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I have cut 3,5cm off the tips of each side of ARTpro 1201, reprofiled the cutted sides and put some resin on it. Turns better and much more control. No noticeable negative points

I am very surprised about the low end of the Eagle X 1000. It is the smallest I have been using till now and struggled very much with that size from other brands. You can really feel the lift at low speed and pump away from critical situations where other foils would have stalled. I use 170dw tail, haven't tried yet with 145. First day I used the older 210DW and that was a disaster, 170 feels good and not been overfoiled even in 30kts and good bumps

@@djodlight Thanks for the reply. Curious: what about the 210DW felt like a disaster? Too draggy? Was the lowend not better with the bigger tail?

​@@ericfernandno, because it slows the foil down too much, so low end is worse. And I had trouble to control the foil with 210 stab. Felt like it wanted to have is own life...

You should be able to flatwater start the 1600 just as easy as the 1900, I only use 1600 now, keep on training. Or if you really want, I sell my 1900 with 200pump tail for 600 euro...

The 800 X will be perfect for Teneriffe conditions.

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Salut. Non !!! Le Eagle X est TRÈS physique en supDW, même à 70kg ! Physique à décoller, physique à faire voler en DW. Perso j’ai le 900 et le 1000, que j’utilise autour de Hyères. Et déjà le 900, ça commence à être physique. (Sauf si grosse cartouche). Mais le gap avec le 800 est vraiment grand. J’ai un copain (gros niveau: regarde la vidéo « la vie est belle ») qui vend son 800 sur LBC après 2 sessions de DW. Il a pris un 900 à la place pour compléter son 1000. Je t’ai tout dit….

​@@antoinenhn3874la question était pour downwind en wingfoil... Mais bon, réponse correcte je pense

If there is no wind and no windswell, it is just flatwater pumping, not really downwind. But with very light wind, the sea already gets some small waves that are enough to glide on with a big foil like the F One Jam 1600

I'm 62, do plenty of sports, all windsports, surfing, tennis, triathlon, trailrunning, skiing and snowboarding...but sup downwindfoiling and paddle up in flat water is the hardest thing I have ever done. And plenty times I said to myself I'm too old for this. But after one and a half year, it starts to pay off and very happy I fought hard to learn it.

The link came from a vid of me struggling with the 1121 ruclips.net/video/bJ4ASNAs2gs/видео.htmlsi=BzHn-0ZAUcygXL5h

Sorry, only saw the message now. Months later and I am still using my cut off 1201 most of the time. It works really well and I had the same problem you say, I could almost not ride it before cutting, tips were throwing me off the board. But, when you cut it (mine is cut to 1130) you need to re-profile the new tips, thin them out and inside is pvc foam, so you need to put some carbon again on the tips after cutting.

@@djodlight thanks mate, as I thought. I havnt started the process yet but I will.

Hi, you can contact me on djodlight@gmail.com and I can give you all info. Website is currently not working, sorry

Depending on the conditions I paddle out standing up whenever possible. But also laying down at times. On my knees hurts too much, too old for that

@@djodlight knee paddling is easiest for me but literally tears up my toes, even with booties.

Downwindboards are 1700euro, eps+ carbon construction

It's all in the legs...

I cut the tips off the Axis ARTpro 1201. The wingspan is now 1125 and much better control while all other properties stayed unchanged, maybe slightly less glide but not noticeable.

I think I'm not very talented and being over 60 doesn't make it easier neither. I really started trying hard in June, plenty of frustrating runs. I still panic when I have to pump because I think I will never learn that. Reading the sea is my best after plenty of wingfoil downwi ds. Getting up on big foil is easy when you can do it on flat water. But with smaller foils it needs to be super windy for me. So hard to say how long it takes to paddle up easy, depends on the foil and conditions.

@@djodlightthanks- I’m 54, so not too far behind you. I’ll just have to keep going!

Sorry, didn't see the comment and I do not remember now, but probably 16-18kts

Ikea bags are strong and reliable😊

There are plenty of options and everyone can choose the one he prefers. I would never choose for an electric propulsion. I'm 60 now. Maybe I'll change my mind when I'm 70... Why make it easy if it can be difficult

There are some websites where you can find recomendations about the length of the paddle for SUPfoiling. It should be longer than for normal SUP in waves for 2 reasons. One is that you need to be able to get more boardspeed to get up on the foil, and therefor you need the length and type of race-SUP. And the other is that the paddle can help you a lot while foiling, but as you are higher, it needs to be longer to still be able to paddle. I think around 2-3 inches longer than your body length

For the lake I would probably go for the Axis 1300 png. It's pretty addictive, good fun in conditions you would quickly get bored in and the pumping is a good workout

Haha, I'm 61 now, my style is getting worse every day, but happy I can still do all this!

The 1150 is a bit too slow but helps me a lot to get my poor pumping technique slowly better. The Lift 170 has very good low end, pumps really well, glides OK and carves nicely. But hard to compare such different foils. The 1150 is not very good for downwinds, really too slow. The 170 is great but is quiet small for marginal conditions I find.

You can use that but I use an Ikea bag...😜

Yes I build boards since 1980. Now since 33 years in Tenerife. I will have to update the website one day. You can find dlightboards on Instagram. For more info mail me to info@dlight.net or djodlight@gmail.com. Thanks!

@@djodlight You just attach an ikea bag to the end of your leash?! brilliant - must give it a try

Trop vieux? Ce n'est pas l'age mais la mobilitée qui decide. Il faut pouvoir grimper sur la planche quand on tombe dans l'eau, se mettre a genoux dessus et puis se mettre debout. Il faut commencer sur un plan d'eau bien plat et avec une planche qui flotte bien, environs 50l de plus que ton poid (pas comme celle de la video qui n'a que 35l.

@@djodlight Merci de tes encouragements, Jo 😆 Ma difficulté depuis 2 étés a été se mettre debout 😭 Plans d'eau plat difficiles à trouver près de Noirmoutier, mais j'aime les vagues 🤪 Je travaille tout l'hiver ma mobilité (marche nordique, gym, kite, ...) Superbes tes planches 😛

Windswell can be ridden "easily" for plenty of miles. Average speed is around 12-15 miles per hour so you might need a camelback with water for long distance rides. Of course it takes a lot of practice and it is super complicated to take off on the foil with a paddle out at sea for the average human. Open ocean swells generated in remote low pressures cannot be ridden so far, they move too fast.

@@djodlight - pretty cool. I came across the electric ones recently too. Cheating a little ..., and not carbon neutral, but do look fun. Way too expensive. It will come down in time. I guess if you can recharge the battery with solar, it can be carbon neutral. Or, what they should do is use the wave energy to recharge the battery whenever you have wave energy pushing you.

@@jeffg4686 we do this as a sport and being able to freely use the energy of the ocean, I don't see why we would be interested in electric propulsion. The electric foils are a rich people's gadget to have inside their superyachts and show off like a "flying human" on their idyllic destinations. (My personal opinion ;-) )