Anyone seen or ridden this?https://slingshotsport.co.uk/products/2018-flyer-280
The simplicity of a low wind, mountain lake cruise now becomes a meditative journey. Peace, cruising and then puff hunting on your foil. Fly across the water silently, then drop back to cruising. The feeling is surreal and so are the possibilities.
The FLYER is a double agent. You can paddle it or sail it. Pair it with the Hoverglide FWIND1 Foil and commune with nature in the lightest of winds. The days of "not enough wind to have fun" are over.
Haven't seen the Flyer but I do think the longboard concept is valid. I've been using a Powerplate to bolt an infinity 84 on to a Kona Carbone for sailing on a little mountain lake. I'll limp out to the middle, ride a gust for a couple of hundred yards, and then limp back to the middle to wait. Posture is pretty erect - jump into the front foot strap, pump hard, then glide. Much easier working out if a cove or other windshadow than on my formula board. It's a little weird to have all that nose yawing around in front of me once I'm up, but for a beginner like me the ride is still exciting and I've actually come closer to foil-jibing that board than the Formula.
The flyer is one of the first boards I foiled on. It's a bit a matter of taste - anyone who likes longboards (I do) will probably like it, others may not. The big advantage over other foil boards is that it has a very nice glide when not foiling. In on-off winds where you're on the foil only part of the time, it can be much more fun. Last year at light wind races with ~ 40 racers, a guy on the Flyer 280 came in second in most races, ahead of some decent longboards like Equipe 2s. He was (and still is) an excellent longboard racer, though. Conditions were so light that he never foiled in the races.
When foiling, the board may be a bit harder to control than dedicated foil boards. Here's an example from (roughly) my 5th foil session:
Hi Board..
Cool videos. One question though is the rear fin needed when using the foil.
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Hi Board..
Cool videos. One question though is the rear fin needed when using the foil.
Don't know, I used gear others had set up. Maybe the fin acts as a counter weight to the big nose 
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