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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Latest thinking on preventing corrosion

« on: June 30, 2022, 07:04:05 AM »

Thanks all.  I appreciate your time to respond.

One question... I will want to regularly change wings on my foil, and it will be easier to remove the wings for transport and storage.

So on those bolts, should I just use grease?  It sounds like tef-gel is quite sticky and not suited for repeated disassembly?

Nuh stick (pardon the pun) with tefgel, just don't put much on, you only need a little bit.
Try not to drop the bolts in sand and you will be fine.
I'm swapping wings and fuses all the time.

The people that complain about tefgel are usually the ones that have spent a fortune on another brand of carbon foil and are trying to justify their purchase, it's really not that bad if you go easy.
Pono Bill's idea of using a mascara brush sounds like a good idea actually, I might try that one.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils

« on: July 07, 2021, 04:28:29 AM »

I had been riding the Axis red standard fuse (765 cm). Yesterday I put on the short fuse (680 cm) for first time and was slightly faster and able to 'stay on' swell better. This is the hoped for outcome.... but I have to be honest I don't understand it. Any explanations for why a shorter fuse would be faster and allow me to 'stay on' swell better?

P.S. I am riding the Axis 1000/500 on 92 cm Project Cedrus mast.

Thinking of going to the 980/400HA on short Black Series ultrashort fuse for riding swell (what Evan from Axis recommended, I'm 90 kg).

dude, the 980 is the next gen 1000. It is an amazing wing.

I'm 90kg as well, I used the 1000/400 combo pretty much exclusively for ages then went to the 460 tail (or rear but I I prefer to call it a tail wing, just to give Adrian the shits 😀)

If you do nothing else I would suggest trying a 460 or 420 tail.

However I now mainly use the 980 and thoroughly recommend it, the speed and glide is insane, so addictive.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Wing board for wave riding

« on: February 02, 2021, 01:18:24 AM »

Don't worry about The States or UK  (sorry guys) get one over to Western Australia first before I have to jump ship boards, so to speak. 

Your killing me posting videos of that board and foil, it looks the ducks nuts (as we would say down under).

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils

« on: January 24, 2021, 05:47:35 PM »

The 420 is the smaller one. The 460 is the bigger flat one. Both of those are supposed to be solid carbon so you can chop shop them down to whatever size you prefer.

You wouldn't chop down the 420 as it has winglets.

There was a comment somewhere about smaller versions of those 2.

Yep there is a smaller 380, that is like the 420, on the way.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: When to switch stance, before , after or during gybe?

« on: December 30, 2020, 09:01:16 AM »

The easiest way to learn this is to separate the foot switch from the gybe itself.  So if regular (left foot forward is strong stance), gybe without switching feet (so go from heelside to toeside), get stable, then switch feet (to heelside, right foot forward).  If riding right foot forward, switch feet first (to toeside, left foot forward), get stable, then gybe and ride away heelside, left foot forward.  In other words, if riding strong foot forward, gybe first then switch feet.  If riding weak foot forward, switch feet first, then gybe.  Either way, separate the foot switch from the gybe.  Ignore the people who tell you that for a true gybe you have to do both at the same time.

I do exactly as Phils says.

I am a natural footer so do all my gybes in my natural stance i.e. left foot forward,
e.g. when on a Port tack, I gybe, ride out toeside (twisted stance/left foot forward) then when comfortable switch feet (right foot forward/goofy foot) then when I am about ready to gybe again I switch back to left foot forward (toeside, twisted stance) gybe then come out riding heelside natural stance.

Yep it was difficult at first but now I make 95% percent of foot changes and know it will soon be 99%.

I learnt to foil under a kite but never switched feet when kiting (it is easy to go upwind toeside)
I learnt the foot swap with a wing first but now do it kiting as well.
It becomes easy fairly quickly after you have done your first few.
Although this video is about switching stance when kiting the same technique works well winging and is what helped me out heaps.

https://youtu.be/vSdb-0GQ_dc

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Switch Stance, Toeside, Crossed Up, You name it

« on: June 08, 2020, 12:54:04 AM »

Heelside = You are facing away from the wing
Toeside = You are facing the wing

Think you reversed these two. 

I don't get how that's reversed unless it's in some traditional sense that I don't know about. Why wouldn't you call it toeside if the wing is on the same side as your toes? In DW's video below for the first .50 minutes he's riding in the usual position, facing the wing. In what sense is that heelside? Then at .52 he gybes (jibes) keeping his feet in the same position (fixed foot?) and now he's facing away from the wing with his heels pointed toward the wing. In what sense is that toeside?

I do understand that a port tack is one where the wind is coming over the port side of your board. Are you saying where the wind is coming from should be the determining factor?

Your perspective is different than the general understanding. It is not related to the wing. It's like snowboarding. Heelside comes from leaning on your heels. Toeside leaning on your toes.

Yep, sorry Bill but I totally agree with SUPladomi and Admin, it's also standard practice in kiting to call it toeside when you are facing away from the kite/wing with your weight on the toe side rail.
Riding Switch is (for all but some windsurfers) riding in your unnatural stance but still facing the wing.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Axis Foils

« on: May 14, 2020, 06:17:29 PM »

How is the 390 with the S1020 and S1010 ?

