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Created by Percvil > 9 months ago, 24 Jun 2016
wingman
VIC, 126 posts
6 Jul 2016 12:02PM
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Gorgo said..
Build quality is overall fantastic. The ends of the mast where they insert into the tuttle boxes look a little agricultural but they work fine. Beautifully light.

The fuselage and wings are one piece so you can't swap in other wings. The wings are much higher aspect than the Liquid Force, but a bit lower than the full race wings others are using.

The board bag is also really high quality. It's very nice to have a custom fit bag that just fits perfectly.

Assembly and disassembly is quick and easy, although there is a knack to how you get the ends in an out of the tuttle boxes. You get things on the right angle and use the leverage of the mast and it all just happens. The 4 bolts are just to lock things in place, all the strength comes from the tapering of the tuttle boxes.

The first 30 seconds were bunny hops but once you get a little speed over the wings it comes up and is rock solid. Amazingly solid in fact. Really good at speed downwind. Front wing ventilation is almost non-existent.

It feels fast, but my GPS says I'm not going all that much faster yet. I need to get a session in decent winds before I know for sure.

Still working on gybes. I found gybing the Liquid Force quite easy but I am back to square one on this foil.




Gorgo,what happens when you Go to gybe the board around. ??

snalberski
WA, 858 posts
6 Jul 2016 1:31PM
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Gorgo said..
I had my first session on one of these today.



It's got to be the best value available in Australia and NZ. The quality and performance is excellent. The foil is carbon, the mast carbon with a foam core. The board is EPS. The web site is full of detail on what everything is. The complete kit weighs 6.5kg. You can get a bag that's custom made for the board and foil protectors.

Check out the product available. The prices are NZ$. Shipping to Australia you deduct the 15% NZ GST. You might have to add in the 10% Australian GST depending on what you buy.

www.jshapes.com/collections/all


That looks awesome.

Gorgo
VIC, 5033 posts
6 Jul 2016 6:21PM
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davnom said..

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Gorgo,what happens when you Go to gybe the board around. ??


I had a much better session today. I was using a smaller kite that I could park deeper in the window.

I was able to link a number of gybes from toeside to heelside on downwind runs, and complete a number of full direction changes in a reasonably elegant style.

What seems to be happening is that the foil is much more efficient than my Liquid Force. If I get my weight in the wrong spot on the board during a transition it is like giving the foil a command, and it responds straight away and zooms off in whatever direction it wants. That can result in me falling, or loading the kite lines and sending it hard to the edge of the window. Either way, I crash, or settle into the water.

At one point I was in the water and the board was up on the foil doing a half circuit of me all by itself.

The events are very similar to being a foil beginner, except I've experienced them before and it is easier to progress through them.



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