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Mr Keen
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25 Jun 2025 6:21pm
www.instagram.com/reel/DLUC9nuhD2E/?igsh=MWljazVvMThuenEzcA==
Will check this out.
Paducah
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25 Jun 2025 9:45pm
Excellent! Just yesterday a former windfoil now wing friend told me how windfoil was in the rear view mirror.

Looking forward to this
Mr Keen
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26 Jun 2025 1:04am
Had a great chat with Balz at the Defi. He is still a great believer in windfoil. Apparently his second favorate disapline, first being windsurf. What impressed me he most was his genuine interest of what I rode and why. A great ambassador for our sport
jstone1
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26 Jun 2025 1:55am
He's an inspiration, I'm looking forward to listening to this. I think lots see windfoil as just the racing roots and assume it's all wide boards, cams and low winds but the freestyle stuff is pretty much all I'm into, love it, more wind the better.

Good little community where I am of the various foil disciplines but the freestyle kit seems closer to winging - we all get along tho ;)
BluntWhite
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26 Jun 2025 9:38am
Flight Club, what an excellent idea! Missed the first one, the sign up for June 25th is still active. Put my info in, trust more Google Meet sessions to follow.

Anyone know what kit are Greg Glazer and Emily Ridgeway are riding these days? I'm a Freeride foiler in the Slingshot Phantasm ecosystem (103 carbon mast, PTM 926 front wing). My fingers crossed that the other manufacturers haven't similarly concluded that Freeride foiling is an evolutionary dead end.

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Mr Keen
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26 Jun 2025 3:41pm
Greg Glazier is riding Tony Logosz custom boards. Not sure about foils, Have been told that Tony is developing his own foils after his split from Slingshot.
WsurfAustin
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Mr Keen
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26 Jun 2025 10:42pm
WsurfAustin said..
Nothing funner than this
www.instagram.com/reel/DLWHDA8usqD/?igsh=MWVnOWplM2syNXNqNw==


Ripping
PatK
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27 Jun 2025 6:29pm
BluntWhite said..
... My fingers crossed that the other manufacturers haven't similarly concluded that Freeride foiling is an evolutionary dead end.


The good thing about Severne is they to no winging/kiting stuff
So there is a chance they keep on dealing with windfoil
BluntWhite
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27 Jun 2025 10:06pm
Wonder what Slingshot did with the tooling? Love my carbon 103 wide mast. Would be a sad day if it went to the bottom.
WillyWind
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29 Jun 2025 6:43am
Mr Keen said..
Greg Glazier is riding Tony Logosz custom boards. Not sure about foils, Have been told that Tony is developing his own foils after his split from Slingshot.


When did Tony leave Slingshot?
WsurfAustin
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29 Jun 2025 9:20am
BluntWhite said..
Wonder what Slingshot did with the tooling? Love my carbon 103 wide mast. Would be a sad day if it went to the bottom.


Ya, same here. Hoping it holds up over time.
jdfoils
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29 Jun 2025 11:08am
Tony has been building a small number of custom boards under the brand Oxza
Mr Keen
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29 Jun 2025 5:48pm
WillyWind said..

Mr Keen said..
Greg Glazier is riding Tony Logosz custom boards. Not sure about foils, Have been told that Tony is developing his own foils after his split from Slingshot.



When did Tony leave Slingshot?


Last year
Mr Keen
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30 Jun 2025 2:26am
PatK
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30 Jun 2025 1:35am
He says in the video we could ride his stuff if we meet him. Great, i see him often at Silvaplana
BullroarerTook
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30 Jun 2025 3:58am
He also says Severne is working on being able to adjust the foil mast. "Something in the direction as well." Probably double tracks but not explicitly stated.
Mr Keen
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30 Jun 2025 6:32am
BullroarerTook said..
He also says Severne is working on being able to adjust the foil mast. "Something in the direction as well." Probably double tracks but not explicitly stated.


Definatly double tracks. Board in video is same board he had at Defi. Predador 2026 Will have tracks
tonyk
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30 Jun 2025 11:37am
Mr Keen said..


Great to see Balz talking up windfoil, thanks for posting
allesad
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30 Jun 2025 7:53pm
jdfoils said..
Tony has been building a small number of custom boards under the brand Oxza




oxza.net/windfoil

Looks sweet...alien board-ish.
WsurfAustin
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30 Jun 2025 8:37pm
allesad said..

jdfoils said..
Tony has been building a small number of custom boards under the brand Oxza





oxza.net/windfoil

Looks sweet...alien board-ish.


