BWalnut forum posts in last 60 days

Hopefully Doug’s can set you up with a demo on the next windy day. I’ll be interested in comparing notes with you.

If I were to venture a guess... I think that people who have put the time in to learn double skins and 50/50 hybrids will develop a specific style of riding that will make single skins and 1/4 hybrids like this less exciting. Especially in the large sizes that he rides.

Rode the 2.4 in psycho conditions today. Even sailed through a spray tornado. Rainbows everywhere! Ridiculous how stable that thing is.

Heard back from PPC on the low end for the 2.7m:

"The low end on the 2.7m is around 25 knots, depending on your foil & weight, and the 2m is around 28 knots."

The low end change from 3.5. at 12 knots to 2.7m at 25 knots is a pretty big leap, they definitely seem sized to bridge your quiver there. I think if I pull the trigger I'd lean towards the 3.5m at the moment. I'm pushing pretty hard on smaller foils and boards and snatching up a tiny double skin might not be the right call.

I was honestly hoping the 2.7 would be my perfect sail and cover 20-40 knots. That would see use almost every day for me and then I could have something tiny in reserve for 40+

Torn on pulling the trigger on a 2.7, which would honestly be the best size for me. Just wish they would state an estimated low end. Or waiting for a 3.5 which would open my range up a lot more. Decisions decisions....

Use the swell to your advantage! Let it pull you up in the right moment, don't try to force it.

flowstate said.. more a function of the 6 inches extra length than the tail angle yeah?
hoping to try a 6’0 85L Coaster against my 5’10” 85L Carver soon, see how much the evolved bottom shape helps with takeoff

I agree.


I’ll be interested in hearing if the extra width on the coaster is noticeable or not.


I need to try the 70l Hydrocraft gunboat. 6’4”x19” Nearly the same dims as my pilot mid but with a more rockered bottom. I’m very curious to see the takeoff difference on small foils at that length.

zarb said..
Bryan when you get a lead on a demo... lmk 😎

You know it.

Piros said..
That looks insane . Take my money 😎

So ready!

Not sure I'll be buying bigger than the 3.1 as I hope to go orbit for my next size up but I'll do the same as Scheggia on the comparison for 777 stuff. My 2.4m PRv2 was a bust so I don't think there's much to compare there.

One of my thoughts from my notes on session 1:
"Dynamic depower (sheeting out) was potentially my favorite thing on day one. I was able to dramatically depower coming out of jibes when in gusty conditions to make foot switches easier. It felt like double skin depower. Even more exciting for me was an unexpected technique that I want to continue exploring. I found I was able to synchronize an aggressive depower, with a downwind carve onto a wave face, and canopy collapse via the A lines all at once. This made the retract feel lightning quick with very little effort or planning. "

Swell was small that day and I was riding small foils. The technique mentioned above was new to me and made parawinging in small conditions feel as fluid as flagging out a wing. Instant full collapse, rip the best 5-6 turns I can on the small swell, lines and canopy blowing everywhere, then redeploy with 100% success rate on day 1.

Hybrid had best upwind angles.
LTX was the best all-round user friendly model.
I sold my 2.4m skin just a few hours before the LTX showed up and think it was the right call.

Got my 2.4m and 3.1m today. Very nice. Lines are short, with the 2.4m lines being a touch shorter than the Pocket Rocket v1 1.9 lines. Canopy shimmers and is super slippery. Everything that you can touch is reinforced and stitched which I love. The only raw lazer cut edges are inside of the double skin section. Lines are softer and more pliable than PRv2 but a bit stiffer than PRv1. 3.1 fits with zero issues in the ozone v2 stash belt.

I'll need some time to fully test and review them but am happy to target any questions people have and would also be stoked to discuss other sizes with anyone who has snatched them up as well!

Eye opening for me. Yet another positive experience on new foils.

www.wouzel.com/post/first-turns-lift-vario-120

Anyone have a link to the PPC stash belt? Can’t find it on their site.

LTX shows up Friday. Test Saturday at the latest. Probably gonna order the 3.5 orbit!

Doubting I'll ever buy a single skin again!

Easy button for me when I was first learning was to hook in to my harness while still sitting on the board. Let the parawing park itself to the side hands free. Then get to your knees and grab the bar and start steering. At that point you're kneeling like after doing a stinkbug and should have no issues from there.