The Cyclops can easily be used with sails that don't have enough room to pass the rope through by simply undoing the knot in the handle which makes the line just like an old fashioned downhaul line. You'd pass the rope one way and then back again at the tack pulley. Still much faster to rig and de-rig, but you'll lose the handle. I have not been able to try out this extension on a sail with pulleys aligned differently. I have however seen the extension specifically made for pulleys aligned in the other direction used on Severne Freeks and while it wasn't optimal, the user was still able to get the sail downhauled within 3cm or so of the block . All in all, if someone owns a 2018 or newer Freek, S-1, Blade, or Gator, I wouldn't even second guess the Cyclops. It's just so easy... I used to only hav one cyclops and cringe when I had to grab the old style extension to rig up my wife and kids. Now, cyclops extensions for the whole family. All the best, Mike

Thanks Brenda! Yes, I love seeing all the new and returning windsurfers!

Head over to Big Winds and ask the boys for Severne. Big Winds does have some Severne gear on order. While they are waiting for it to arrive, they can get you something we have in stock at one of our warehouses. The volume is really high right now so orders for gear that we have in stock are taking about 2 weeks to leave the warehouse. Thanks, Mike

Thanks Nico! It's on for 2021!! Let's go!!

@@severnewindsurfingnorthamerica 🙌🙌 gotta come around one day

​@@Nico_GER7 20 KM (approximately) long distance race, USWA sanctioned slalom and freestyle. The first 2 years the event only had 150 racers or so and I still had time to compete. Now it's much bigger... It was the best experience in windsurfing that I've ever had. Guys are on all sorts of kits... It don'ts matter what you ride. You just go full speed racing against your friends for fun! We have pros and we have guys and girls that I gave their first lesson to the season before. Demos, clinics, parties. Just an awesome all around vibe.