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Colas said :- Welcome to the strapped club! ;-)
Cool your jets there Colas far from joining the club but will give it a decent crack.... I rode the board strapless first 2 sessions and loved it but have to say just having only the front foot strap the pump was way better , but blew a heap of step take off's scratching for the strap placement with my feet. So still not sold on it yet.
Stev0 said:- Is that a step-tail on the Kalama? That would make sense on a foil board as a step-tail gives a longer planing flat and extra volume to get going and keep going from a touch down.
Yeah mate serious bottom step , must be so hard to make . The hydrodynamics of the flat rocker and nose lift with accelerated pulled in tail & tail kick is the killer. It's not just to get you up on the foil but you can drop down onto the board and push back off the lip or bottom turn without that sticking of wide flat boards.
Board looks great with a nice lot of volume in the rails to give you all the stability you need.
I have been trying the bungee set up too but with not much luck I ordered some surgical tube bungee which is normally amazing compared to the other stuff but it turned out to be another Chinese let down and was a pos luckily I got a refund. I have just been contemplating what stuff to get next and if to go 3 strands of 10 or 12mm or 2 strands of 14., I noticed the horue uses 3 of something. Its amazing how much drag you get when the bungee is in the water and it just zaps all its power.
Cheers boys always happy to help , GF sizes are Kai 120 , IWA 160 then the 200 which is on the Kalama board then the 280 which is super huge.
Big swell running this weekend could'nt get my feet right with the straps and took them off . Just stuck a pad on top of the grip and left the holes open for straps again later. With this punchy swell I needed to move my feet for more control on the foil for take off.
For those that want fit straps mounts these pics show where to put them , the strap mounts are offset to keep your foot on the stringer line . This is for a natural stance .
The Sup/surf Spitfire project is about bringing the same attributes that make the kitefoil Spitfire an experience of its own, to a wider user base.
Back foot turning bias.
warning of breaches.
softer flatter landing if breaching and even recovering before touchdown.
best of all is nothing hanging out back to Attack your shins.
No but bigger than XLW.
XXLW.
The interesting thing is that going up in wing size meant using the Windfoil mount plate to support the higher loads.
this has been a trend of Zeeko, to hold back and actually test the long term strength of products. To find out what are the weak points and deweakafie them.
i see so many companies just throwing on bigger and bigger wings to satisfy a market without a thought that their original components were not exactly high end engineered to start with when used as a lowish lift kitefoil.
I have heard tales of mast bending and mounts failing with the new extra large wings. As you say, parts not designed to withstand the additional forces. But haven't really seen first hand reports to verify the tales.
We used the smaller Ke Nalu Iwa 580 foil wing towing into some big rollers on a big, glassy swell day on Oahu's North Shore. The foil felt great, very balanced. The smaller wing size was good at the higher speeds of these fast moving waves. A longer mast would have helped, the foil breached easily and we had a lot of high speed wipeouts, that's why we are not doing a lot of turns, just going straight and and trimming the foil took full concentration and focus. We started feeling a bit more comfortable towards the end of the session, here is a gopro video of some of our better rides.
Tightlines,
its looking like like there will be no standard mast length for SUP foiling
Dave Kalama likes the short mast. His son likes the long one. Alex aguera rode long mast when he was here.
Short mast is quicker reacting. Long mast pumps better.
Fyi, GoFoil has longer masts for team riders. Public release later in the year.
Or you can split the difference and simplify at 62cm
Yep that sounds like a pretty good spread of mast lengths BPS.
That kite foil of mine is 112cm and yep its a longway down when it breaches (speaking from experience 
) however having a kite holding you up a bit makes impact a bit less.
95cm on a SUP would make things interesting but there should be way less chance of breaching in the first place.
In my mind somewhere around 60 - 75cm is what most people are going to end up on, so out of the options you are offering I would be going the 66cm for sure.
Finally finished, well happy with it.
7'6" X 30" X 4.5"
Just got to correct my padding tech for the shorter board.
The foil is plywood covered with carbon.
We will see what happens.
Cheers
Steve 
Another new board for me diy style of course 6'10 x 27 feels supper nimble and stable, got the first quick session on it yesterday in some micro surf and I am super stoked with it :) vid clip is its first wave
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That is bloody awesome and the foil is working so well. Is that the big wing you made ? I was only talking about sinking the deck at the feet to the boys this week and boom your board pops up. Great design well done looks sweet. Also today refitted my front strap and put a kick pad on same as yours will try in the morning. 
