powersloshin said..
That's the only foil board I have owned, so cannot compare, but it works well for me as a learner freerider. It has stability, the straps in the right place, both a channel and a deep tuttle box for different foils. I also have used it a few times with a big delta fin in light wind and shallow weedy water and it's ok if you don't expect the performance of a slalom board.
all my sessions with the board here:
martignoni.id.au/sessions.php?board=Stingray_Foil140

tbwonder said..




Well my record keeping is not quite up to Georges high standards, but I have had 99 sessions on my 2020 Stingray 140 and done well over 3000 km.
I have never used any board so much. There is no noticeable wear on it
I have no desire to have either a larger or smaller board. It's wide enough to cruise around the lake with the guys on race foils and playful enough to mess around riding the swell. May be it's a bit of an old mans board.

Peter Hands said..
I have the same board 2020 Stinger 140 - super versatile, super easy and fun, find myself pulling it out SO often these days - I'm using SB Supercruiser with footstraps inboard if there is swell to play in - with straps outboard, use anything you want, loose/wave, freeride or freerace style foils, anything up to the SB GT-R would be sweet - plus use any sail from 3 to 10!!- full on race foils could work ok if not overpowered, never tried it, but 140 at "only" 85 wide is not really designed for it ...

nerdycross said..




Sounds real good Peter douse the board get knocked about in gusts and how about swing wait?

Smidgeuk said..
Has anyone used the stingray 140 with the Slingshot i99? Does it balance properly without too much back foot pressure? Im really tempted as the Slingshot boards are so expensive, and somehow 150 or 160 seems too big and 125 too small (90kgs on freshwater).

Peter Hands said..
Have recently moved from SB 122 over to Stingray 140 Ltd Edition - with my 95kg, wanted a bit more float when I'm in open ocean/way offshore, and the wind dies
FANA-TASTIC
Really versatile and easy, as claimed - slips onto the foil very smoothly, even without any cutouts
I have been using SB Supercruiser and GT, it would cope with GT-R but not full on race foils/ fuselages - have used sails from 4.7 Blade to 8.0 HyperGlide, in breezes 5 to 30+ knots

Great for blasting or freefoil carving - it does feel biggish in the strong gusts, but that is the price you pay for a stable platform

LE is really tough, love it! The extra tough version would be overkill, except for hire centres etc.

It does feel a tiny bit heavy and flexy compared to my Starboard 177 (+ previous SB147, SB122), but that is reassuring - it copes with crashes and knocks, unlike light-build boards which I find just disintegrate from day 1, especially given the extra forces involved in foiling

Long mast track is a plus, especially as my standard setting is about 113cm from front bolt - which is well forward in the track - I will keep experimenting with bringing it further back for carving style foiling with small sails, but I like it forward for blasting at speed ....

Great board, and built to last
If you are less kg, or get more reliable winds, go the 125 ....

Peter Hands said..

And like on Formula kit the Race foils are about upwind/downwind angles, even the pros are on the edge of exploding getting them to beam reach - hence 95cm fuselage option on iQfoil