Kite foil combo

[Fatso]

Had to stop foiling because no more time to do so with new baby but even with a rather small foil (zeeko alloy blaster) and heavy shinn Jackson 120 I can easily say that my favourite low wind kite was the 6m Peak5 from flysurfer.

At 95kg, I found that without trying too hard and with a bit of practice the peak was quite incredible, flys from 6 knots onwards, never giving you any second guesses, let go of the bar and it just stayed there, from 10 knots was a breeze to cruise with.

So much so that if/when I go back into foiling with a better setup (wave carbon foil) I'd probably get another Peak, a 4m maybe, that thing is so light/compact/easy/cheap it's just ideal. No inflatable gives you that, it will just fly.

Sure water relaunch, not being a kite for anything else but foiling and lack of lift making jibes harder is a downside but it's a happy trade off for that incredible low end usability.

[jumptheshark]

78 kg, 1100 cm2 wing (Lift 170 classic), 6m Peak4

I don't really bother below 10 knots, and really it has to be gusting 12 for me to bother, but a 6m Peak on a small pocket board is easy enough to get up and going in 10 knots. The kite can go lower, but it takes skill and I prefer to have decent power, especially if its flat like it is in 10 knots.

[junebug]

Hi I'm curious what kite size and foil wing size people use in 10-12 knts conditions and what type of foiling are you doing? I got a little bit more into foiling this year cuz I wasn't having much fun on TT in winds below 15knts and got tired of kites bigger than 12m and wanted to get on the water and cruise around with sailboats and just kind of get more days on the water in the summer when winds are light around here. I'm currently using 9m crazyfly infinity and crazyfly foil 1200cm2 I'm able to get going in 9 knts

If we don't have waves, I ride a 10m Boxer in 8-11kn and 7m Boxer in >11kn. I typically don't bother going out in below 9kn unless I've been out of the water for while. I'm just a strapless cruiser and I like working on perfecting transitions and footwork.

If we have waves, I ride a 6m Peak 4 in 10-12kn. 10kn is my wave threshold.

I switch off between a Lift 150 v1 surf in flatwater and a Lift 170 v1 surf in waves.