I am hoping for some foil advice from the collective.
i am an experienced foiler with 6 years winging and wind foiling under my belt.
i have been riding North sf foils 680 and 930.
the 680 has been my go to for winging from 15 knots upwards.
i am going to start para wing this season and need some advice on a foil.
i am looking at an f4 orca but not sure what size. I am thinking 1050.
i am about 80 kgs and will be riding a 95 litre mid length.
any other suggestions welcome.
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I'd go for the 800 as the Orcas have amazing low end and easy to get up on. I know learning parawing is likely easy on a big foil but the 800 isn't a small foil by any means. I parawing the 685 most of the time and yes I'm a light rider but honestly feel the 800 rather large at times and not as easy to edge when going upwind when well powered. One thing that makes parawinging harder than winging at first is controlling speed once up and riding. The 800 is so easy to get up on and is reasonably wide already. Going to the 1050 will be almost too wide and won't give you much more lift in my opinion; maybe more of a disadvantage. Unless you are much heavier rider and learning in very light conditions I wouldn't go the 1050. Hope this help. Great choice of foils btw!
Yeah, I second Sheps. If your keeping your North for a minute and the 930 ends up having better low-end than the 800, you could use that for the first few sessions as you get your bearings.
Now the tough call is going to be whether you add the 685 or the new 600:
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