Robert211 said..

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TooMuchEpoxy said..
I feel like armstrong's market share has been.diluted. Each new wing has pretty insane production and tooling costs and if there aren't as many riders re-upping for the latest and greatest it doesn't make as much sense to do as many wings.

On this side of the pond, Armstrong doing very well. ML boards are a success, not to mention how many people got the HAv2. The progression, at least here, is to start with Sabfoil/North and once you know what you doing, invest in an Armstrong kit. Used Armstrong stuff sell easy, particularly boards, sails and HA v2.

Armstrong needs a faster high perf foil. I ordered the DWP755 to complement the HA780. Will see if I really can get 2-3kt more and to what extent I have to trade-off turning and ease of use.

Curious how these incoming Race foils will look like.

I'm an owner DWP, and I definitely want a new line in between. The HA is slow in some conditions, and the DWP can be very demanding if conditions are not good.

Which DWP size is this? With demanding you mean input heavy (steering), or control (pitch, nervous etc)?

DWP930, by demanding, I mean requires constant movement because it drops if it is not moving at a decent speed.

I had a quick hour long wing session on the HA480 courtesy of the Armstrong Demo here in West Oz. Setup on 795PM and 140 Dart
I'm a 88kg rider.

Take off was relatively easy with enough wing power, just had to gain enough board speed and then it would lift and accelerate away fast. The top speed is pretty high. Definately the fastest I have ever gone on wing power, no stats to share though only going from feels. The harder I pushed the HA480 the faster it went. Crazy small foil numbers but crazy good fun to ride. I recommend if you can, try it and see what you think.

baldy123 said..
I had a quick hour long wing session on the HA480 courtesy of the Armstrong Demo here in West Oz. Setup on 795PM and 140 Dart
I'm a 88kg rider.

Take off was relatively easy with enough wing power, just had to gain enough board speed and then it would lift and accelerate away fast. The top speed is pretty high. Definately the fastest I have ever gone on wing power, no stats to share though only going from feels. The harder I pushed the HA480 the faster it went. Crazy small foil numbers but crazy good fun to ride. I recommend if you can, try it and see what you think.

Tried the 480 last week. Funny as I was writing my experiences on the DWP 685, it reminded me that the 480 is much more a little brother of the 685 than the 680 in my experience. It has the same forward projection preference when getting on foil and a lot less 'capped' top speed relative to the 680. In the rolling DW waves the 480 is also keeping its speed way better than its bigger brothers. Not that feeling that the handbrake is on like with the other HAv2's.

The other surprising aspect to me was, that the reduced area seems to help it relatively more than the bigger sizes to keep its glide. In my experience the glide was actually better than the 680 in comparable rolling swell.

The DWP 685 and HA 480 would be a killer combo for a 2 foil-quiver for the better foilers!

(Testing conditions: 20-25 knots, 80KG, 5'0 46L AK Phazer, 82,5 Cedrus Evo Surf, 60 fuse, 140 red, 4,5 Unit D '24)

A new set of tails being released with the MA Mk II as well:

Surf Mk II -in- 130, 170, 200

www.foilsurfing.nl/foils/stabilizers/surf-mark-ii-130-stabilizer

They are coming soon I hope. Pretty sure Armstrong was shooting the promo videos in Margaret river last week. Keen for some real world feedback. Full range in 100cm2 increments.

Yeh UHA 12.6 ish coming real soon - haven't heard anything about new tail ms though. So with this, the Ha and the Ma got all bases covered now except the really high aspect race foils which are is a very snall
niche market anyway.

Man those Mas are turning into some incredible parawing foils, when conditions suite. And the HA is already bloody good given they turn so well. Been jumping up and down for 2 years for UHA - now i'm wondering what for

hilly said..

baldy123 said..
They are coming soon I hope. Pretty sure Armstrong was shooting the promo videos in Margaret river last week. Keen for some real world feedback. Full range in 100cm2 increments.

Yep they were here. Rode pretty average

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MA490

that second clip is insane. playing with all that Bommie energy

Some more pretty average riding here from about the 4' mark. They don't mention what foils they are riding, but all team riders so could be testing. -d9H0BzRhbvW2k