How to ensure the board year is right?

Bfalarde

Hi,

Just purchased a new 2021 Freewave TE 85L from a dealer in U.S.A.. Looking at the deck/bottom color (blue/ orange) it seems to be a 2020. I found that a 2021 is aqua/red.
From the Fanatic accessory list paper used for the quality check it mentionned
-The model is 11082060 Fanatic Freewave 85 Team Edition
-And the QC checked dated is 06-09-19
The s/n on the board is FA20FWT85119090058

IS THAT BOARD A 2019, 2020 OR 2021?

craig

Hi there, that is a 2020 board if it is Blue Orange and the serial nr is FA20 = 2020.

https://www.fanatic.com/windsurf/boards/need-help-choosing/archive

You can check 2021/2020 in our archive. Perhaps the Dealer got mixed up - shape of 2020/21/22 and 23 are however all the same, so not a big issue. Produced in September 2019 is for sure a 2020 model, as we produce mainly from April to Dec of the model year before - our Wave/Freestyle 2023 boards for example are produced in April-Dec of 2022, released onto the market in September 2022 and run until September 2023 until the 2024 model is launched. I guess you need to contact the Dealer?

Bfalarde

Thanks Craig,

This make sense.
Regarding the shape of 2020 compare to 2021 plus you have mentionned in an earlier post that the Frewave shape have not changed since 2021. May you confirm this?

Tks
Ben

craig

Hi Ben, sorry mistake, same shape since 2020...hard to keep track sometimes with all the different models since 28yrs..:-) But you can check the archive anytime, as I did, to be 100% sure!