I've been mulling this over a bunch recently and am torn on it. If you could have a full/larger quiver of gear in one category what would you go with?

A full set of wings, 2m-8?
A stack of boards for different days?
A full set of foils, every size?

For me, having more wings doesn't really get me more days on the water. Adding a 5m+ would only grab me a day or two here and there.

I love having multiple boards and think a 3 board quiver would be awesome (short sinker, mid neutral, long floater). Assuming transportation is no issue this might be the win for me.

Foils are similar to wings for me. Adding a really big lightwind foil might grab me a few more days here and there, but not a ton and big foils aren't always the most fun to ride. I do have a small foil, a 650 that I love when I get to ride it, but if it disappeared from my quiver it wouldn't be a great tragedy.

Thoughts?

That's an easy one: foils. Foiling is all about the foil. It makes by far the biggest difference to carving characteristics, speed, and glide.
You definitely don't need every size though. 3 foils are enough: small, medium, large. Actual sizes will vary depending on your weight and discipline of choice.

2 wings, 2 boards, 2 foils and you can cover everything I reckon.

Large wing + large board + large foil for ultra light wind
Small wing + small board + small foil for mental wind

A combo of the three for everything in between. I'm rocking a sinker and a DW board, HA580 and HA880, 3.5m and 5m wing. I can ride this in anything from the concept of a breeze up to nuking.

I do have other gear including smaller wing (2.5) and larger foils (1125), but they get so little use that if i didn't have them already i wouldn't miss them.

70kg, 1.76cm tall.

3 Wings: 3.5m 4m 5m
2 Foils 850cm2 1095cm2
2 masts 85cm 75cm
2 Boards 85l Wingfoil 110lt SUPfoil

I used to have 3m but... super windy conditions and foiling are not that fun IMHO.

85L is big for winging...but the winds here are very iffy.If i had more reliable conditions i would go down to 60l.

If i did not SUPfoil i would not need the 75cm mast or the 1095cm2 foil, they are just for SUP in small waves on shallow bottoms.

Three wings: 3, 4 and 4.6m2 (I also have a 6.1 which I have never used, it was an impulsive buy) - recently sold a 5.3 and replaced it with the 4.6. If I could do the quiver over, I would go for a 2.6, 3.5 and 4.6 quiver.
Two boards: ML 75L (6'1" x 20") and sinker 55L (5' x 20")
One foil: HA V2 680, 795 performance mast and 140 stab (I use this in everything from 10 knots to around 30 - I don't enjoy foiling either when I start feeling overpowered on the 3m2). And I don't bother if its less than 10-12 knots.

Conditions: waves, flat, DW and everything inbetween. Usual wind range 15 - 25 knots. Weight 83-84kg. 6'2''

I would like to add the Armstrong performance downwind foil 685 for DW winging. And a 4m2 parawing (plan to sell the 6.1 and buy this).

@Bryan to answer your question, I don't need a bigger quiver of a specific element, the combination I have has taken 4 years to get to and for now, serves me very well for our local conditions. Maybe you could consider the wings plus parawing as a quiver.

Also, I only wing.

I think I'd go boards. my 90% daily driver last year was 3.5 wing and 850 Silk foil @ 185lbs in SF Bay. I had a 5'6'" x 21" @ 70l Duotone Skybrid and 6'2" x 21.25" @ 90l AFS Blackbird. that gets me most of the year... however when the wind gets light here it's nice to have the 4.5, and on really windy days the 3.0 is helpful although not really necessary. Really light wind I'd take the 4.5, the 1050 Silk, and 6'2" BB... of course there are days when you need more, but it's into diminishing returns at that point here. So for me, two boards, two wings, and one foil would really get it done, and if I had to narrow it down for the whole season I'd go ~3.5 or 4.0 wing, Silk 850 or Enduro 900, and BB 6'2"... keep in mind that I have a toddler, and have limited time to get on the water, so **** just needs to go when I have the chance. I don't get to wait around until the wind fills in or the tide switches or whatever. I've got a window between 3:00 and 4:30pm and I need to get it done. I still love to windsurf, but with my time constraints, the conditions only line up occasionally.... so I end up foiling most of the time, which is also so frickin fun. Even with windsurfing, I was a one board, one sail kinda guy (85l and 4.0 freestyle sails) and just make it work... doesn't exactly pencil out with kids though

quite true... we have good conditions here and when there's wind, there's generally good wind... at least good gusts even if not steady, so you can get away with smaller/less gear. There's one spot in the South Bay here, Palo Alto, which is generally very steady wind with minimal gust potential... that spot you generally need bigger gear b/c there are fewer strong puffs to get you going. When windsurfing there, you better be rigged correctly, because if you can't get going in the average wind, there are few big gusts to help you. Always rig bigger down there.

