Big thick older low aspect foils have a ton of drag. They're meant to under constant low power. The second you let off the sail/wing/kite the foils drag takes over. Add to that the high board swing of an unpowered windfoil setup and the nose drops out. A wider stabilizer and longer fuse could help ...

If a workout is one of your top priorities then go with a sinker board, small fast foil and no harness. Just balancing on a -40L board takes a lot of core strength. I know my heat rate runs much higher (zone 4)just switching from a Sab 980 (932cm2)to 820 (746cm2) with all other board and foil ...

What are your riding goals for the summer? I'd say if you want to try some jumps that would be the only reason to go with a short and wide wingboard. Or if you're planning on riding mostly the lake and inlet thermals.
Then you can get away with a smaller short/wide board. Otherwise, midlength. The ...

Thanks muchogusto, I sent rsmundell a pm. Probably too late for today but hopefully catch him on the return trip.

Do you know it they fit on the 7m. I'll take them it they do, but you'd have to hold on to them until the canada post strike is over. Unless you know someone going to Tofino or CB before then.

No point in Sproat this time of the year, it's only good in the spring. Just go to canal.

It's a combination of windy, theweathernetwork, countless hours looking at tree tops and telling my wife a thousand times it's blowing in the wrong direction, surface temp map and the wind predictions below the bwd cam for harbor quay. For the HQ cam during thermal season 10kn inflow is usually more ...

Contact cement works as long as you clean off the residue. 3m double sided transfer tape is the best option (not the thick stuff from a hardware store). A small tube of contact cement is a lot cheaper, but the 3m stuff is nice to have on had for arts and crafts.

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Strut inflate first, deflate last.

Yes, plastic sands fast, start with 220 wet on some sort of a thin sanding block, and only as much as you need to, to get the bolts to slide through. Consider using alternative holes in the mast plate if possible so you don't stress the damaged area.

Mount in A orientation. Those brass nuts don't fit tracks well (or the stainless ones that are the same shape). This style has much more contact and a more snug fit in the tracks, never dents them.

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Don't overtighten ...

For wing throws (aka using the wing to get up on foil then letting it go). This is a good exercise for crap wind, if you don't want to do it when the wind is solid enough for winging. Crap = Where a gust might be strong enough to get on foil, but then you're fighting to stay up and can't really try ...

If you had a huge dw board and a foil that did not require too much pumping, then maybe? But I can promise, as a wind person the first time you're 2km offshore without windpower in overhead swell.... loss of words from my first deflate dw shocker ptsd.

Basically the same setup that you can calmly ...

Thick swells! Definitely 90+cm mast territory. Major contrast from the cleanest CB in my memory the same day. Looked like Malibu north of the parking lot.

Impressive stress test. Exactly what I was looking to do to attach my paddle to my Mode, but the thicker heavier N weave just doesn't pack down as nice as my old V1 strike. Must be a lot harder on with the track on the strut.

Wing packdowns on the dw boards work best with 2.5-3m soft handle wings ...