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Sat Dec 28, 2019 8:15 am

I have several boards, and as I wrote my strapless freestyle board is 1” thick, and it has noticeably the best board feel from my boards. You are better connected to the water with thinner board. End of story.

Until you get caught inside ...

What problem? Not saying we haven’t all been convinced by Matteo but how is the volume of your average, say 22-25 L board of detriment? I think the kite let’s you get away with a tiny board that most cannot otherwise paddle, so yeah a kite let’s you shed excess volume, but why is a thinner board an...

BIG NAMES!........all cater to the market.....and that is what they produce for.......the market........and it is hard to sell outside of the established norms......as with any sport.....just look how long it took for us to get the nose cut off of kitesurfboards.....oh, wait.....they still have lot...

No. Obviously, you are looking for the authoritative source of information. Why don’t you ask an experienced shaper what the foil is and why it is one of the most important aspects of a surfboard design. And why even the most experienced shapers who both surf and kite surf - Buck Noe, Gabriel Loyd,...

Matteo v, Do you actually think anybody reads your posts? No. Obviously, you are looking for the authoritative source of information. Why don’t you ask an experienced shaper what the foil is and why it is one of the most important aspects of a surfboard design. And why even the most experienced sha...

I know of a few guys who can tear up waves pretty well on a skimboard, but I'm not one of them and I very much prefer a board with "some" volume in the waves. Matteo, you should look up "surfboard foil" as it is considered a very basic concept in surfboard design. As for the skimboard.....Why is th...

Despite being big and heavy, I gave up on wave kites bigger than 9m. I went with a bigger surfboard and/or foil for lighter winds. No matter how fast, working a 12m in waves is not fun.

I'm also interested in PU core boards now, having been learning with an airush bamboo flytec for the last two summers i'm really now noticing the harsh feel through chop. Money no object, the 5'1 core 720 would get a demo. You can get even better feel than PU with Varial Foam. Varial Foam with epox...

I have both 800 and 1200 and 85cm mast. For me 85cm is perfect. Use it in both chop and waves. Don’t feel like I need anything longer. Granted, this is the longest mast I have ever used so have no point of reference but again I don’t feel handicapped in anyway. 1200 is very powerful. It is slow and ...

I think SB experience helps without question. Besides the jibing and footwork that others have mention, it's the water starts that help the most IMO. When water starting on a SB you need front foot pressure similar to a foil. true. but why not just go straight to foil? why waste time and energy to ...