Convert wing foil board to regular surfboard

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mickey4
mickey4
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4 Feb 2025 5:25pm
Hello
I have a Mistral 6ft 6 wingboard 125l
Is there something that I can connect to the rail where I normally connect the shaft for the foil , so that I have a surfboard? Or is it a stupid idea ?

Greetz
Mickey
TooMuchEpoxy
TooMuchEpoxy
449 posts
449 posts
4 Feb 2025 7:26pm
This is not a good idea
BWalnut
BWalnut
WA
1176 posts
WA, 1176 posts
4 Feb 2025 11:51pm
Most likely you could slap two center fins in the track boxes but I've never tried this. However, I would not spend ANY money attempting this. The shape of the foilboard rails are not designed to carve on waves and the placement of most modern boxes is not even possible for carving on waves. I think your best case scenario is that you would be able to catch and ride the whitewash straight back to the beach.
Hwy1North
Hwy1North
221 posts
221 posts
5 Feb 2025 1:38pm
BWalnut said..
Most likely you could slap two center fins in the track boxes but I've never tried this. However, I would not spend ANY money attempting this. The shape of the foilboard rails are not designed to carve on waves and the placement of most modern boxes is not even possible for carving on waves. I think your best case scenario is that you would be able to catch and ride the whitewash straight back to the beach.


Love it! Heading out to Mav's tomorrow with my downwinder, I mean big wave twin!
colas
colas
5388 posts
5388 posts
5 Feb 2025 2:52pm
BWalnut said..
The shape of the foilboard rails are not designed to carve on waves and the placement of most modern boxes is not even possible for carving on waves.


+1

Totally impossible due to the rails.
And most probably impossible to ride the mush standing up, the rails making the board turn left when rolling right, like a boat hull.

You could however use it as a bellyboard I guess.
Seajuice
Seajuice
NSW
919 posts
NSW, 919 posts
28 Feb 2025 12:43pm
If I was to try it. I would get an old mast cut short & cut to the shape of a fin.
It just depends on what type of surfing you want.
The fin set further forward will make it looser.
Imagine how it would go having a mini wing to be able to get the board to just leave the water surface.
In the early days of foiling I converted my 7 foot SUP that had an excessive nose rocker & some tail rocker into a foil board. It was slow to paddle because the nose rocker would push water & not glide over or carve through it. Even on a wave it was slow unless you could pump it like a normal performance board.
But with a foil the nose would leave the water & the board flew as it picked up speed when catching waves. I still use it now for foil surfing.
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