i am not giving up my directional or twin tip, but foiling does allow you to explore in comfort and is great for light wind days.

It's the best option on light wind days and it's becoming more affordable. I think it is reasonable to expect more participation.

Have you tried a smaller board with the longer mast? I recently tried a buddies 42" dwarfcraft with the current Lift foil. It definitely improved the carving. I guess is has something to do with the swing weight of the board. Most of us ride strapless here. I was curious about that... so you like t...

Have you tried a smaller board with the longer mast? I recently tried a buddies 42" dwarfcraft with the current Lift foil. It definitely improved the carving. I guess is has something to do with the swing weight of the board. Most of us ride strapless here.

A longer mast is better in the waves.

The material Ozone uses for the struts and leading edge could use improvement. Blown Ozone struts are too common on Maui. That said, the Edge does fly awesome.

Reverse launching?

Depends on the wind. It could be anything from 4m to 17m with 8m being the most common size that time of the year. It's difficult to kite on Maui without a car.

I recently brought a 2016 8m pivot to replace my old 2012 cab drifter 9m. I am impressed with the pivots low end, I can easily go up wind at speed when others are struggling to hold ground on 10m & 11m kites. However I get overpowered a lot earlier on the pivot than l do on the drifter. I find the ...

Poster: Peter_Frank Disagree with Dimitri, I will say speed is important. Once again you don't want to go as slow as a snail. You do need some speed but too much speed is not a good idea if you are looking to jump high. Now if you want to jump very far and jump over islands then yes get as much spe...