bragnouff wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 12:09 pm
I do have the 4 Peak4, and it's super fun to ride, but typically if I turn up at the spot and it's blowing 18kts, then I'm more likely to go for the surfboard, specially if I had a few days of foiling before. Just to mix it up. Or wing if the swell isn't too big or too messy to prevent you to get out (typically the limiting factor here).
I agree with that rule of an extra sqm needed for wingfoiling compared to PeakFoiling.
5-7-9 LEI, 4 5 8 Peak, 3 4 5 6 Wings, hence my reluctance to add a 6m Peak to the lot... That's already way beyond obscene!
In the "old days" before kitefoil I also had big wavekites, 8 and 9 m2, so you could "surf" when wind was 17-18 knots only.
I still have kept the 8 and 9 m2, but they are never really used as 5-6-7 m2 are the sizes where surfboards works for me (close to 80 kg) from 20 knots and up.
And if not sufficient wind for a 7 m2 on a wave/surfboard, it is 20 knots or less, where wingfoil is magic.
Down to 13-14 knots, where wingfoil stops being fun or possible - you risk standing parked like in the old windsurf days, just even worse with a wing....
So here the Peaks come alive, a 5 m2 Peak is sweetspot for me in 12-14 knots, and then 6 m2 if 9-12 knots, and finally the 8 m2 when 8-9 knots, and bigger dualskin kite if below 8 knots.
But as you, sometimes the conditions or desire makes me go out with a 3 or 4 m2 Peak, instead of wingfoil.
I like you have defined a new name for the sport: PeakFoiling
Peter