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Re: Foil kites on foil boards?

Postby Trent hink » Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:29 pm

The thing to keep in mind, is this:

While it is possible to ride a hydrofoil on a large kite in very little wind, you don't want to learn in those conditions.

You want a kite that flys well enough, and one you know well enough, to fly easily when it is really underpowered compared to what you are used to when using a conventional board.

For learning, that often means choosing to go out on a smaller kite in a bit of wind.

But in good learning conditions, the type of kite is not very important with a hydrofoil.

I say, your best bet is, choose the demon you know.😜

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Re: Foil kites on foil boards?

Postby RomeUtah » Thu Aug 11, 2022 6:05 am

Yeah I definitly ride an 8m foil and 1200 cm wing 12-25 knots. I pretty much learned with foil and foil, there is something to be said regarding using the most familiar setup to learn to foil but foil kites are awesome for drifting and absorbing gusts. Once you get used to chocking kites out on loops, they are super fun

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Re: Foil kites on foil boards?

Postby Peter_Frank » Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:28 am

Gyre wrote:
Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:35 am
Been a twintip rider for years and am just getting into foilboarding. Everyone is telling me that my foil kites will be no good for foilboarding because they fly too far forward in the window (etc). Is this true? I doubt it (and also don't want to believe it).

They fly forward in the window yes (if good high aspect ones), but not too far forward.

If you ask all kitefoilers, I think the majority will say foilkites are definitely the best for kitefoiling, both marginal wind and high wind :thumb:

So it is wrong, the statement.

Some prefer the turning speed of medium wind LEI's, over the higher windrange and low end of foilkites, but this is simply a personal choice.


Trent Hink said it correctly regarding learning, agree.

The only situation where I have seen a problem with foilkites, is when a dedicated LEI foiler, get a lightwind foilkite and rides it for the very first time in light wind - then almost each and everyone I see do the same mistake :lol:
Dive the kite, it picks up speed and they get the waterstart solved, but now the kite is low and very forward and absolutely no pull :rollgrin:
Compared to a draggy deeper sitting LEI which can have more grunt, if they used such one before.

It is only a behaviour change which is needed, so as you are used to foilkites you should of course use these, they are better in every way except if you screw up in less wind than where they can relaunch - but this is unlikely as you need more wind to learn.

Go with your foilkites, no matter which you got.
Okay, if 18 to 21 m2 or similar, dont use these for learning unless you are way over 100 kg.

8) Peter

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Re: Foil kites on foil boards?

Postby Gyre » Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:27 pm

Love all these responses, thanks everyone!

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Re: Foil kites on foil boards?

Postby airsail » Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:50 pm

Got to disagree with this statement Peter “ The only situation where I have seen a problem with foilkites”, there is another when foil kites suck, rain, foil kites especially big ones suck in the rain.

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Re: Foil kites on foil boards?

Postby Peter_Frank » Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:37 am

Okay, true I believe as inside gather weight on double skin foil kites.
I never ride in light wind in rain with these, so I didn't know...

But single skin foil kites have no issues in rain :thumb:

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