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Re: Foil board arrival!!!

Postby rtz » Tue Dec 16, 2014 3:14 am

Use a boat to speed up the learning process of riding the board:


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Re: Foil board arrival!!!

Postby OldGuy » Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:58 pm

For your first rides......do not use a fast kite, like a Ozone Edge or any other race kite.

Whatever size you choose you'll be way happier if the kite is slow, stable, and stays in the air in light wind conditions. You want to focus on foiling and not have to think about the kite.

I've found that wave kites work good in the beginning.........

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Re: Foil board arrival!!!

Postby Randahl » Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:11 am

OldGuy wrote:For your first rides......do not use a fast kite, like a Ozone Edge or any other race kite.

Whatever size you choose you'll be way happier if the kite is slow, stable, and stays in the air in light wind conditions. You want to focus on foiling and not have to think about the kite.

I've found that wave kites work good in the beginning.........
Truth,

I went from a crossbow to a cloud and it got so much easier...

but now I only fly a chrono, so...

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Re: Foil board arrival!!!

Postby IanNJ » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:25 pm

I am loving the 3 key pointers. There are really good points in the one i posted in the "hydrofoil" section also. Today its nucking 30mph but tomorrow it should be more around 20 and its gonna be D-day! Pumped to try something new..thanks

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Re: Foil board arrival!!!

Postby IanNJ » Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:19 pm

Super stoked!!! Its so addicting. I put some thoughts in a blog, but really what i want to say is, thank you! For all the folks that take time to contribute pisitively to the comunity...thank you. Big help! Lets hope 2015 rocks!!

http://atlantickiteboarding.com/learnin ... oil-board/


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