I am lucky to live here.

BWalnut said..
I've been mulling this over a bunch recently and am torn on it. If you could have a full/larger quiver of gear in one category what would you go with?

A full set of wings, 2m-8?
A stack of boards for different days?
A full set of foils, every size?

For me, having more wings doesn't really get me more days on the water. Adding a 5m+ would only grab me a day or two here and there.

I love having multiple boards and think a 3 board quiver would be awesome (short sinker, mid neutral, long floater). Assuming transportation is no issue this might be the win for me.

Foils are similar to wings for me. Adding a really big lightwind foil might grab me a few more days here and there, but not a ton and big foils aren't always the most fun to ride. I do have a small foil, a 650 that I love when I get to ride it, but if it disappeared from my quiver it wouldn't be a great tragedy.

Thoughts?

I went the other way.
3, 4 and 5 wings
ha 780, ma 800 foils
935 mast, 140 chopped tail
700 old mast and V tail only for surf sup.
60l board and 115l surf sup foil/light wing board.keep a paddle in the car. With these I cover pretty much everything. 88kg

Supnorte said..
I have everything

A full set of wings!
A stack of boards for different days (foil divisions)!
A full set of foils, every size!

You're a legend!

I'd prefer 1 wing, 1 foil, 1 board from 12 to 30 knots.

Supnorte said..
I have everything

A full set of wings!
A stack of boards for different days (foil divisions)!
A full set of foils, every size!

Actually, I'm cheating! Since I distribute and retail several brands (Axis, SIC, Foil Drive), I have a large demo fleet and I do a lot of disciplines (wing, SUP, prone, DW and assist foiling)

haha yes, as you know its sometimes a pain in the a$$ to try new gear and futz w/ all the little details, adjustments, when you just want to go out and have fun. you can learn a lot though, and having a van full of demo gear also means that someone else might be riding your preferred gear. lots of good stuff out there on the market thankfully.

I've moved on to a Foil Drive so I can get out twice every day but aren't going out in over 25 knots currently.
So its two boards both Naish 5ft10 40LT & a spare 5ft 6in ( they were $400 each new).
Axis 1180 Spitfire foil with 640mm fuse, Skinny 55 stab & 1070 Fireball Foil with 600mm fuse & Skinny 45 Stab.
Mast is High Mod Carbon 75mm . Easy set up and can use two batteries per session if I'm able. I'm 90kg.

I am 82 kg + wetsuit (and boots, gloves) almost all the winging season
Wingfoiling on the inland lakes with gusty and unstable wind conditions.
1 board: Takoon Escape SW 6'8x22" - for all conditions from 6m/s till 22m/s
Wings: 4m, 6m and 8m (mostly used 4m or 8m)
Main used foils: Sroka HA 1190S, Sroka HA 1350L and Sabfoil 1250 Tortuga
Other foils less frequently used:
Sroka HA 950S
Sabfoil: 1110, 950 and 940
Stab: Sroka - 290, Sabfoil - 430
Fuselage: 62cm
Mast 80-82cm
And one "small" 3.4m wing for very strong days

With this board and big 8m wing I found that I started to use smaller foils. Before Sroka HA 1350L was for average wind conditions. Now it replaced Sabfoil Leviathan 1150 and I am using it for light wind days.
My next step is to use shorter fuselage and go for smaller stab

Alexnh said..
Skills!

They are sold out at my shop, so I compensate with more gear.

Updated edited list

Going the other way trying to keep it simple maybe not so simple.
3.5/4/5 wing
2.9/#3/4.2 parawing (Find the Dwing is better for what I do upwind/downwind)
650/700/900/#1100 foil (All same AFS Enduros so less faffing about with mast shim for the Silk 650, 1100 added for parawing and DW)
standard fuse
142 #130/HA38 tail (Custom Crisp 130 flex for waves, HA for flat and bumps)
#Forgot to mention one mast - UHM 80cm
5 2 tow board
5 10 wing/parawing board
Tow Boogie
#New addition - Jet Ski (Can go further to escape the crowd or for when it is bigger, downside need a partner)


At least it all mostly fits in the car (Except the ski)