Janus wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:05 pm
So what is light wind and heavier wind for you?
IMO the Soul is a very nice kite but not a wave kite.
Sorry - was a bit vague!
I have got Moses 633 that I have been using with Soul 10m and 6m. I had a twin tip for occasional boosting and bigger winds, but haven’t really enjoyed that for a while so recently bought a Duotone Voke. It is a surfboard but not very ‘wavey’ and designed for freestyle rather than shredding waves. That suits me as we don’t get any waves where I live. I also recently got some Peak 4s (5m and 4m) which I absolutely love on the foil board.
I can’t see myself using the Voke until near 20kts, so I should probably just get an 8m LEI but I really do like travelling without pumps and I tested a Neo 10m on Saturday and didn’t really like it. Much preferred the soul.
I foolishly sold the 6m soul. That was brilliant on the voke as it is quick. I have been very tempted to get an 8m Peak 4 for 10kts foiling, but I think the soul is probably a better bet until the 5m peak comes out (which is around 12kts for me). My thinking is that a 9m Soul would be a good option for 15-25+kts on the voke and will have a fairly similar bottom end to the 10m on the foil board. I think a 7m soul would be more fun on the voke, but I would much rather have 3 kites than 4.
So...... options are:
1) Keep 10m and get smaller kite for voke (7m soul?)
2) Sell 10m and get 9m soul to replace it (this is why I am interested to know if there is actually much difference in the way they fly - Olly Bridge talks about the 9m being much better for looping, so it must be a fair bit quicker?), but accept that higher winds will be a bit tougher and it will be slower than the 7m.
3) Sell the 10m, get a Peak 8m for foiling and a smaller kite for voke. The downside of this is that the voke will then only be big wind toy. At least with a 9m or 10m soul, I can get out and cruise around in lighter winds if I fancy a change from the foil or the water is v shallow etc.
4) Get an LEI (probably 8m) for the Voke and deal with the pump factor
I think I like the 9m approach as I won’t be losing much on the bottom end (and don’t really chase super light wind), but the 10m has felt so much slower since I have been enjoying the peaks.Will the 9m feel more lively?