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Re: Difference on the small foil boards..

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 7:11 pm
by jakemoore
I have a crazyfly proto. I think its just a little smaller than the "chill deck" and definitely bigger than the "f-lite"

No volume is great for waterstarts especially strapless and does not hurt light wind performance during touch downs at all. In fact I think sinking the board helps tense the lines for waterstarts and planing area is more important that volume for light wind touch downs.

The lack of rocker is brutal if you touch down with a fast wing.

Re: Difference on the small foil boards..

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:25 pm
by TomW
Thanks for your thoughts Peter.
My 2 boards 12O0 and 1350mm are so similar in construction and weight.
300 g difference in weight.
The mast is 50mm further back on the 1200mm so the nose is 100mm further out.

I guess the surprising thing is the perceived difference. The feeling is huge difference compared to the difference in the Moses Foil wings 550-590-633. The difference imparted by the board is 3x the difference in agility difference in these 3 foils using same mast. I'm talking about pitch, yaw, roll stability. Lift is not affected.

What I should do is put 150g on the nose of the 1200mm board and see if it makes a big difference.

Re: Difference on the small foil boards..

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:18 pm
by kitesurfrabbi
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Butterfish- Would love to see some pictures of your board. Please post some!
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here is mine:
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its an alkita as well 100x43cm 1.65 kilos without the pads. board has beveled edges, doubleconcave nose, continous rocker of +6cm
these boards are the shit and you can have your imput when you have him shape one for you.
http://www.olry-shape.com/index.php/shape

Re: Difference on the small foil boards..

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:14 pm
by plummet
My pocket board is 120cm. Is thin and stiff with a bit of nose flex.

Its Awesome for compactness, maneuverability, and fitting in my truck without pulling down.

As I suck at foiling jybes I only have a thin window of surface riding before it bogs down and sinks. That's the major disadvantage.
Surface jybes are harder than a generously sized board.

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Re: Difference on the small foil boards..

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:03 am
by ap888
Just got my 2019 Groove Skate can’t wait to ride it my previous board was homemade worked but junk :D

Re: Difference on the small foil boards..

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 8:53 am
by Alvaro
ap888 wrote:
Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:03 am
Just got my 2019 Groove Skate can’t wait to ride it my previous board was homemade worked but junk :D
Oooh so jealous of you! I am waiting for mine before end of December (Hopefully)

Re: Difference on the small foil boards..

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 3:38 pm
by grigorib
kitesurfrabbi wrote:
Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:18 pm
here is mine:

its an alkita as well 100x43cm 1.65 kilos without the pads. board has beveled edges, doubleconcave nose, continous rocker of +6cm
these boards are the shit and you can have your imput when you have him shape one for you.
http://www.olry-shape.com/index.php/shape
It is beautiful! How much did it cost you?

Re: Difference on the small foil boards..

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 7:12 pm
by ap888
Alvaro wrote:
Sat Dec 15, 2018 8:53 am
ap888 wrote:
Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:03 am
Just got my 2019 Groove Skate can’t wait to ride it my previous board was homemade worked but junk :D
Oooh so jealous of you! I am waiting for mine before end of December (Hopefully)
It took mine 14 business days to arrive I live in Ontario...

Re: Difference on the small foil boards..

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:09 pm
by TomW
Are the black rails painted? Or is it a carbon rail..

Re: Difference on the small foil boards..

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 2:44 am
by ap888
Rails are black not sure if 2018 had chimed rails...tons of adjustments easily fits my 8mm booties with room to spare also I think front foot strap is new one peice now...correct me if I’m wrong..so stoked to ride it Wednesday :D