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Advice on next foil

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Created by Brohan > 9 months ago, 24 Nov 2018
ice
VIC, 219 posts
29 Nov 2018 10:14PM
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Mask said..
dojo, can you put some pics up of your boards?. Also thinking of making one. Any advice appreciated.


www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/Foiling/New-minimalist-home-built-foilboard?page=1

Adrian Roper
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6 Jan 2019 7:38AM
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Had a great session yesterday on the cruzer on the 17 Zephyr , sounds boring but the cruzer foil and 120 board in swell is sweet even with a big kite




+1 for J-shapes, awesome user friendly gear. I have the cruzer foil and 120cm board as well but have never tried anything bigger than a 12m. The limiting factor is board volume. If I can get up on the board, then I can foil. I am often scraping the bottom or losing the board in shore break. The gear is tough.




I use the 17 because that is what I have , and it cost me $3000, or something like that , so I need or use it or get rid of it

Of course prefer to use a 7 but its Darwin and we need to think hard about bottom end , at this time of year we often are faced with 10kts (10kts here is not the same as 10kts in the south, different density ) and I can go out on the 12 Neo but our wind is thin and a lull of 2 kts makes it tricky .... so lately I have been using to 17 to protect me from a swim at the bottom end of the wind range

Havent used the 17 for a long time for obvious reasons above , but i have really enjoyed it ... believe it or not .

Having said that I can now see why you might look at the Cloud strutless and mono strut kites due their light wind ability, but its more $$$
I am guessing the 13.4 cloud + 10.4 would outperform the 17 zephyr
Which size would you go for ?

Sorry about off topic ... but its a useful conversation for Brohan too

And agree , I have had quiet afew impacts with sand and one good one with a rock on the jshapes ... no problem , just a few scratches. Its well built

Cheers


I rode all winter in Sanur with 9m Hyperlink as largest kite. you just need a larger foil underneath to balance it out. I think for Darwin it would be similar. No need for big kites bigger foils seems a way better answer. A 750 span foil works well in super light

benmj
VIC, 71 posts
6 Jan 2019 12:01PM
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Contact me to demo the Moses gear, I recon the 683 with 70 or 90 mast.
I am with Adrian on the kite size I have the Peter lynn ram air kite and with the larger foil its plenty at my 95kg

likuid
QLD, 330 posts
14 Feb 2019 8:53AM
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Have you tried the Slinghot Space Skate? It was their main surf foil wing last season and has now been packaged with the kite setup.

It has an arched batwing shape that acts as a self centering device as you ride. When you lean into a turn and let off, it wants to find level flight rather than continuing at the same angle and requiring rider input to correct. Meaning you can snap and bounce from turn to turn like your carving down a fresh patch of pavement on a longboard.







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