FENN ELITE vs SL

I notice that Dawid Mocke is still paddling a Fenn Elite as opposed to the SL (and he is still winning in it!) Has anyone done any objective speed tests or performance comparisons between the two skis?

I just did an interview with Dawid in which I asked him to comment on that very fact...

He's lent me his SL to play with for a couple of weeks and we'll try to suss out what we think is different about it.

Talking to some elite paddlers (Hank McGregor; Tom Schilperoort, Jasper Mocke) who are paddling the ski, they say that it is slightly more twitchy (Hank) but that it stays on the runs longer (Jasper & Tom).

I think the differences are quite subtle - but I haven't paddled it much yet and I haven't done any downwinds in it. Perhaps because of the slim nose, it FEELS fast, but that's hardly an objective assessment.

But I think it's going to be really difficult to say definitively that the SL is x% faster on the flat.

Anyway - we'll give it a go. If nothing else I'm having fun on the boat!