dangeere said..





Appreciating the info. At my 63kg and with light summer breeze season just upon us in Mauritius I too been thinking how to best maximise my light wind winging efforts. (My current two light wind go to foils are the SF930 s208/s215 (with seek 78L for more playful turning freestyle gybe turning wing spin duck tacks, cowboy, etc practicing sessions ) and the HA1050 s208/210 that I use with my custom DW board 7'2 x21 at 100L , cf85 f700 for more simpler lazier cruising sessions. The latter gets me going in around 9/10 knots steady breeze. If it lulls below (so becomes a gusty 9/10 knot top end gust sort of session then still struggle a bit getting DW board to release off the water Oh & 5.5 mode wing). Hence why I've been wondering whether the more recent design releases of North's downwind foil's would work better than the current HA1050 combo I'm using. (My dw board ha1050 combo works about right for me and even lets me turn, gybe tack fine when got it going in a touch more eg 11/12 knots. Your feedback on your dw foil experience given me motivation to consider the dw foil range (I'm only wanting it for cruising around on the wing on light breeze summer days in the beautiful turqouise lagoons on the island. Essentially looking to use in 7/8 knots minimum with hopes it'll get my dw board up and flying where I'd be struggling with my current set up. Unfortunately there's no chance to demo kit it here on the island so only option is heavy reliance on online users feedback. I'm guessing that around a 1100-1200 ish dw foil size would suit my lighter weight better? or would 1400 still be the more useful step up in size over my current ha1050 with my dw board?

jaka87 said..
I have bought new S192 to pair with my DW1400. It took me couple minutes to get used to it but I think is fine now. If relying on brute force you need a little more pumping to get on foil than with S215 but with proper technique i recon you can start faster than on S215. It has relay nice glide, once you are on foil there is almost no need for pumping trough gusts. The speed is also quite decent, on flat water i get about 17knots max which is about the same as my SF930 in waves. Owerall quite happy.

I have also tried to pair it with my SF930 and it fellt like crap. Upwind was horrible, whole setup felt very shaky like i was foiling for the first time. After 10min i changed back to 215 and it was much more stable. But it is kind of slow so i guess i will have to get s208

MProject04 said..




I paired the s142 with both dw1400 and sf1080 and I will admit at first I thought something was wrong underneath me. I thought the stab was catching air bubbles and it felt 'soggy' almost, and I easily breached. Till I moved the mast a bit forward to get more front foot pressure and then it clicked for me. Nice slippery glide and reactive pumping.. little inputs translate to forward glide. Maybe try that?

Blippblurp said..




Where did you find this information? Are you sure you are not mixing it up with the "900 Black" color code? Would not 900mm wingspan for these wings would make them new designs with lower AR compared the the rest of the range (something that could be very exciting)?

larsdegroot said..
I ended up buying a new s208. It is Quiet. Also i have the HM mast now, and that one feels so damn smooth.
What i find really annoying is that nothing is on stock. The fuselages have been sold out for months now on their website, also my local retailer cannot get anything new. Same was with masts. I wanna have a spare fuselage, or the new C650, but it still not in stock. I've been having allot of warranty 's that have been taken good care of. But i missed allot of on-water time because of the above issues..

Shlogger said..
I've had quite a bit of time on the 80cm UHM Mast. I've really come to appreciate it. You'll feel a difference immediately but its when you ride it high and really only have that thinner section in the water you feel that extra little frictionless burst. Hoping they come out with a 72cm UHM as well. We have a lot of shallow areas in our Bays and our waves break on shallow sandbars, sometimes 8cm's makes a difference.
Still waiting on the 65 cm fuse and Glide Stab's here Stateside.

LucasUK said..
Hey, planning to chop S215, riding it with sf930, what change should i expect

LucasUK said..




how powered u have to be to get the SF680 going ?

live2play said..
Had a chance to wing both the SF680 and DW750 foils.
Both are next level!

I rode the SF680 with the S178 and C700 fuselage. My previous favourite was the MA850V2 and the SF680 will replace this. I feel that it has almost the same low end but more glide and more agile turning. More feedback to come.

I rode the DW750 with the S142 and C600 Fuselage. The glide and pump ability of this foil is next level. Easily had the longest rides without the wing that I've ever had. The foil feels a little unstable, unsure if it is the non HM mast that I'm using or the short fuselage. Going to try it with the C700 next.

Tangur said..
@UisceBeatha

I have both the SF680/S185 and DW750/S178 - 78 kg - North Vert 4'5 - 30L - used for winging only so far and with an anchorman.
I just got, today, the S142, so I'll be able to report back on it in a few days.
Tried the S192, but way too big, slow, unresponsive for my weight and style of riding.

As amazing as the SF680 is for its surface area, the pump, glide, efficiency, drag less feeling of the DW750 is next level.
Very low stall speed. Lower than the SF.
Turns very well and feels quite loose for its given span, but obviously not as nimble and playful as the SF680.
I was riding nearly exclusively the MA850v2 and once I got the SF680, I thought that it would become my one foil quiver.
However, when I tried the DW750, I fell in love with it. The glide is just NUUUUUTS.
I have a DW690 and S122 on order already.