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Help picking my new Hydrofoil board

Postby Adventure Logs » Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:44 pm

I'm currently mostly riding the Nobile Infinity split hydrofoil since almost all of my kiteboarding is while I travel and I would like to move on to a smaller sized/pocket board but I'm unsure what fits what I like. The best feature of the Nobile in my opinion is the concave deck and really would like to find a board with that. It has really helped me progress strapless and now all my riding is strapless. I would like something that will still be decent for jumps when I put straps on and with a track mounting since I switch between the Onda and Spitfire. Any suggestions on what will fit my needs? Thanks

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Re: Help picking my new Hydrofoil board

Postby freotilo » Mon Nov 26, 2018 4:12 am

sounds like slingshot dwarfcraft 3,6 micro would be an option or maybe groove skate if its not to wide and much volume

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Re: Help picking my new Hydrofoil board

Postby Adventure Logs » Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:50 pm

Does the groove have the concave deck? I've been looking at the dwarfcraft but I'm unsure if I should go with the Micro or just the 3'6"

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Re: Help picking my new Hydrofoil board

Postby grigorib » Mon Nov 26, 2018 10:30 pm

3’6” Dwarfcraft has a good concave under the feet and I wish I had the Micro to comment on but they get shipped in very limited quantities so far.

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Re: Help picking my new Hydrofoil board

Postby Flag53 » Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:06 am

I don’t know much about the board , but “ wave and wake “ are selling the dwarf craft micro with free worldwide shipping for £599 !

Ps another site has them weighing 3.7KG which seems a bit heavy for a small board !

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Re: Help picking my new Hydrofoil board

Postby grigorib » Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:31 am

Flag53 wrote:
Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:06 am
I don’t know much about the board , but “ wave and wake “ are selling the dwarf craft micro with free worldwide shipping for £599 !

Ps another site has them weighing 3.7KG which seems a bit heavy for a small board !
Not sure how anyone is selling Micros as they’re on backorder and very few riders actually got theirs.

As of weight, twice thicker 2016 Dwarfcraft 42” is 3.4kg so I can’t see how weight reported there for Micro is not another BS

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Re: Help picking my new Hydrofoil board

Postby Flag53 » Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:08 am

Grigorib , I’m only quoting the weight from

POWERKITESHOP uk website !

Check out their site and wave and wakes

I have no interest in trying to Diss slingshot and was only trying to add information

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Re: Help picking my new Hydrofoil board

Postby grigorib » Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:01 pm

Flag53 wrote:
Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:08 am
Grigorib , I’m only quoting the weight from

POWERKITESHOP uk website !

Check out their site and wave and wakes

I have no interest in trying to Diss slingshot and was only trying to add information
I'm not saying you said anything wrong.

2016 Dwarcraft 54" is 3.9kg
2016 Dwarcraft 42" is 3.4kg
In no world 2018 Dwarfcraft Micro 3'6" would weigh what is reported so I call their data a BS just as "availability of Micro to sell/ship"

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Re: Help picking my new Hydrofoil board

Postby Adventure Logs » Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:56 pm

The micros construction is different so it could very well be heavier. I’ve been looking for reviews to decide on which board to fit my needs best. Not sure if the micro will have the same concave and I don’t know if I’m good enough for it as well. Also I’d like to compare durability with jumps and abuse since I’m hard on my gear.

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Re: Help picking my new Hydrofoil board

Postby tkaraszewski » Wed Nov 28, 2018 11:53 am

Real watersports lists the Dwarfcraft micro as weighing 5.2lbs, which would be 2.35kg.

https://www.realwatersports.com/product ... d-36-micro


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