Think for yourself.
LA allows much smaller sails, and turns much better. Good in waves and for tricks.
HA benefits from bigger rapier sails, feels low drag, high glide, great in flatter water.
Who really cares what others do, blaze your own path.
. I have both.

Actually Lee it's called asking leading questions to stimulate a discussion and flow of ideas, it's what forums are all about. Most of your replies are about shutting down a discussion with smart arse comments. It's a new and evolving sport and people obtain information in different ways.

I've kept my big wing for light days but it's too slow now I'm upgrading to another big wing with a lower profile. I can get up in barely any wind. I can't give that up, too fun.

I kept my very big LA foil for light days but after getting used to HA foils when I did use it it felt very dragy.. slow.. and felt like it needed more constant wind once up on the foil than my HA foils even though the LA pops up slightly earlier.. The HA foils keep accelerating to a much higher speed and this lets you go through lulls without slowing much better than the LA foil..

So I sold it and bought a new very large HA foil from Naish (the new HA2140).. Tomorrow I get to try it for the first time.. and I can't wait..

Jethrow said..
Hi all

Just wondering if any of the bigger intermediate guys (95kgs+) kept the lifty big foils they learnt on after they upgraded to High Aspect foils?

Do the high lift/ low wind foils still have a place in your inventory for use in marginal light wind days or do the High Aspect foils give a similar bottom end due to their higher speed and pumpability?

Thanks

I think the first low aspect wings that came out for winging had quite a thick profiles compared to the high aspect wings (that did not start appearing commonly until a year later). So at the moment the rage is low aspect, but it will be interesting to see if the armstrong, axis, naish folks now go back and look at making low aspect wings with super thin profiles and different trailing edges to make them faster whilst maintaining great carving.

My observation is most wingers do not carve or turn that hard and do much better with high aspect wings.

DavidJohn said..
I kept my very big LA foil for light days but after getting used to HA foils when I did use it it felt very dragy.. slow.. and felt like it needed more constant wind once up on the foil than my HA foils even though the LA pops up slightly earlier.. The HA foils keep accelerating to a much higher speed and this lets you go through lulls without slowing much better than the LA foil..

So I sold it and bought a new very large HA foil from Naish (the new HA2140).. Tomorrow I get to try it for the first time.. and I can't wait..

Hi Dj,
Would love to hear what you think of the 2140,

cheers

I've kept my Naish 2000 as my light wind weapon, I love my 1800 and 1240 HA's but when I just want to pop up without effort or teach someone, the 2000 is my go too. I've also ordered the 2140 HA which is supposed to be a week out. I'll probably keep the 2000 just for teaching friends. Interesting though, the 2000 has a thinner profile, halfway between say the 1800 and a Delta shaped smaller Jet foils and much thinner than many other comparable brands. I'd like to see the smaller Jets keep their surfy shapes but perhaps thin out the profiles for more high end. When I jump on the Delta shapes it's like the difference between shortboard surfing and longboard surfing for turning. I know, I know, you can't have an F-16 and a Glider in one. ;)

hilly said..

Agree with this. The smaller LA foils work well on waves. So, in answer to the question there is little reason to hang on to a big LA foil unless you want to get mates into the sport and take them out behind a boat to learn the basics.
I think most of the foils called HA here are actually mid-aspect. I think for most people a MA foil is the best choice, 10:1 ratio foils are good for blasting around on flat water and tiny waves but not so flash on decent bumps. Sounds like quiver time

Great feedback as always hilly .

In regards riding swell or waves, what is the go to aspect foil?

marco said..In regards riding swell or waves, what is the go to aspect foil?

A lot of variables like skill, size of wave/swell and how you want to ride.
General rule of thumb is steeper the wave a smaller lower aspect is best. So for cruising downwind on tiny wind swells a higher aspect foil works best. Then personal taste, weight, etc comes in. For me a mid aspect like the Army 1250 ticks a lot of boxes and is a great compromise. Especially when you tinker around with tails and shims. As I said before you need a quiver. A change is as good as a holiday

seems like some leaner-sectioned mid AR ~5-7 might be a good blend of performance and ease of use? I find foils to be kind of like surfboards. You can go to a break and see people riding and ripping on anything, just w/ a different style.