I'm a windsurfer/windfoiler waiting for my order of a Starboard 115L wingboard and a Duotone 6.5 Slick wing to arrive. 185lbs/84kg. I have a collection of Sllingshot front foil wings: i76, i84, i99. Anyone out there with experience with these wings? Which one would you recommend I start my wingfoil journey with? Thanks for ideas.

I've owned all three and learnt to wing foil on them. Definitely start with the i84, the 76 is a bit small for learning unless its quite windy and the 99 a bit too big other than for very light winds.

Once you have done a few sessions and have the basic skills, you can move down to the 76 for windier conditions, but you'll need something smaller than a 6.5 Slick, it's a big wing.

I am the same size as you and learned in the 84, it's great. It will feel somewhat slower than when you windfoil it by about 5km/h. I have been winging infrequently for almost two years and am looking into the new Slingshot Quantum 85 wing for a bit more speed.

I have all 3 of those foils and used the 99 by far the most. I weigh 82 kg. And use the 99 from about 10 knots with a 6.2 up to 30 with a 3 metre wing. The only problem is if the waves on the large lake are above waist high I cannot keep the foil in the water if I ride down the wave with the wing flagged out. Otherwise no problem. Of the 3 it is my favorite for my conditions. I now have the quantum 100 as well and that is my current favorite. Faster, less drag and easier to keep it from breaching.

I have only used it with the 42 tail and the mast in the wing. It worked great that way.