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Hi, I really like the look of the NeilPryde Glide Wind foil to start foiling.
Anyone would have a 2nd hand one for sale ? Small size front wing. Thanks.
Cheers.
hard to find a used NPglide, but hopefully if i bump your request someone might see it and has one sitting around collecting dust , i have one of these and it makes learning very very easy, you will be flying within the first 15mins
cheers tony
"Thanks Tonyk for the reply too. Just bought a newer board, looking for a bit cheaper foil..."
What board did you buy?
I'm not familiar with Neil Pryde equipment, but I found this in California....
www.facebook.com/groups/697068953829989/permalink/1225619860974893/?sale_post_id=1225619860974893
Reg at Windsurfing Perth brings them in, so contact him as he may have a second hand one available.
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tonyk said...
"Hi Max
JP135/ NP glide wind combo works well for me, i am 79kgs
I have done more than 400km's on it now and it has been good to learn on
I mix up what sails I use depending on the wind strength
All the sails I use are all cambered, so far a mix of 6 up to 9m
I sail in the 8 to 15 knt range
today I am going run the 5.4 because it's going be 14-16knts
Get out there it's good fun "
Thanks, that is the kind of info I am looking for.
Here is one of the reviews I mentioned earlier about the GlideWind and JP Hydrofoil combo...
www.windsurf.co.uk/test/neil-pryde-glide-wind-jp-hydrofoil-120-fws-2019-test-review/
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Yeah, 155lbs., Glide M, 135 JP PRO, outset straps, totally dialed from 4.0to 6.5.
My Naish is 73cm wide.
Widest WS board ever owned was 68.
155 lbs.
If I were going to windfoil, I would start with close to 91 wide so Ixd have the security and stability to sail in breezes of 1+ to get TO and FROM the wind line. Wind often drops, but sometimes the wind swells stay around and sometimes you get refraction chop. A wide board brings you home, but just as important, it allows you to go out in marginal conditions.
I see foilers on 91 cm boards foil in winds around 27 mph and have no problems with board size.
At those gusts, I'm fully powered with 4.5 and 85 liter ws boards.
I also see no gain in these 115 or smaller boards, because none of us a freestyling.
Tonyk can you please confirm that you are using the large 86 cm wide wing and not the medium. Are you using the longer fuselage (81 cm) or the shorter one. Has anyone tried the medium slim wing (80 cm) ? I have recently bought the small wing setup but feel a larger wing would be a good addition. Has anyone tried these different combos?
I understand these are fairly slow foils but have you been able to get a reasonable idea of top speeds for both the Small and Large?
It'll be interesting to see how to upcoming XL and Slim wings perform. The one video I saw said the Med Slim was faster but didn't carve as freely.
-Grant
Seems speed of foils is really hard to figure out, unless it's racing foil vs carve foils.
Too many variables...
I've foiled with my bud on his NP Glide M for at least 30 of my 62 foiling days.
Still can't tell which foil is faster between foils. We each have fast or slow days, and good and bad days
Same with SS 76.
Tony,
Thats exactly what I was looking for. Mainly how much top end was lost going from the small to large, which isn't much considering the bottom end seems to be a significant difference. I was mainly wondering if the small was worth having and personally 2kts doesn't make it that for me.
I'm currently on a Slingshot 76cm which I find doesn't slow down quite as much as I'd like to carve the tiny swells we have, but it's top end better than the older H2 although I rarely bother to try for speed. I'm looking to get away from Slingshot since I'm underwealmed by their quality control and engineering.
To add to Tony's post above, 17 knots max sounds slow, but it feels pretty good in 9 to 11 knots of wind like we had on monday.
Both boards I'm considering are 66cm although one has a ~58cm tail and the other is a freestyle board. I thought the Glide wings were designed around narrower boards?
