Hi Guys,
I've been surfing 30+ years, windsurfed for about 15 years, moved into Kiteboarding, started SUP about 2 years ago on a 11'2" Starboard Wide point then moved down to 9'6" Whopper and also a Hypernut. I'm a big guy at 115kg and now looking at expanding my water options to Foiling.
Looking for advice on Brand and size of Foil for my weight, seems everything I look at online caters to around 100kg but no specifics for bigger guys so those of you in the bigger range can you shed some light on what worked for you? Also getting a Windwing to have a crack at with SUP/Foil.
I've ridden a few shorter SUP's but obviously with my weight its difficult unless I start on my knees then get on my feet once on the wave, I see Naish has a Crossover board that can be used for SUP/Foil/Windsurf in the 120l range 7'8" would this work?
Thanks
Tim
Hi Tim, we have heaps of guys over 115kg foiling here and all doing really well.
Foil side of things I think Gofoil will suit what you need and this is what a lot of the big guys here have been riding.
Board side of things forget the crossover, and I think 120L is a bit on the light side for you.
To learn on something like our 7'11 x 31 is gold as they are super easy and will get you to understand what board size will be perfect down the track.
At 115kg I think the end goal will be about 6'5.
We have lend boards that we are happy to ship around if people pay the shipping costs. We have a deal that we run where if someone buys a board from us then we will lend them the first board which is usually something to big and you will out grow and this saves wasting money on a board you might only need for a few weeks and then when you are ready you return the lend board and pick up the board that is the perfect size and something you won't out grow.
Hope that all made sense.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions as always more than happy to help point you in the right direction.
Cheers Jacko
G'day subsets. So you're a Heavy Weight. I'm like a 95kg surfer; too many beers in my late 50's hahahaha in my 20's & 30's I have a s@#t load of surfing trophies but weighed like 75kg & have surfed for 50 years already. What are you looking for, subsets. Do you "or" can you Surf is the question???
If you are 100kg I have The Best learners prone foil board for you. it's a 6'3'' by 22'' by 4'' @ 78 litres
The Great MR learnt on a 6' 2'' by 21''inch litres???? foil surfboard & he's a 4 times World Surfing Champion.
Remember subsets; SUP foiling is a lot easier than Prone foiling . IF you can prone foil SUP foiling is a piece of pi@s. Remember a lot of SUP foilers can't prone foil but e.g. they can't surf anyway.
After say 10 goes on a prone foilboard you can start cutting the inches off your prone foilboard until you find your Happy Length.
I'm down from a 6'3'' inch to a 5'10'' inch to a 5'5''inch ready to go down to a 5 footer at 55 litres. And it's taken me 135 days of Prone Foiling. 2 1/2 years already.
Foiling is expensive just like Surfboard riding was in the 70'S = it's called Progression.
Downwinder
I've been surfing for over 30 years, windsurfed, kiteboarded, now last few years I've been on a SUP smallest been 9'6" Whopper and Hypernut.
Considered turning my Hypernut into a foil board but think it might be a little on the big side at 9'6", so was looking at a foil ready board. I saw the Naish crossover 120 and thought maybe a good option as I can use it for more that just foiling, now see the 2019 model was 150l at 8' so could use for SUP/Foil/Add sail go for foil sailing or even use a Wind Wing plus my son could get use out of it as well.
Yes I'm seeing how expensive the sport can be, and I thought kiteboarding was expensive!
Was hoping to pick up some secondhand gear but not many options I can find suitable for my size. Not that I can find in the foil side of things anyway, boards don't seem to be that big an issue but finding bigger wings seems a problem unless I go new.
I'm away working offshore just now dos still got a couple of weeks to search online, then hit a few shops when I get home mid January. Only got a month off so want to get in the water as much as possible during that time.
The above foil has a 65cm mast, I'll be adding a base plate adapter to the Tuttle connecting which if I'm not wrong adds another 5-10cm?
Was thinking to get a 200 wing as well from reading info I might want to change as I got better?
Regards
Tim
gofoilaustralia.com.au/collections/kits/products/m200-m280-foils
GoFoil aus has run out sale on at the moment. Would be a good way to start.
Yeah thanks pohaka, I've been looking on line and see some deals, although on the GoFoil site they have last years kit for sale not the new version (1.5) available s a kit.
Regards
Tim