Seems like an interesting wing with some mild winglets. Its hard to tell just by looking, but it looks like the mast is pretty thick, so hopefully stiff. Could be some potential there.
Yes its not a bad wing at all but dont know how available it is . I rode it at the JP/NP/Cabrhina conference but haven't seen it in stores in Aus other than the demos.
US distributors are starting to show it in stock, I only noticed while looking for a place with the NP med slim, which doesn't seem to have made it here yet. Is their any compatability between the NP and Cabrinha foils?
Aspect wise they are slight higher than the NP with a thinner leading edge as well . They have a Paulownia wood core , and thicker fuselage so weighs a bit more than the NP. I really like the rear wing selection compared to the NP ones plus the rear wing can be moved forward and back. Performance wise the NP had more lift and glide but the HiRise still felt really good , not as good as the new NP slim but you can't get that , so definitely comparable in performance to the std NP wings . I do like the M shaped front wings and that seems to be the way other manufacturers are heading as well . Definitely a wing worth considering with good price point & Cabrhina have a good background with their kite foil wings. Both foils are made in completely different factories and nothing is interchangeable. The mast , fuselage , wing & wing connections are all very different.
