AXIS Fireball Front Wings
New for autumn 2024 is the Fireball. This is for you if you are looking for speed and performance. Designed for downwind racing originally, it has turned out to be popular for winging and surfing too thanks to the huge range. Ultra High Modulus carbon is needed to build these slim wings.
From AXIS:
Get ready to take your foiling to the next level. Win the race, cross the channel, smash your personal bests. Whatever your goal is, paddle up, stay up, and go further with the AXIS Fireball range.
The key to the unique performance of the AXIS Fireball foil range is its all-new high-lift/low-drag foil section, with outlines featuring aspect ratio 13 and ULTRA high modulus carbon construction, tested and refined over a multitude of iterations by our devoted AXIS team. This refined performance leap is here now, and yours to enjoy.
The AXIS Fireball front wings are our highest-performance foils to date. They're very easy to use, with better stability across a much broader (and higher) speed range than we have ever achieved before.
What AXIS Say:
The AXIS Fireball front wings are our highest performance foils to date, that are very easy to use, with better stability across a much broader (and higher) speed range than we have ever achieved before.
And don't let the reduced surface area of the Fireball series phaze you. These foils have some serious range.
What makes the AXIS Fireball foils so unique?
ULTRA high modulus carbon construction. These thin, skinny, super high-aspect foils demand the stiffest construction, allowing you to extract every ounce of performance out of the foil section from tip to tip.
Aspect Ratio (AR) 13 - super high aspect design - promotes reduced drag, allowing you to pump faster and with more forward projection than ever before, you can run with swells, go up and over easier and chase down bumps in front of you.
Our high-lift, low-drag Fireballs have incredible lift and carry, simply refusing to stall where other foils would have dropped out long ago. This unique lift and carry design allows you to get flying earlier, and with less effort. Dreaded touchdowns can now be pumped out of with relative ease.
Overall Increased efficiency means advanced riders will be able to reduce foil area substantially, so you can conserve energy gain in speed and range while completing longer runs. You can choose a slightly reduced span, or ride approximately 200cm² less surface area than previously with the Fireball range.
The Fireball’s new foil section is very pitch stable which allows riders to drop down one or two skinny rear wing sizes. This further increases speed and reduces drag.
Meet the AXIS Fireball Range
The Fireball 1070 (877 sq cm AR 13.07) is the foil of choice to conserve energy and shatter your distance and time-on-foil records. For breaking in new runs, or those days where the wind just isn't as strong or consistent as forecasted or the swell just isn’t kicking. The Fireball 1070 refuses to stall and come down, while still super playful and surfy when you give it that heel-and-toe pressure.
The Fireball 1000 (773 sq cm AR 12.95) is capable of sub 2:00 min/km pace and effortless ultra-long-distance runs in high seas. This channel-crossing ocean racer is the benchmark for intermediate to advanced foilers, in average to nuking downwind conditions, and must be tried to be believed.
The Fireball 940 (689 sq cm AR12.84) is the weapon of choice for advanced downwind riders in nuking conditions. The 940 paddles up like a much larger foil, with the speed and glide to run with the fastest ocean swells, perform ups and overs effortlessly and chase down bumps far in front. Expect to set new pace records with the Fireball 940.
The Fireball 880 (604 sq cm AR12.82) is for advanced and lighter riders in fully nuking conditions. When you're on top of your game and ready to get from A top B in record time, the Fireball 880 is your foil of choice.
Prone foilers will love the Fireballs blazing speeds and efficient pump, allowing you to connect more waves and ripping through high speed carves on the smallest foils. Connect endless waves in light conditions on the 1070, and take your carve and pump game to another level when the swell is hitting on the 880.
Intermediate to Advanced level Wingfoilers will love the entire Fireball range. They are quick, stable and easy to get going, allowing riders to downsize, in both span and surface area without compromising low-end performance.
Fuselages: the Fireballs are best paired with the Short Advanced + fuselage for long distance downwind runs, or the Ultrashort Advanced + fuselage for shorter runs and a surfier feel.
Rear wings: the Fireballs are best paired with the smaller chord Skinny rears, with the 359/40 and 358/35 providing the minimal drag to reach their potential.
For advanced riders we recommend pairings of the new Skinny 358/30 and 358/25.
About AXIS
Adrian Roper began shaping kiteboards in 1998. He was a pioneer and created many of todays design standards. He has shifted focus to foils and continues to lead the way.
AXIS. For wherever your foiling journey takes you.
From that first flight across a lake or harbour with a hand wing, or that initial lift off on a wave or behind a boat or ski, you’re hooked. Flying. Fast and free. Smooth and quiet. There’s no other feeling like it. And whether you foil across a number of water sports or prefer to focus your progression on one, AXIS will be with you every step of the way. Our range of masts, foils and fuselages is both extensive and inter-changeable, making it easy to maximise enjoyment and performance in your chosen foiling mode.