Lightning Bolt

Board Design

The Lighting Bolt was designed specially for the new Gen2 Foil Drive. This design is most commonly ordered in the 5’0’’ to 5’6’’ lengths and from 19’’ on the narrower side up to 21’’ on the wider side. Volumes tend to stick around 50 to 60 liters to help floatation with the added weight of the unit. 

The Lightning Bolt has a straighter tail rocker (no “kick” tail) which helps the board come up on foil horizontally. Another feature that helps ascending horizontally is the round square adding more volume to the tail area. We use 16’’ tracks in these board to give enough travel to accommodate the beginner rider (mast further back) and the more experienced rider (mast forward). 

Mast forward makes a longer board ride like a much shorter board. The connection between the unit and the controller is perfect with the first in the industry Signal Windows. Most of our customers are not using the foam inserts that Foil Drive supplies for better connectivity, this allows for much easier movement of the mast and FD unit.