grigorib wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:40 pm
These are all mine, and I rode all of them quite a lot to shape my own opinion
That's some really good insight, thank you. I think I'd like to get my wing quiver down to 3 wings, A race wing (671), freeride/general use (W695 or W800) and then a surf wing for moses as well (679/633). It sucks a bit that you need an extra fuse, but they're pretty small and light to pack up in the back of the car or for travel if you really want to do it all for foiling. you may need to leave behind the twin tip and kites for that sport though
I would think you could hold onto a W590 or get a 550 or something like that for jumping as a 4th option I suppose.
grigorib wrote:
Yet neither 695 nor 800 have higher cruising speed of 590.
So for cruising speed, do you mean sort of the "comfy" riding speed that foils tend to sit at? I can ride pretty comfortably between 16-22mph on my 590. If I start trying then I can push my average over 25mph pretty quickly, and hit 30mph as a max for a 10sec or so. Would riding the 800 or 695 just require you to start leaning into the foil a bit earlier? Compared to the 695 I'm guessing the 800 is going to glide farther and be a lot more roll stable, where as the W695 will retain some of the agility like the 590.
My goal is to start learning roll tacks, which a little more stable wing should aid, and to have a bit better lowend as we ride 8-12kt wind all the time around here. I know its splitting hairs, but if you had to have one, which would you pick? I know one guy by me rides his 695 everyday, though I do think he has a 590 front wing. All the other guys are on various slingshot wings.