My new pocketboard - Naish Hover Microchip

[grigorib]

For me it was a bit harder to start in light wind in shallow water on the microchip.

[melaquekite]

For me it was a bit harder to start in light wind in shallow water on the microchip.

I'm in the Triton board and these first few sessions it's with a single front hook. Light and unpredictable conditions here south of Mazatlan Mexco. 10m Roam, which is a kite I almost never need elsewhere in the world.

[grigorib]

For me it was a bit harder to start in light wind in shallow water on the microchip.

I'm in the Triton board and these first few sessions it's with a single front hook. Light and unpredictable conditions here south of Mazatlan Mexco. 10m Roam, which is a kite I almost never need elsewhere in the world.

Riding 9m UFO for me is pretty extreme lightwind too. Comes with riding 1200 cm² wing and I’d usually take my “lightwind” 100cm Dwarfcraft Micro board.

When in lightwind I can ride out the board under water but when in shallows I gotta start right onto the foil

[omg]

How stiff is the board? And would the box be durable enough if used as a pump foil board?

[a99]

For me it was a bit harder to start in light wind in shallow water on the microchip.

I'm in the Triton board and these first few sessions it's with a single front hook. Light and unpredictable conditions here south of Mazatlan Mexco. 10m Roam, which is a kite I almost never need elsewhere in the world.

What is your lowest wind start with Ufo 9? What is range?

Riding 9m UFO for me is pretty extreme lightwind too. Comes with riding 1200 cm² wing and I’d usually take my “lightwind” 100cm Dwarfcraft Micro board.

When in lightwind I can ride out the board under water but when in shallows I gotta start right onto the foil

[grigorib]

Riding 9m UFO for me is pretty extreme lightwind too. Comes with riding 1200 cm² wing and I’d usually take my “lightwind” 100cm Dwarfcraft Micro board.

When in lightwind I can ride out the board under water but when in shallows I gotta start right onto the foil

What is your lowest wind start with Ufo 9? What is range?

With 1200 cm² wing and water deeper than chest I’m fine riding in below 10 knots. This fall in OBX guys told me it was blowing 7-8 when I managed to ride. It took me a while to start and maybe it was stronger than 7 yet multiple balconies cheered when I could - magic just doesn’t happen and I’m 210 lbs. Probably a gust helped.
Below 10 is kind of hard to measure. I know for sure that I can comfortably fly the 9m before I can get enough power even to bodydrag. When I can bodydrag my lighter fronds can get up and ride and I need an extra knot. Again, with all the technique, 60 lbs of extra weight doesn’t help.

Upper range I’d go to is steady 10-11 when I can switch to a 7m UFO, then 5m starting in about a bit under whitecaps appear and up to 25 knots. Then 4m SST or 3m UFO

[airsail]

How stiff is the board? And would the box be durable enough if used as a pump foil board?

It’s very stiff, when I fitted a strap I took a small piece of skin out, plenty of carbon so I guess the track mount would be bomb proof.

[athen]

Good day,

can anyone of you confirm if I can ride this super little board with any type of carbon foil kite like Moses / Sabfoil?

Or do I risk to lose it sunk under water if I mount the “wrong” foil kit?

Can it tolerate Aluminium foil kits?

Thanks a lot if you can let me know

[a99]

Why this board is not available in Europe shops????

[lifeinthehood]

Why this board is not available in Europe shops????

Probably because they underestimated the demand. There's only 2 online stores in the US stores that show any in stock - kiteboarding.com and Real. Kiteboarding.com only shows 2 left. Naish themselves don't have any in stock.