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 Topic: Buying carbon fins |
dllee
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 Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:23 pm Subject: Buying carbon fins |
I am not a fin expert.
Are those carbon fins better than Tectonics Phoenix, Mirage, and Gold Wings? |
| Topic: Where We Sailed Today |
dllee
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:36 am Subject: Where We Sailed Today |
| Regarding climbing aboard, standing up, and I pumping 10 times.....did only 22 yesterday and was DONE! |
| Topic: Where We Sailed Today |
dllee
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 4:36 pm Subject: Where We Sailed Today |
At least you already learned how to wingfoil.
At 73, just foiling for 2 weeks and no foiling jibes, so 40 crashes a day....no biggie except needing to get up 40 times a day.....some days 60...  |
| Topic: Where We Sailed Today |
dllee
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:12 pm Subject: Where We Sailed Today |
| Sorry, my typing atrocious, my proofreading absent..102 liter wingboard |
| Topic: Where We Sailed Today |
dllee
Replies: 3244
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:10 pm Subject: Where We Sailed Today |
Lotsa 14-21 mph days at Berkeley.
For me....5.3 and 100 liter windsurf
4.0 and 122 windfoil
4.6 and 10t wingfoil....... |
| Topic: Tuesdays huge 300 mile wide eddy dies then... |
dllee
Replies: 8
Views: 939
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 1:30 pm Subject: Tuesdays huge 300 mile wide eddy dies then... |
| Hope you get some SPEED runs at PI! |
| Topic: Beginners need advice |
dllee
Replies: 26
Views: 1715
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:15 pm Subject: Beginners need advice |
Kiteworld Italy has everything.
I find winging difficult. Could jibe a 85 liter windsurf board in 2 weeks, a 6' directional kiteboard in 10 days, and wing foil jibes ZERO after my 10th day up on fo ... |
| Topic: Where We Sailed Today |
dllee
Replies: 3244
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 2:54 pm Subject: Where We Sailed Today |
Glad I'm past that age group.......
Luckily, I only seem to fall once each run, sometimes twice, so there really aren't that many chances for injury.
Still remember learning duckjibes at Oyster ... |
| Topic: Armstrong foils |
dllee
Replies: 4
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2022 12:06 pm Subject: Armstrong foils |
Low aspect foils would work with short fuzes, but hi aspects would be unstable.
Overall length from tip of front to very back offuze is the measurement needed. Better riders can go shorter, while n ... |
| Topic: Will a F-One Phantom 1280 foil work for learning to windfoil |
dllee
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Views: 627
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2022 3:26 pm Subject: Will a F-One Phantom 1280 foil work for learning to windfoil |
Wait.......
I use a 1150 foil with 4.5 in winds around 11-16 mph. 160 lbs.
At that windspeed, I need a 6.0 wing with 2140 foil to get up on foil...still 160 lbs.. |
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