Ive been foiling for a year now and having a ball - but my first foil choice is a speedy one which I love but now wanting to learn to jibe and it scares the shaight out of me to commit to a turn at warp speed - as background I can throw a surfboard around and down loop the kite happily for transitions and have been for quite a few years.

My mate has just started foiling and gone for the Slingy H4 and is riding toe side and jibing WTF ?? Its super slow and he's just loving it - perfect for his reason of wanting to get into the surf and slashing waves apart on the foil !!

Im thinking of buying a big front wing (slower) foil and the Axis S series has grabbed my attention. Im 84 kg and am planning on using my existing Spots race board with a tuttle box - Is the Axis S series the go and what size wing for a stable turning wing that is surf orientated ?? 76 cm wing ?? This foiling world is so confusing !!

I would possibly go the H2 over the H4 for learning tricky stuff. The H2 is more stable in the side by side turns, this makes tacking all that cool slow stuff really easy.

680 if you want to "free ride" foil and maybe have a play in the waves or swell, go a size bigger if you're going to get into waves or chase lighter wind/smaller kites. If you're heavier or want to SUP/surf it, then another size up.

I got my S-series in like, July, and have been able to get out less than once a week on average. Started trying to change feet on the foil last month, and now am sticking pretty much 9/10 foiling gybes.

Love the big wings!

eppo said..
either one surely would be great for stability. I had one session on a happy foil (medium aspect), two on a Konrad (free ride foil) ...not a great deal of success, but the occasional 50m ride.

Got the 680 axis setup, and by end of the first session was easily foiling 100-200m.

4 sessions in I'm toeside, heelside turns... - riding as long as I want on a tack, easily going downwind...but swapping feet is still punishment (I'm on a minimal volume board so I'm blaming that! - lol)

So ...it must be a damn stable system I suppose and with your experience you'd be cranking!!

I plan to actually get a faster high aspect wing one day for speed...but I figured start with the bigger sup/surf wings.

I don't think you realise how brilliantly well your doing......... well done!!!