Shaper Sebastian Wenzel’s perfected a range of smooth-sailing compact styles. The optimum blend of speed and carving, slashing and sliding make these our most versatile shapes. Tucked rails, rounded noses, and an ingenious CAD-created rocker line unlock the secrets of early-planing, control and top end. Starting in 75 litre (US box) and also available in 85, 95, 105 and 115 sizes, with Powerbox as standard, the smaller models excel in waves and high winds, while the larger styles focus more on low-end, freestyle and blasting performance, but are certainly no strangers to the surf.

For 2012 we’re offering three top-notch constructions. Select either the featherweight Team Edition (TE) with Carbon/Kevlar deck and Carbon bottom versions, with specialist metallic airbrush finish over Carbon graphics, the Light Finish Custom Wood Sandwich, or the market-leading Oxeon models in 85, 95 or 105 editions. Oxeon’s TeXtreme® Carbon Weave fabric provides the lightest and densest construction available for striking results in finish, weight, durability and stiffness.

Key Features:
- Modern short round-nosed shapes for balance, acceleration and easy riding
- Wide point forward of center to 70° pintail
- High entry rocker, short flat section and optimum tail kick for control and speed

Fanatic’s CAD Master Shaper Sebastian Wenzel:
“These are amazingly fast and loose shapes. We’ve won countless tests with my CAD-engineered scoop rocker line and full V combination. The versatility is won with nose kick for riding and carving, through a flat spot between the straps and into an optimised tail curve for the best mix of control in almost any use. With smooth noses, smart volume placement and high-apex tucked rails up front, they cut through the water like knives.”

Using a lightweight yet robust wood and glass fibre construction gives a very high strength to weight ratio. In combination with the Double PVC/ Wood Sandwich, this is an extremely durable lay up, the thick sandwich, wood and glass fibre absorbing high forces, even after the hardest landings! Used on the standard FreeWave models.

For 2011 in just one FreeWave size (95L), the Textreme Freewave has an extremely light layup of pvc, wood and Textreme cloths, to ensure one of the most innovative constructions Fanatic has ever produced. The Textreme material is not only an optical eye-catcher, but also has many technical properties which make it superior to standard Carbon cloths. The main advantage is the flat weave, which is stronger, yet lighter as less resin is needed/absorbed. On the deck we use the high quality full Carbon Kevlar material to offer the most efficient construction in terms of light weight with maximum impact resistance. Combined with the polished base and airbrushed rails, the Textreme FreeWave 95 is the talk of the beach.

"...The Fanatic FreeWave is a classic, the shape has been unchanged for a couple of seasons noew but it doesen´t need to change. It offers the perfect 50/50 balance between flat-water freestyle and small wave performance; you can take this board anywhere...."