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Lisa and I are going to be in Tarpon Springs for 2 weeks in June, 6/10 thru 6/24. If this lines up with any road trip, I might be interested in the foiling adventure at North Beach Windsurfing. Maybe we could get some kind of group lesson (and discount.) Tarpon Springs is about an hour north of Tierra Verde.

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The latest: skate foiling. No getting wet. No worrying about wind. Doesn't require deep water.

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moredownhaul wrote:

I'd like to go to North Beach and rent one to try the foiling thing out before I spend a bunch of money Anybody up for a road trip in June?

Slingshot's hover glide fwind1 is def a frontrunner when it comes time to buy though.

Used Naish for sale: https://www.facebook.com/groups/425661507450784/permalink/2224013050948945/?sale_post_id=2224013050948945

btw, noticed (maybe on North Beach's site?) Slingshot now has M10/M6 adapter plugs so you don't have to drill out your board. Windance is having some sales this weekend, too, per email circular.

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Used Naish on Facebook and North Beach is having a sale on Slingshot packages about 30% off https://www.nbwindsurfing.com/shop/Foiling/BoardFoil-Packages/p/Slingshot-Foil-Package-x31388498.htm

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The foiling blues - Brain Talma in Venezuela

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Foiling with inflatable sail Biggrin

Starboard's 2019 boards

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for the foil curious, Second wind maui has an LP all carbon foil for $1500. Well regarded and has built-in base plate which lessens the risk to "non-foil" boards. This is the foil (afaik) the Sailworks crew use. btw, Sailworks has the all carbon ASF-2 on sale as well. The French seem to dig it.

If budget is an issue, check out Manta and Zeeko. Zeeko is about as close to all carbon performance out there besides Starboard (but a tad cheaper).

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"kinda hard to do with one hand"

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the great US-1111

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Well. Seems like HE’d know better than to have his sail backwards like that Scratch one-s head

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Shok

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Baby's got back?

Just reading last night where some are actually cutting down the long 115cm Starboard race fuselages

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Peter Hart explains all. Great article for the foil curious and those going out for the first few times

https://www.windsurf.co.uk/peter-hart-masterclass-getting-it-up/

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Foil and 5.9 vs Formula and 12.

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Show off.... I can barely ride straight with a stab

Phillipe of Horue

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Meanwhile in the Gorge: light air forward

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For all of you Honda Fit owners out there (yes, I'm looking at you moredownhaul) Biggrin

Windfoiling from a backpack and luggage

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Cool session under the Golden Gate.

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What do you foilers think, I asked Slingshot the following -

Do they make a foil which can be used to windsurf foil and kiteboard foil?

Trina August 28, 2018 4:07 PM

Hi Gene, we do have a few options, check out our new wing selector for suggestions on the best set-up. You will need a different fuselage and possibly mounting top plate, but wings and masts are all compatible and interchangeable. I would probably suggest getting the Fwind package and adding the shorter fuselage for kite.
https://blog.slingshotsports.com/2018/08/11/slingshot-2019-wing-selector/
Let us know if you have any other questions - Trina

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gene_mathis wrote:

What do you foilers think, I asked Slingshot the following -

Do they make a foil which can be used to windsurf foil and kiteboard foil?

Trina August 28, 2018 4:07 PM

Hi Gene, we do have a few options, check out our new wing selector for suggestions on the best set-up. You will need a different fuselage and possibly mounting top plate, but wings and masts are all compatible and interchangeable. I would probably suggest getting the Fwind package and adding the shorter fuselage for kite.https://blog.slingshotsports.com/2018/08/11/slingshot-2019-wing-selector/ Let us know if you have any other questions - Trina

Gene

Short answer: yes. Longer answer is that I imagine you'll eventually get couple of wings as windfoil/windsup/sup wings are generally a lot bigger too. Slingshot have the "Switch Fuse", a reversible fuselage but it may be better just to get two as windfoilers have found that a long fuselage adds to stability and I don't know how kiters view longer fuselages. Looking at their website, you'll be in about $250 for fuselage and tuttle adapter. Wings are about $400. The '19 wings, iirc, have more carbon and are noticeably lighter.

A lot of windfoil companies, especially the French, started off as kitefoils. The technology is pretty much the same except windfoilers need a much stiffer mast.

You may also want to look at the Manta: https://www.mantafoils.com/e-shop/Manta-mono-3-in-1-kitefoil-windfoil-supfoil-p99517532
They have a specific product for what you want although, like the Slingshot, you'll need to get the correct adapters/fuselages.
Review: https://www.windsurf.co.uk/test/manta-foils-mono-windfoil-2018-test-review/

You may want to give someone like Bigwinds a shout since they are big enough to know kiting and windsurfing well and have both Slingshot and Naish.

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A lot of windfoil companies, especially the French, started off as kitefoils. The technology is pretty much the same except windfoilers need a much stiffer mast.

I'm pretty most windsurfers would take offense to that.

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