For me the reasons for choosing HPS930 are either when it's super light wind and I want a front wing that has a lot of lift and glide, while still going fast. Also when it's very difficult conditions (ie very lumpy ocean) and I want to be able to ride slow when I choose to without stalling, and I want less challenging more reliable gear as I'm being challenged enough by the conditions.leeuwen wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 7:14 amHaving never ridden anything as large/high aspect as this...
Is there a reason to even want to ride this with a kite except for the novelty?
Seems like it would be super slow to turn and is slow in a straight line and it is also hard to ride by the judge of this thread...
The larger wings aren't slow - I've clocked 22kts on the the 930 in 10kt gusts with a 10m foil kite. I don't call that slow, I call that great for light wind, particularly combined with the glide to get through lulls.
They also don't turn "super slow". They are different to turn and less chuckable from side to side, but still good for riding swell and give a satisfying carve. For example virtually every wing dinger on Axis gear is riding waves with this size wing, if you ever watch any of those vids some are carving pretty hard, it just takes a slightly different technique. They are also pretty breach resistant, and you can wave a wing tip in the air without drama.
As for hard to ride, no bigger wings are easier. The drama in this thread is about the very first initial lift out of the water, poster said if he can get up he's right after that.