Piros said..
I spoke to KD Maui and yes he is on a 7-10 production Barracuda with his Lift foil right at the front of the box , flat water starting his 90 .

Jeremy Riggs paddled it up too on the same set up. I think you're out of the water piros with a reco? But the barracudas will be on the GC this weekend

pohaku said..Jeremy Riggs paddled it up too on the same set up. I think you're out of the water piros with a reco? But the barracudas will be on the GC this weekend

Yes mate I'm out for at least 3 months with a shoulder reco , spewing would have loved to have a crack on the Barracuda.

I have the 7' 2" Armstrong DW board. I tried to use a Sab 1750 (huge wing span of 175 cm. or 5' 10"). It had too much lift for my 71 kilos of weight so I switched it out for the Sab 1350 front foil wing. This works great for low wind winging (5 to 7 1/2 knots). I place the mast's base plate's trailing edge right at the back of the board's mast track to that the edge of the base plate just covers the end of the tracks (I could still move it back a couple more cm. if I had too).

I need some advice from those who have used the Armstrong DW board for both light wind winging and paddling it onto foil. When one attempts to paddle the board onto foil do you move the foil forward in the tracks compared to winging and, if so, by how much.

Thanks.

LC2023 said..
Hi,
same board, 78kg, but different foil. Maybe it helps you anyway or some others in here. Axis 1310, Ultrashort Fuse, 350 progressive RW. For flatwater-paddle-up I placed the mast in max rear position as well to get a max of volume in front of me, in order to maximize the pop up of the nose. Speed was not the key but diving and lifting the nose. After take-off I need to narrow my stance by 10-15cm for effective pumping.
For lightwind winging I left the same position of the mast to practice foot positioning. Additionally, I am dropping the wing with the anchorman which results a lot of progress in balancing in general.
Choppy water using paddle only is a desaster for me currently.

Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a try with the mast near the back and concentrate on lifting the nose of the board. The smaller muscles used for balancing in my feet, ankles, lower back, etc. are getting a good workout.

I have the 7 2 version I winged for a few days messing with track position before deciding on placing the pad more or less in line with the back edge this is great for me. I think you need to try yourself and see what's seems right before sticking it down.

I have place hexagrips on both sides just forward of the deck grips at the top edge which is where my hands go getting up prone paddle.

I also cut one hexagrip in half and placed them on either side on the rails at the midpoint on the board. This helps feet grip if I want to SUP paddle with feet side by side to give my legs a break from surf stance. I find the board is super stable with a 1475.

dejavu said..

damn that was hard to watch. keeping the armie board but he wasn't really comparing apples with apples..

not getting any easier.