Hi, I am looking for advice what to buy for my first foil and wing board.
I am 70kg and live on the mid north coast NSW. I have had a couple of lessons, able to work the wing and been up flying on both tracks with a big board and a 2050 Armstrong wing.
I am going to buy a new 5m wing as this size seems the best balance between size for learning and getting going in the wind here.
As for the foil and the board I am clueless. I don't know what size of foil to get ( front wing in particular) and how big a board to get. Every one seems to downsize quickly but I wouldn't mind keeping the first board for teaching and using in light wind anyway.
Any advice would be very welcome. Thanks, Tom
Do you have a local store to support?.. Maybe you can take advantage of some bargains with new 2023 stock just around the corner.. My advice would be don't get talked into boards or foils too small and told you'll grow into it.. You want to make the learning process as easy as possible..
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Hi, I am looking for advice what to buy for my first foil and wing board.
I am 70kg and live on the mid north coast NSW. I have had a couple of lessons, able to work the wing and been up flying on both tracks with a big board and a 2050 Armstrong wing.
I am going to buy a new 5m wing as this size seems the best balance between size for learning and getting going in the wind here.
As for the foil and the board I am clueless. I don't know what size of foil to get ( front wing in particular) and how big a board to get. Every one seems to downsize quickly but I wouldn't mind keeping the first board for teaching and using in light wind anyway.
Any advice would be very welcome. Thanks, Tom
I reckon something around 85 Litres not to big and not to small.
I can't verify this but a shop told me a board 20-30 litres more than your body weight, 5'8" or 5'9" in length, front wing with 1800 square cm and a 5 square metre wing. And thats based on previous windsurfing experience
If there is a good used market in your area, that might be the way to go. Try asking the regulars at the local wing spot what gear they like.
At 70kg you could ride anywhere from 90L-110L depending on how good your balance is and how easy you want it. You could easliy get something like this www.oneoceansportsaustralia.com/shop/wind-wing-boards in the 5'4 if you want easy and 5ft if you want a challenge.
On the wing side yes 5m will be perfect and will suit 90% of the winds when learning. If you are on a budget or just dont want to spend a fortune for you first wing these are CHEAP!! and a really good wing www.oneoceansportsaustralia.com/wind-wings-shop You can really have the board and wing for $2250 all brand new!!
On the foil side maybe something like an Axis as they are a great well made foil with plenty of wing options as you grow and get better, I don't ride Axis so can't really say what might be the best wing to learn on but plenty of good used Axis setups around on the market that would I would say will suit.
Thanks for the replies. Keensailor is saying round what I thought around 100 litres and 1800 wing. I will have a look and see what's going secondhand. I like the look of Armstrong foils and the SMIK wings but not really fussed on which board
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Thanks for the replies. Keensailor is saying round what I thought around 100 litres and 1800 wing. I will have a look and see what's going secondhand. I like the look of Armstrong foils and the SMIK wings but not really fussed on which board
I'm 70 kg and started on a cabrinha 1200 wing (90 wide) and a 92L 5'4" board. I was on a 75L 5' board after about 10 sessions. If you're already getting up, you don't need such huge foils. And if you can do knee starts, you don't need a huge board either.
Make sure the board and foil suit each other. (This is less of an issue these days as most boards now have their tracks further forward.)
Depend a lot of you skill and what you want to do in future. It's not everyone that get rid of their big foil, I still have my 1800 to dockstart.Even bigger boards, if you want to go into wave foiling while winging, you could need something big enough to go in very choppy water, taxi out of the back traversing white water in low wind and you need some positive volume for sure. The difference from 110L vs 85L is not day and night for your weight, it will still be a big board that you will have fun on it, you could jump with them but it's not the one that you gonna really like for jumping and carving hard...it needs to be in the - volume in my opinion. If you don't have big feet, check the width of the board, too wide you will loose some feeling...I prefer a 5'5 for 90L over 5'...if the width is less.
Lots of people like small boards and go smaller as quickly as possible. But not everyone. One of the better wave foiler in WA (he's won at least one competition) is using a board that has 25 l excess volume as his default board. There are time when the wind drops or turns and you need to slog back in, and the extra volume in these situations is worth more than a bit slower turns. He's not jumping, though - if you plan to jump and do spinny tricks in the air, that may be a reason to go smaller.
