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Riptide
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airwave
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Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:54 am Post subject: |
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Certainly worth a try. |
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5330 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Being the naysayer that I am, and Hi Mark, from Domond...
That would just make wndsurfing feel like kiteboarding. |
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loopless
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Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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What would be cool is if this is just a "fin-swap". I imagine that you need a pretty solid fin box. |
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dvCali
Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 1314
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Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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andrewc wrote: | What would be cool is if this is just a "fin-swap". I imagine that you need a pretty solid fin box. |
You need a deep-Tuttle, I suddenly feel bad I sold my old Mike's Lab 75 course-slalom ... it was already basically hydroplaning with just a 52cm fin ... |
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Riptide
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Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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Different brand foils have different mounting,
The SPOTZ brand foil uses a deep Tuttle. Most popular for kite foils at Crissy. |
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Riptide
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streetsailing
Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 245 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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F4 fins, a local fin company owned by some of our fellow windsurfers will be coming out with some foils soon. Rumor is that they are testing kite foils as we speak.
http://www.f4fins.com |
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rich1
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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:47 am Post subject: |
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That looked like about a 6.5 and very low wind. I wonder if this thing works way below normal planing speeds, if so, could be a fun piece of gear to keep around. But, the idea has been around since I started windsurfing ('84) and has never really caught on or gone away. Not sure why. |
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Riptide
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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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rich1 wrote: | That looked like about a 6.5 and very low wind. I wonder if this thing works way below normal planing speeds, if so, could be a fun piece of gear to keep around. But, the idea has been around since I started windsurfing ('84) and has never really caught on or gone away. Not sure why. |
I do not know for sure, but kiteboarders, who normally need a Mikes labs racboard and a 17 m kite, can sail with a foilboard and an 11 m kite for the same wind conditions. |
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