I'm looking to upgrade from my north speedster (which was excellent to learn on, as most of the reviews say) and am looking for a foil that I can kite on but could also tow into waves on.
Do anyone know what size foil you need for tow in surfing? I'm not interested in prone foiling but would like to option to tow into waves with the kite foil I buy.
Armstrong. Most of the dudes in Hawaii are riding them. I have been on an Armstrong setup for a few weeks now and glad I made the switch. Most likely you will need two wings to cross over both, but if you had to get by with one I think the HS1250 front wing and the 232 stab with a 60 fuselage would be fine if you are in the 80 plus kilo range. For kiting the wing will be fantastic for ultra light days, but when it picks up it won't be ideal.
There are a lot of Armstrong frothers (me included
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Armstrong. Most of the dudes in Hawaii are riding them. I have been on an Armstrong setup for a few weeks now and glad I made the switch. Most likely you will need two wings to cross over both, but if you had to get by with one I think the HS1250 front wing and the 232 stab with a 60 fuselage would be fine if you are in the 80 plus kilo range. For kiting the wing will be fantastic for ultra light days, but when it picks up it won't be ideal.
Seems to be the frustrating thing with foiling, it's hard to cross over between two different activities. You'll end up compromising one or the other.
I'll have a look at Armstrong as well as duotone and see how they compare.
I would say the big question is, how fast (read big) are these waves you want to tow into. Anything from a fast kite foil, to a big sup foil might be appropriate depending on the speed (wave size)
Select to expand quoteprobabli said..I'll have a look at Armstrong as well as duotone and see how they compare.
1050 or smaller would be the best option for kite/tow crossover
I have a Moses 590 and 633. Great for kitesurfing but there's a few other larger wing's for surfing
Have you tried using your current foil to tow in with?
there is plenty enough power in a decent swell to power up even the earlier freeride wings.
I have the duotone spirit carve 1250 and 950 wings to kitefoil in the waves. The 950 is amazing and can handle bigger waves and high speeds but still has a decent amount of glide so reckon something around that size would work well for tow surfing too.
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I have the duotone spirit carve 1250 and 950 wings to kitefoil in the waves. The 950 is amazing and can handle bigger waves and high speeds but still has a decent amount of glide so reckon something around that size would work well for tow surfing too.
+1 on the 950 carve. I use this for tow-in and kiting and it does well on both. super-fast for a reasonable size foil.
I mostly foil an Axis 820 wing although I have smaller wings as well.. It's a big slower wing but carves nicely and works great with smaller kites, had a ball catching swell at Mooloolaba yesterday with the 4m Peak 4 in 20kts. I reckon it would tow in nicely. There's heaps of axis wings traded in the foiling components section so once you have the surf series setup, can collect wings..
