Glad you found it helpful!

Great to hear you’re enjoying it, mate!

The 900 and the 750 are excellent for winging! They have a much wider speed range than the SF range but don’t turn as well.

Haha, fair one

I think the Horizon is a better all around board (surf sup, winging, parawing) but the Armie is better for dedicated DW.

Thanks mate. Yes, I use the DW 900 with the parawing and it amazing. Highly recommend!

Maintenance is pretty minimal, mostly just washing with freshwater, checking the bolts and charging the battery. The main issue is keeping the sand out of the battery to unit connection.

I actually agree with you on the strut. The good news is that the 2025 Nova Pro has a boom and an ergo strut. I've used it a few times and I absolutely love it.

@hydrofoilacademy well that's a relief, ergonomics are so important when you spend several hours a day on the water. Sorry about the first comment, i read it back and it was a bit grumpy old man. Thanks for answering.

thanks

I’d love to try one but as they don’t go up wind (that I know of) I don’t want to buy one. I’ve got an Ensis Roger coming soon. That will be my next one.

@@hydrofoilacademyThe Roger in 3m you're getting? Iwish it was available in more sizes..

Thanks mate. I’ve not used it with any of those. I use the 1180 with the speed 180 and with a 60cm fuse, that’s perfect. I’d say the 220 would be the best out of that bunch. I feel the others would be too slow. Hope that helps.

Thanks for the kind words! The skate and the eagle are definitely faster than the SF and are more efficient with better glide but the North SF turn better, pump better and have a lower stall speed. I use the SF 830 as my go too prone and foil drive foil.

Good points!

Thank you for the kind words, appreciate it. I really like the F-one gear but the AUS distribution changed hands and I don't get access to it anymore. Shame, as I really enjoyed the foils.

Thanks mate! I'll have a look at the Artness.. sounds right up my street.

Thanks mate, appreciate it.

Good question! Look, I'm not a fan of using the Foil Drive for downwinding. I find going upwind in anything more than 15kts a really horrible experience. It chews up battery and its so hard to get the pod in the water in waves upwind. This is where the parawing comes into it's own. Goes up wind like a dream (its fun to do) and you can position yourself in the best possible place. So, in my view, there is no comparison. The parawing beats FD and wing packdowns everyday of the week for self positioning DW runs. The only area of DW it doesn’t dominate is traditional offshore big sends. This should be left for SUP DW in my view.

Happy to help!

Thank you 🤗

Sounds great!

No, I've never found this to be an issue.

Yes, thank you for that.

The perfect board is a mid length around 6ft. For me that’s 60-70L.

I’ve not heard of that before! I must try it and see if it works. Thank you for the top tip.

Thanks mate. Really appreciate it

Thank you! Cheers!

Glad you enjoyed it

I found my foiling improved so much when I started recording myself for this channel. You can see the mistakes instantly. I still ask people on my beach to help me out with my technique.

Thanks mate. Yes, so true about the HA680, and yes, it takes lots of concentration to stay there. I often find myself back riding low without noticing. Also, great tip about the back foot. That is so important and often lover looked.

Haha, happy to take the hit. Yes, learning to switch feet will involve lots of falls but it’s worth it. You’ll smash it.

I think 70 would be the go.

Wow, thank you!

I agree with you, it’s so frustrating to learn with a foil that is not good at breaching. Not impossible, but very frustrating.

Doing box jumps helped me. That and I do lots of squats as part of my workout which helps.

You’re welcome mate!

Thanks for pointing that out, I didn’t know that but it seems obvious now that you’ve mentioned it. Very interesting.

Not entirely correct. The density (specific gravity) of water does differ with depth especially where there’s been rain or you are near freshwater river mouths. This difference can occur for a few meters from the surface down.

Absolutely true about water being an incompressible fluid, any engineer or scientist will catch this. I've seen this misconception elsewhere, I'm not sure where it comes from. As far as fresh and salt water, I suspect that anywhere there is wave action, they would be mixed pretty quickly. Salt water is only about 2.5% more dense anyway, not much difference in lift, drag, or buoyancy of the submerged components.

The depth only matters because the wing induced drag is decreased when close to the surface of the water just like an airplanes induced drag decreases close to the ground. It’s called ground effect. With a foil it could be called surface effect.

@@Giroux68 Ground effect of an airplane is caused primarily by the ground or water obstructing the creation of wingtip vortices and interrupting downwash behind the wing, also called "cushion effect." With an hydrofoil the air above the water is of very low density compared to the water, so the air will not obstruct the waterflow, the wing will push the water up to a small wave. And while an airplane feels ground effect underneath a wing, the air is above a hydrofoil, not underneath. I read on the net that the resistance of a hydrofoil with a small angle of attack as is the case with our hydrofoils, the resistance can be a bit bigger close to the water surface but I think it is unnoticable. I also read that density of water in choppy seas can be a bit less due to mixing with air and this effect is the greates close to the surface. So a little less resistance (but also less lift) in (breaking) waves.

Thank you!!

Thanks, forgot to add this when posting!

Thanks mate, really appreciate the kind words.

Glad you liked it!

It all depends on the conditions for the day. That’s the beauty of doing them all. That being said I’m really enjoying the parawing right now.

All good points there! Yes, I use a kite leash which attaches the bar to my harness (see my Full BRM review video for explanation). You want this relatively short. I think mine is 1m.

Thank you. I use the 1100 for bay runs. I slow it down with a bigger stab. Hope that helps.

I completely agree! They have really upped their game with the DW range. So good!

Yes, massive difference. Better in every way. Goes upwind better, greater wind range and turns easier.

You're very welcome! And glad it was helpful to you.

Thanks for the kind words mate. With your experience, you will pick it up super quickly. Yes, I think there will be heaps of options in a few months time. It will be worth the wait. I absolutely love the freedom it gives you.

Hey. Reading your reply, did you have TKR? I’m in same position, need a replacement knee. Hoping for inspiration to still get out foiling post replacement. Cheers.

@@rgmacca Yes. My knee was so shot. I had it done in March. Have almost complete full flexibility now. I won't lie, it's a brutal op to go through, but worth it. Do the rehab like a religion. Bummer now is that I get frisked at every airport security :)

thanks for the info, sounds a tough process. Glad you’re working through it and giving me hope for my future injury. Hope you get to where you want to be.