Duotone Idol LTD Windsurfing Sail
You want it all: maximum wind range with instant acceleration, completely neutral during ducking without becoming nervous, maximum pop, ultralight but without compromising on durability. Dream on, you may say, but that's exactly the briefing that 2022 Freestyle World Champion Adrien Bosson gave us for the new IDOL LTD.
That’s the reason why it took us almost 2 years to develop the next generation of the IDOL LTD. But in the end it turnes out to be the biggest update since its introduction in 2014! But let's take it in order:
An ultralight sail sacrificing durability due to a reduced panel layout, swapping multi-layer with lighter single-layer high-tech reinforcements - reducing the sails weight by another 200g, making the new IDOL LTD one of the lightest Freestyle Competition sails out there, without a loss in durability.
With virtually unbreakable Epoxy wave-battens, the Idol can easily withstand even the toughest wipe-outs. Which is where Duotone's unique BATTEN FREE CENTER concept comes into play. Instead of the usual symmetrical batten distribution, the IDOL LTD features a larger gap between the foot batten and the batten above the boom. As there is a larger area without battens, the sail loads up much smoother, which has a tremendous impact on the performance:
- Increased wind-range with earlier planing and instant acceleration as sail loads up faster. Plus more control as the sail can absorb the chop and has more release.
- Much easier to duck, as the sail goes neutral but loads up much smoother after ducking. This is completely new compared to the usual radical on-off that you are used to from other Freestyle Competition sails.
- Increased lift for air moves due to super efficient loading of the profile.
- Helps the sail to remain loaded up to maintain stability.
- Lighter feeling due to better release.
Key Features
- Weight reduced by 200g without any reduction in film thickness so there is no loss in durability
- BATTEN FREE CENTER (bigger gap between batten 3 & 4)
- Increased wind-range: earlier planing as sail loads up faster + more control as the sail can absorb the chop and the sail has more release
- Helps the sail to remain loaded up to keep stability
- Lighter feeling through better release
- Increased lift for air moves
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Improved balance & power while ducking the sail