At 2:21 you can see that the central fin is not centered on the head, but rather shifted forward. This was the case also in the 2018-2019 stb freewaves, and was a feature introduced to balance the easy spinout of those boards.
Then I wonder, why keeping this feature also for the 2020 version, which is a whole new board? Wouldn't it make sense to move the central fin box forward instead?

Brienno said..
At 2:21 you can see that the central fin is not centered on the head, but rather shifted forward. This was the case also in the 2018-2019 stb freewaves, and was a feature introduced to balance the easy spinout of those boards.
Then I wonder, why keeping this feature also for the 2020 version, which is a whole new board? Wouldn't it make sense to move the central fin box forward instead?

I have a 2017 Freewave STB and I corrected that with a custom PowerBox fin that was mounted as far forward as possible on the PB base...
Anyway, I don't like the new Freewaves, they have gone more towards Freeride vs Wave ( and that's what the tests are saying too), I am looking elsewhere for a new large wave board.

starboarder said..
Yeah what happened to the revolutionary square tail.... just shows its all just marketing bs

I really enjoy my 2017 stubby freewave. It has almost waveboard chops in the waves, especially in cross onshore crap. Marketing bs or not, it's still a brilliant board.

Looks like a fun wave and fun wave riding.

Agree with the 105 as a great fun ight wind wave board (82Kgs) as it seems to generate heaps of speed without a lot of effort (couldn't open the video link) - but it has limitations when it gets a bit hollower and can get a bit slidey on a BT when driven a bit hard or if its a bit lumpy - think its the wide tail. I Have a 112 quad and the 105 seems more balanced with the stubby shape

I'll give you an update you on the difference as I have a 2020 105 TE Free wave coming late this month .