so I've been foiling strapless in waves from 1 to 10 feet, today i was on 6-8ish
i still don't know what i want, i have a spitfire that i really don't use much cause its kind of annoying to relearn muscle memory and find that it needs to go fast, feels like a gun surfboard at first but again i still have to learn it
my main foil is an LP foil with 720 wings and a 90cm mast, which i was on today, onshore conditions with powerful waves, the wing lifts me too much when i shut the kite down and propels me downwind where there is no more power and have to re engage the kite
a year ago i would have said fat wings and 90 cm mast are perfect for waves, but now I'm starting to change my mind
i tried a 70 cm mast the other day in 3-4 ft and that was a bitch, once on a wave it was awesome and felt awesome to carve, but the navigation in the chop just annoys me with the short mast and destroys the ride, on a surfboard/sup i can see why a short mast would be good
i am starting to believe a smaller wing and a longer mast would be good for the bigger waves, but again i still don't know what i want, i need more rides on other foils, my LP is great but at a certain size wave it becomes too much
i used to have a zeeko alloy and believe that flat wings are key with a single vertical fin in the rear, but even that was missing something, i never got to try the carver wing set, perhaps that was it, can i have it with LP construction and a 100cm mast ???
but then the horue h13/h14 looks so good, dude is probably 50 lbs less than me thou and his wings are perfect for him
when i jumped on a jimmy lewis kwad i knew that was the board, one day i will find that foil : )