UisceBeatha said..Blippblurp said..Is there anyone who has tried dw750 or dw900 who can say something about how these are to wing with?
I mostly ride open ovean waves at chest to head height and several people I know have fallen in love with downwind wings such as the Fone Eagle X for wingfoiling in these types of conditions. They have previously used surf foils. To be more precise, I'm talking about downwind wings in sizes of a maximum of 900 cm2 so that they do not become too wide and difficult to do somewhat snappy turns with. What I'm really wondering is whether the DW foils for North are a real alternative to eg eagle x? I want to stick with the North system, but being the gear junkie that I am, I can't let my F-one friends have better glide than me
Do anyone have any relevant experience to share related to this?
For my part, a dw wing would possibly be a supplement to my SF930 for the 20-40 knots days. If this sounds like a bad idea maybe i'd rather consider the sf680.
I share the same interest but got the SF680 last week instead. After an first run with the S208 in up and down wind I got a couple of 20knt wing sessions with the S178 stab and I absolutely love it. Fast and super nimble but still with the user friendliness of the larger SF models. Defo need to be powered up to get it flying but doesn't fall out like the HA models when going slow.
Finally feels like riding a short board on windswell in terms of bottom turn / top turn combos and the swell I was riding was decent but not the biggest, looking forward to riding it more.
S178 feels like a great match, riding that stab with the HA850 or SF930, the S208 always felt just as good, but with the SF680 its perfect.
Can't wait to run my SF830 with the S208 then! Now let's go to the other end of the spectrum of 'nimbleness' !
Yesterday had my first (jawdropping sesssion) on the DW1400. There was almost no wind. Lake completely flat and just a few breezes (not even gust) I looked back on the windstats and it was between 7-9kts. I was out with my AK Nomad 115 L (7' by 23") and 6m Nova v3.
With a slight breeze the board moved forward and the foil underneath didn't feel eating into the speed. As soon as I hit 5-6kph there was lift and with 3-4 pumps I was up. Riding in complete light winds, completely surprised this would be possible. So this experience.. seeing the foil giving lift at 5kph mark gave me hope that paddle ups can be possible. As soon as the board nose comes up you know the rest is up to you.
Up on foil the ride was good.. reached 26kph. When the wind died I could just keep going foot and hand pumping, which was the first time I ever managed this.. i.e. really riding through a lull. I tried some side to side carves to see how it turns. I had the S208 (Uli later advised that S215 would be better (as I have that) but S192 should be the long term setup) which seemed to work fine.
The part that was most confusing and fun at the same time were the jibes. The thing just threw me of the board like a bull, mid jibe. Basically what was happening (still trying to process it..) was I went into a jibe and when I switched hands/when wing depowered the board went in complete other direction. So you really need to consciously keep the pressure in the turn. I managed a sequence of jibes in the end. But fun learning process. In all this I also realized it is isn't meant for freeride winging.. more DW.
Another takeway was that it asks you to pump on a sweetspot above the frontwing/into the mast.. so a narrower stance felt better..
So these are my very first impressions ...as an intermediate rider who'se pumping techniques both foot and handwork can be much improved. Although I felt that the DW1400 will help me to improve my foot pumping technique. It clearly responded to a particular narrower stance pumping.. more forward oriented rather than pushing down. The best bit.. on those 7-9 kts hours I can now also go out
