Hi Sup Foilers,
In my attempt to catch waves on my JP Australia 7.0 115 Ltr board ( Large NP Foil) I have tried everything in my capacity. No problem to balance and move around but catching bumps have been lately catching waves.

Not was I was hoping.

The waves are steep and during wipeouts the gear and me gets beaten up.

How to catch the smaller waves or better bumps? I paddle as hard as I possibly can (Feels like I will break my carbon paddle soon) timing is obviously key.

In my quest to pop up and foil like "all others" on YouTube I have tried to trim or setup my foil, position and board.

1. The wedge (About 10mm on the back) Helped a lot on my first try with it.

2. Moving the foil Fwd seems to shorten the board? Pivot point (Foil) I can move forward as well balance the pressure point. When I have had the foil fully aft in the track I have had little luck getting on the foil. Frustration as on my normal 9,6 Sup I would not have any of these problem catching the wave. Think the 10mm wedge helped a lot as it felt like having a sea anchor holding me back.

3. To further increase lift I have trimmed the back wing.

4. Front foot strap are just in my way, I think one day I will have it installed for lifting during pumping at the start.

Maybe I need a larger down wind foil? I do not want to end up in surf to be able to foil, some manufactures recommend not to use the larger foils.To much stress on their equipment and could void their warrantees.

Where to go for these larger foils? Armstrong CF2400, GoFoilMaliko 280, Signature Albatross 210, Axis S-Series 102, Takuma V900. Hope that Neil Pryde will come out with a XL front wing But haven't heard any thing if or when that might be. Sent them a e-mail but no reply so far.

Anyone tested the above foils pros and cons to use the biggest ones on the market?

Cheers

Anders

I wanted to get some foil wedges so went to my local auto shop here in NSW Australia. The shop was Super Cheap Autos.
I thought I was going to find some in a packet. But when I checked I found the ones in the packet weren't wedges. But hanging in a rack were some single ones at around $3 max. They aren't the full size of the foil mount but will do for now.
They are 2mm at thick end. & just about full width from bolt to bolt so couldn't drill holes for bolts to fit through. But this was quicker for me to install between foil mount & board. So no problem trying to locate bolts through holes. Yay!
All I had to do was a few measurements & use large scissors to cut out the outside edges so the wedge would fit between the bolts & stop at the outside perimeter of the mount. The pics will show what I mean.
And the 6mm thickness of the 3 wedges is just about right for foil mast to be perpendicular to centre of bottom of board between Neilpryde foil & JP 6ft 8" foil board. I am hoping it to be less on trial rides.

This has been my latest ride the JP Pro 6-8 x 26 - 96 litres . I'm down to 84kegs and really surprised at how stable the board is and floats me really well. Love the NP foil comes in apx same weight as Naish and wing size is pretty similar to the GF IWA but wider and a bit flatter and slightly higher aspect. Very easy to control foil ,smooth lift and very steady in the turn and great pump. Speed wise probably just a touch faster than the GF IWA . Price wise they will be released in Sept at $1,295 retail , boards will also come out then not sure on final cost on those.