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I have been using my Sabfoil/Moses 790 (85 mast, 90 fuse) on a fin slalom board (iSonic 80 cm wide). I am now looking for a windfoil board to achieve better balance (front/back, with shorter distance foilbox-mast track; and sideways, with "flatter deck & wider tail"). Any suggestions or experiences with this foil on a foil board (foil/tuttle fin box)?
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PatK, thanks for relevant experience and board suggestion. And the adapter (dt foil on rails board) that you linked to, is something that I have been looking for. Looks really solid. As you mention, a combo dt/rails board would be great.
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Thanks! I found the JP 135 (can be combined with race foils from same seller) and JP 130 (freefoil) used nearby. Ideally it would be able to handle foils like a SB Freeride, in addition to my 790. I am a little skeptical to both: Freefoil rear straps significantly more inboard than full width. 135 too wide for the 790 mid/low aspect, while jumping on the race foil will reduce my low-end (and reason for foiling)? Available new (more expensive) in shops nearby: Alien 125 sounds maybe more middle ground, so does the SB Freeride 125. Stingray 125 HRS on sale, but wrong "shape/setup", and LTD full price. . these choices...
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Thanks for all the Ideas. Not heard of Indiana before. Looked like a good size. I have been thinking.
What I like with the Freefoil 130 is having both a DT box and US track. My 790 needs DT, but I like the possibility to utilize the track to tune the balance of the setup (although with a different mast or adapter). And I expect that this and similar boards can handle a bit faster foils if I want to explore that direction a little bit (Freeride, not race). And if I would get more interested in exploring Wingfoiling, it works well enough to get a taste of that as well. Even though the width is 77 cm, the tail is narrower - 60cm ofo - and I am uncertain wether this would be a significant disadvantage, but watching multiple videos with Slingfoil wide tails, it does not look like people use the full width on those kind of boards. Even though the length is 207, the mast track is fairly close to foot straps, thereby being more maneuverable than SB Freeride of same length, but not quite the Slingshot class.
Even though newer boards, like last years SB Freeride and 2020 FoilX looks like interesting design ideas - faster & easier takeoff (?), and a bit wider tail - I wonder if the difference from the 130 will be significant (FoilX probably most similar, Freeride distance to mast track a bit longer).
I think that the 135 asks to be driven with more racy foil, and I am not sure whether I want to go in that direction. The current owner has tested it with a lower aspect foil, and struggled with the balance. He can include two older F4 race foils with 105 mast into the package. I am a little tempted, but believe that I might prefer a somewhat slower foil.
Shoot - where is my reasoning failing..? Probably in several places.
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Goya Airbolt 122 fits perfect
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About the right size, but pretty narrow in the tail. Pretty fancy bottom.
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You want tail width if using larger sails is a priority.
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Thanks for all the great advice! I got the JP Hydrofoil 135.
