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I’m only 2 sessions in with the quest but I was glad I was using a harness from day 1 or it would have limited my time on the water from getting too tired.
I’m sure as I get better at controlling it things will improve but it also just seems inherent to current single skins. The reviews of the orbit are a contrast.
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I recently got a 5m quest as my entry to parawing but held off on getting a smaller size since with winging upwind VMG is important to me. Good angle but not speed feels accurate for the quest.
I was waiting on reviews of the frigate v2 but in the mean time started seeing great things about the hatch v2. After reading between the lines on the mackite frigate review I ended up just pulling the trigger on the hatch. It's not here yet but no regrets on that after seeing hydrogav's review. Sounds like the frigate v2 might be great if you are somewhere always lit up but that's not my spot, need more balance.
Depending on how much I like the hatch we'll see if I quickly replace the quest with a larger hatch too. I will say the quest was incredibly easy for a beginner coming from wing having never touched a parawing or kite. No regrets on starting there.
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The new SF foils look like they could be good. The integrated fuse does look pretty thick compared to some current competitors, but keeping the low end with improved high end would be great. I'm sure they will be more expensive as a partial monoblock but still cheaper than a whole new setup. I could at least reuse my HM mast. I think everything else would be new so save about half the cost of a new setup.
That said, I think I'm still jumping ship to another setup. Talking about launching sometime in 2027 for the new SF and end of 2027 for that vapor they showed doesn't really inspire confidence they are going to catch up when it's already been a while since and update and there doesn't seem to be any chat about anyone actually trying these foils yet. I don't want to wait 6 more months then find out they aren't really that good. That combined with the bad 2025 nova pros and having replaced so much of the team when they left NZ I just don't have much confidence north is going to be investing enough in the foil brand for it to be a good idea for me to keep investing in it.
I still hope these are great, I'll probably still have my current setup so will track one down if I hear good things when they come out!