Very cool
utcminusfour
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30 Jun 2025 10:34pm
Hey Matt?
Have you sent Balz a set of your releasing straps? He could help spread the word. The subject came up at 1:31, sounds like he is not aware of your product.
His comments and those from Dominik have me considering front straps again to help light air take off and to get upwind better. Cause you gotta get up to get down.
WsurfAustin
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1 Jul 2025 2:21am
utcminusfour said..
Hey Matt?
Have you sent Balz a set of your releasing straps? He could help spread the word. The subject came up at 1:31, sounds like he is not aware of your product.
His comments and those from Dominik have me considering front straps again to help light air take off and to get upwind better. Cause you gotta get up to get down.


Hey utcminusfour, thanks for the heads up. Seems like 75% of my sales have been overseas.
BullroarerTook
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7 Jul 2025 9:25pm
Something else Balz said in that video was that he always shims his mast for more nose up. Anyone else tried that? I've been thinking about it, even printed a couple of shims (0.5 &1.0) but keep forgetting to try.
Paducah
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7 Jul 2025 11:23pm
BullroarerTook said..
Something else Balz said in that video was that he always shims his mast for more nose up. Anyone else tried that? I've been thinking about it, even printed a couple of shims (0.5 &1.0) but keep forgetting to try.


Slalom racers aim for 3+ degrees (3.5 ish, iirc, from Phantom) to reduce the effects of touchdown. Most freeride foils have less than that dialed in from the factory.
Mr Keen
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8 Jul 2025 6:07am
BullroarerTook said..
Something else Balz said in that video was that he always shims his mast for more nose up. Anyone else tried that? I've been thinking about it, even printed a couple of shims (0.5 &1.0) but keep forgetting to try.



Have tried it. Did help slightly with what Balz was saying but low wind take off was harder which negated the advantages. The was on my old FoilX @190cm long. Maybe I should give it another go now I am on more compact boards....
BullroarerTook
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8 Jul 2025 5:25am
Mr Keen said..

BullroarerTook said..
Something else Balz said in that video was that he always shims his mast for more nose up. Anyone else tried that? I've been thinking about it, even printed a couple of shims (0.5 &1.0) but keep forgetting to try.


Have tried it. Did help slightly with what Balz was saying but low wind take off was harder which negated the advantages. The was on my old FoilX @190cm long. Maybe I should give it another go now I am on more compact boards....


How much shim did you use? I don't think I would want to try unless the winds were in the 20s and flying was a non-issue.
Mr Keen
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8 Jul 2025 2:46pm
Used 3 degrees. Was under the Sab Kraken base, too lazy to change it in and out....
TomDW
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24 Jul 2025 4:15am
WsurfAustin said..

utcminusfour said..
Hey Matt?
Have you sent Balz a set of your releasing straps? He could help spread the word. The subject came up at 1:31, sounds like he is not aware of your product.
His comments and those from Dominik have me considering front straps again to help light air take off and to get upwind better. Cause you gotta get up to get down.



Hey utcminusfour, thanks for the heads up. Seems like 75% of my sales have been overseas.


Can you send me a thread where to get them (living in Belgium). I had a nasty crash last week where my front foot stayed in the strap and 76 cm wdie board tried to keel over. was fortunate the no serious injury occured but reminded me how thing can go wrong (did not think they would by now but a stupidity and moment of inatention were enough.)
BullroarerTook
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24 Jul 2025 9:52am
Glad you weren't hurt Tom. That's how I snapped my fibula.
John340
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24 Jul 2025 2:41pm
TomDW said..

WsurfAustin said..


utcminusfour said..
Hey Matt?
Have you sent Balz a set of your releasing straps? He could help spread the word. The subject came up at 1:31, sounds like he is not aware of your product.
His comments and those from Dominik have me considering front straps again to help light air take off and to get upwind better. Cause you gotta get up to get down.




Hey utcminusfour, thanks for the heads up. Seems like 75% of my sales have been overseas.



Can you send me a thread where to get them (living in Belgium). I had a nasty crash last week where my front foot stayed in the strap and 76 cm wdie board tried to keel over. was fortunate the no serious injury occured but reminded me how thing can go wrong (did not think they would by now but a stupidity and moment of inatention were enough.)


www.bartlettcomponents.com/

Matt does international delivery.
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