I have been using 1000 and 1020 with a 400 tail but just got my hands on a 1010 plus 390 and 460 tail wings.
I've spent a bit of time SUP surfing some small waves with them but looking forward to some wind to try out some different combo's with the wing.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Longer masts

« on: May 14, 2020, 05:46:17 PM »

I normally use the 75 Axis mast but occasionally use a 90 when downwinding or in really choppy conditions.

We had a 24kms Ocean downwind race here in Western Australia (King of the Cut, stand up paddle board race that allowed wings last year) and I decided to use the 90 to reduce the number of breaches/crashes, I was expecting the wind to pick up but it was still very light at the start.
 
I’m sure the extra drag of the long mast was the reason I had trouble getting up and going for a while.
It was good once up and going and as the wind and swell slowly increased but you do have to ride them high to reduce drag and go faster, so yep the crashes are harder.

I managed to finish though which was my main aim.

I have gone back to the 75 mainly nowadays but I do think something in the 80-85 range would be great.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Mast Track Position

« on: April 23, 2020, 10:36:04 PM »

I plan on getting the above-mentioned adhesive foil mount for my Naish Mana (9'6").  Anyone tried one yet?

Be careful I have heard of quite a few failures, eg.

https://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Foilmount-nightmare

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Duotone battens

« on: November 06, 2019, 04:35:48 PM »

So will there ever be 5mtr battens available?
It is the 5mtr ones I have been waiting for months for.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Duotone battens

« on: October 28, 2019, 10:21:36 AM »

I broke both outside battens on my 5mtr Duotone wing a couple of months back, have sent a few messages to them and have been told a couple of times that they would be here soon....
About a Month or so back they told me they where in stock but just had to be entered into the system, still not there though.

Totally not happy Duotone, lift your game.

I was thinking of trying to fit another type of batten from a windsurfer sail or something but most of them are a bit bigger/wider and I kept getting feedback that they would be available any day.

Anyway meanwhile whilst waiting I have been using it without the battens and I really don't think it seems to make a lot of difference, however I am not really sure as I was very much a beginner when I still had battens in it.

My 3.5 metre F-One Swing arrived today and I have to say that in the short go I had in marginal winds it feels so much better, mainly due to the fact it is a lot lighter and so much more stable.
As my main focus is downwind foiling I think it will be a winner for me.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Wing window thread

« on: September 21, 2019, 09:45:26 AM »

A window definitely wasn't a consideration when purchasing my wing but as it turned out I bought a 5mtr Duotone which of course has a window.
I had never thought much about it in my first few uses which were in marginal winds and fairly uncrowded locations.

Today however, being a weekend and being one of the first good consistent seabreezes for our season in Western Australia it was very busy on the water with both kiters and windsurfers.
Add to that the fact that you are often going at different angles with a foil (upwind and downwind) than the standard board (back and forward at 90degrees to the wind)
and I found that I was constantly looking through the window today and really appreciating the ability to keep a good eye out.

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SUP General / Re: Interesting perspective; some good points from a vendor with sour grapes (IMO)

« on: June 14, 2019, 06:53:36 PM »

Yep. downwind foiling is not easy, I was just starting to get it at the end of our season in Western Australia.
I kept reverting to my 14'er to get some enjoyment but I'm hoping that after spending a lot more time on the foil surfing that I should be good to go when our next downwind season kicks in.

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SUP General / Re: Interesting perspective; some good points from a vendor with sour grapes (IMO)

« on: June 14, 2019, 05:44:04 PM »

Foiling will never replace anything, just another tool in the shed for me.

Interesting, I'm pretty much the opposite.
Foiling has made just about every other tool in the shed redundant ATM.
I'm sure there will come a time when some of the other tools start to get used again but ATM I am hunting down small waves for SUP foiling and lightwind for kite foiling etc.
If the wind starts to pick up then I start thinking of downwind SUP foiling, it is all revolving around a foil.

I surfed my regular surf SUP the other day and it just felt weird, I could hard stand on it let alone surf.

Oh and I had my first go of a demo 4mtr Duotone foil wing yesterday, there wasn't really enough wind to get my board up and foiling so I was just cruising around slowly on the water but I am keen to give it another go soon.

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Gear Talk / Re: KeNalu Mana or...?

« on: September 16, 2018, 02:36:04 AM »

That would be an 84 Konihi you mean there wouldn't it Pono?

I loved my 84 Konihi paddle for flatwater but I sold mine (gave it to a friend actually) when I got my 82 and 90 Mana's.

I alternate between the 2 and usually use the 90 for downwind and the 82 for long flatwater grinds.
Tempted to get another 84 Konihi because I just seemed to like that more for flatwater but seem to prefer the Mana's for downwind, not sure why.

Whatever blade I am using I use the xtuff (S) shaft, it seems to have just the right amount of flex for me.
I tried the 90 and found it too stiff for my old shoulders.
I just use the standard ergo T handle these days now that I am pretty settled on length but used to use the extended ergo t, just using hot melt glue to adjust length not the clamp.