I am known for thinking outside the box.
But has anyone tried speed winging a kite foil board. Let's say app 5ft x 16in?
I know getting going will need lots of wind, deep water and LOTS of skill. but is it feasible?
Cheers.

Larger kite foil course race boards are awesome learner boards
early flying cos that's how u win races

you don't mean a tray though do you? like some volume right..?

mikey100 said..
I am known for thinking outside the box.
But has anyone tried speed winging a kite foil board. Let's say app 5ft x 16in?
I know getting going will need lots of wind, deep water and LOTS of skill. but is it feasible?
Cheers.

I saw Bastien Escofet get a kite race board on foil with a 6m wing after one of the first ever Perth wing foil races at JBSC (Summer 2021?) So it can be done, but definitely not the best tool for the job. GWA racers commonly on boards around 50-60L.

There are a bunch of pics in this article showing this:

www.totalwing.com/news/tom-pansard-defi-wing-2024-duotone/

I have several session winging on a 5' 40L kite foil board. It's easy enough to do with plenty of power and a modicum of skill.

The key for me was mastering the Stinkbug or Rodeo/Stinkbug start. Once you're up it's super easy.

I did one session on a low aspect kite foil and that felt a bit twitchy. Wing foils are much easier.

I have heard stories of World Cup kite foil racers grabbing a wing and jumping on their kite race boards and foils and blitzing wing race fleets. The story is that their skill and experience at riding at very high speeds meant that they were comfortably cruising going 30 knots on a wing foil.