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Foil SUP / Re: Foiled San-O recently - where can I get a waterproof lawnmower?

« on: June 16, 2022, 12:10:17 PM »

Bummer to hear this.  Sounds like a left coast wide phenomenon.  We had crazy kelp growth this winter and now the sea grass is the thickest I have seen.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Wing Board Tail Rocker - Thoughts

« on: June 02, 2022, 10:11:46 AM »

Guys I know with the new Kalama tail say it's a game changer and they can get up on foil easy even in flat water where on other shapes they could not.

Tail shims are all about fine tuning a foil to a riders style and to match the conditions or wave size/power.  The best guys on ML foils shim the tail when need be, the older unibody design had a shim in between the mast bolts to bend the fuse and change the angle of the tail.

Two bolt tuttle masts are easy to shim (haven't tried the 3/4 bolt tuttle masts):

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Wing Foil Videos

« on: May 09, 2022, 11:49:13 AM »

Lot's of late season swells this year, some good days at Ft Point:

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Anyone ridden a Slingshot 99cm and Armstrong 2400?

« on: May 09, 2022, 11:17:00 AM »

I'll try an analogy.

I have a GMC full size pickup truck and wondering if I switch to the same size Ford pickup truck I'll be able to turn better?  Also if I leave home in a pickup truck will I be able to turn around and make it home, or do I need a different car for that?

The path of progression for everyone I know is moving from low aspect to a higher aspect wing.  A smaller pickup truck might turn a bit better, it's still a pickup truck.  There is a rough formula of higher aspect wings can be 25-30% smaller than low aspect and feel similar in lift.

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The Shape Shack / Re: Foil boards breaking from bottom lam fatigue

« on: May 02, 2022, 09:47:35 AM »

FYI - years ago tried ultra thick super burley stringers and they ended up pulling through the glass.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Weight to Liters Standing Schlogging formula?

« on: May 02, 2022, 09:42:15 AM »

Thanks for the responses.

My current guess is +10L would make schlogging survivable for a short distance.  And +20L would make it easy without a huge weight/size increase.

Hoping to hear from folks who have tried several increments in volume...

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Weight to Liters Standing Schlogging formula?

« on: May 01, 2022, 02:47:14 PM »

Wondering if there is any rough formula for figuring out the minimum volume needed for a given body weight to schlogg back in standing up when the wind has a major fade?

Scenario would be wind drops to the point that can not get up on foil, but there is barely enough wind to schlogg across or spinnaker back to the beach. 

Example: I'm around 100kg all up and cannot standing schlogg on a 95L board, I make it about 5 feet and then fall in.  Kneeling is worse and can't do it all nor knee paddle back in.  So how many extra Liters of volume would I need?

Similar Scenario would be hit a big hole or up and down wind and need to be standing to catch the micro puffs that come through.

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SUP General / Re: Kalama Ez2 vs E3 SUP

« on: April 30, 2022, 11:36:54 AM »

misread

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The Shape Shack / Re: Foil boards breaking from bottom lam fatigue

« on: April 30, 2022, 11:31:49 AM »

I am a big fan of durable boards. 

Broken track boxes suck, and how to repair properly is a question that I would love to have a definitive answer to.  I have seen a lightweight guy go big on an air and crack the boxes on a new board.  Seems like foam of any strength is doomed to fail...

Maybe as the sport grows someone out there will have the funds to stress test various build ideas and publish the results.

For now wondering what boards have withstood the real world test and had the boxes keep going strong?  Jimmy Lewis, he's been building wind sport boards forever has anyone had track boxes fail (I still have one but only have a dozen session on it)?  Mackite raves about the durability of Fanatic?

Are the wind sport brands ahead here and have the construction stronger than the surf board shapers?

I put one of Blue Planet's strong boxes in and it seemed bomb proof, but sold the board before I got the chance to long term test it.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Winger's Knees - not abrasion

« on: April 21, 2022, 05:10:45 PM »

Ouch.

If I use only my front leg to push myself up to standing I feel pain in front of my knee.

I wait for a gust, use the wing more to pull myself up and do my best to use both legs equal pushing to get up, this way doesn't hurt.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Wing with a SUP on a lake? Is it any fun or just for learning or?

« on: April 01, 2022, 11:00:23 AM »

I can’t, for reasons of marital stability, get a wing, a board, and a foil all at once...I have an 11’ by 31” SUP I could use and a 9’ by 28” one. I have some race SUPs too

I read in some self help book to ask "how can I?" instead of saying "I can't"

I haven't touched my SUPs in years, only surfed once or twice in the past 4 years since I got hooked on foil.  So one could sell all those future dust collectors and get a second hand complete wing foil setup.

Just a wing might get one to 30 sessions, beyond that what would be the point?  Might as well windsurf if not gonna get a foil.

Relationship wise I would be transparent and put my desires on the table - hey honey I want to get into wing foiling and I want to do this in a way that nurtures our relationship and that you are comfortable with.  Can we find a win win?

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: F one Strike V2

« on: February 24, 2022, 09:46:55 AM »

I am two sessions in with the V2 5m and loving it:

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The Shape Shack / Re: Jumbo Foil Mount Boxes

« on: February 17, 2022, 10:56:31 AM »

I think someone was using 4 chinook boxes with keyhole on the ends.  They would cut the ends off and align the boxes so the bolts could travel the full length.  I think they set them in a pvc cassette, or Dwight's method.

I have those 16" boxes in hand and can't think of a good way to install them either, and the keyhole in the middle creates dead zones where the nuts can't be tightened.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Getting ejected out the front door...

« on: February 12, 2022, 05:07:48 PM »

Bumping this thread to see if there is any new info?

I did quick test a while back on a new faster wing in lighter wind and ventilated at speed during a gust.  Immediately gave up on these wings until I find a solution.  So my interest is not face planting so I can actually give these wings a proper go and see how they ride when winging. 

Video I have seen it's the air getting to tail and the tail losing lift that causes the blow up, so maybe adding something to the mast or fuse can divert or clear that air flow to maintain altitude?

The other times I have mast ventilated is fully loading up overpowered harnessed in driving hard upwind and the mast cutting through some chop.

Never had it happen surf foiling, I have reached around 28mph in 10 foot surf and no issues.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Wing bagged out, repair options?

« on: February 04, 2022, 05:43:59 PM »

I have one wing that is so bagged out to the point I don't like using it, it's lost to much power and hard to get on foil with.

Wondering what if any repair options there might be? 

Mostly asking from a longevity and giving more value to the customer point of view.  And then anyone know if the bagging out can be quantified as in a bagged out 5 is now the same power as 4 or a 3.5?  Or does the screeching become uneven to the point of a poor user experience rendering the wing land fill?

Could a kite repair place ad "pleats" or cut out a triangle in the canopy and re-sow?

What is the history of windsurfing sails and kitesurfing kites?  Did/do they stretch out?  And then what can be done?