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Hello all.
Spring has arrived to the southern hemisphere and it’s time to pull the trigger on a wing.
Problem is I’m not sure what to buy, and so would like to use your summer experience to help me with  the decision.
I know some of you have a lot of different wings. Admin, Pono and Dwight that I can  think of, but I’m sure there must be others.
I weight 160 lb  and would like to use it from 12/13 knots to the low 20’s, mostly for surfing, so I think that a 5 mts will be the size.  The board will be a Starboard Hypernut 7’4 and a Neil Pryde Surf Large foil (1.600 cm2).
My options here are: Duotone,  Ozone  and F-One.
So, let’s say that, with all the experience you now have , you can buy just one wing for the summer. Which will it be  and why?
Thanks in advance!!

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SUP General / Electric hydrofoil SUB
« on: August 03, 2016, 01:47:24 PM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIxgIVFKuAQ

I don’t know what to think about these. Normally I don’t like motors, on activities that can be done with human power.
But this may be very interesting for downwinds. You don’t need to be Kai to get the board flying. One may use the motor just for getting in the swell and then surf it, saving batteries.
What do you think?

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Technique / Paddling in cross winds
« on: January 11, 2012, 07:01:22 AM »
Hi.
I’m looking for some help from more experienced paddlers.
I’ve being sup paddling for more than 4 years now, but only recently bought my first displacement board. It is a Naish Javelin, and I like it very much. It works extremely well in flat water, up wind, and down wind conditions. The problem I have is that I just can’t make it go where I want to with cross winds. It looks like every side chop pushes the nose of the board downwind, so after 3 or 4 little waves, I’m pointing almost dead downwind. Up to 10 / 12 knots cross wind it’s doable. But any more than that, once the chop gets up to 1ft or more, even if I paddle only on one side, swing the paddle out from the nose, and weight the same side of the board, it keeps turning downwind. The only way I found to make it point upwind again is stopping, and paddling backwards in the upwind side.
I can’t feel any significant difference, stepping forward or back. Only standing in a surf stance in the tail of the board and lifting the nose in the air over the chop helped a little, but of course then stability became an issue. It’s not easy to paddle standing in the back of a Javelin with heavy chop.
Is there any particular technique to paddle with cross winds with a displacement board? Moving the fin forward can help? Should I change the stock fin? What kind of fin works better for these conditions?
I mostly paddle in a delta, but to get there I have a 2 km crossing, that usually has cross winds.
Many thanks in advance!

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Gear Talk / Introduction and question
« on: August 26, 2011, 05:03:18 AM »
I’ve being reading the forum for a long time now, but this is my first post. I never wrote before, mostly because I’m lazy for writing in English, as it is not my mother language. But now I want to ask a question, and I think it would be rude to do it without introducing myself first, so here I am.
In first place I want to thank all of you for the great information I read here every day; and especially to Pono Bill who, without knowing it, helped me to choose my first board more than 3 years ago. It’s a Starboard 12’2’’ x 26’’. I love it. Thank you.
I’m 46 years old, 6’1’’, 155 lbs, and live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Long time windsurfer, kiter, kayaker and sailor. I do most of my paddling near home in a very big river with a delta, where conditions can go from flat water to chop. I mostly paddle for workout and touring. For the river I use the Starboard 12.2 and when I go to the sea on holidays I have a Naish Nalu 9’6’’ for surfing. I’m happy with that combo.
But now I think that I may be missing something, and considering buying a displacement board. I don’t have the possibility to demo, and never paddled a displacement board.
My choice so far is Naish Javelin, which looks like a very nice board for flat water. My question is: will a notice any difference with the Starboard 12’2’’? I’m not going to use it for racing (no races here), so I don’t mind paddling my 2 hour loop 5’ faster. What I really would want to know is if with a displacement board you can feel any real difference in glide, compared with a fast surf shaped board.
Thanks in advance or for your help.

Adolfo

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