Pumping is a no wind option. There is duration pumping. He hopes to do 3 hours sometime this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0e7apeaUQ Or there is speed. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch8D4o9vUZO/?img_index=6 Page 4 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp1rdfmuQwV/?img_index=4 There will probably be a ...

In terms of SUP downwinding - I think this video explains the difficulty very well. He comes to it from a kitesurfing, wingfoiling, prone foiling background. He doesn't get much into the difficulties of finding a good downwind location and the logistics of downwinding. He does rate it as the ultimat...

If you are lucky enough to have clean ocean swells like these, then SUP and a suitable board and foil can be used in a situation where prone foiling wouldn't work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVq1Ddw7VY The fun is mostly on the way in. https://www.instagram.com/p/C2V91qFPotr/ There is the power...

In terms of application and difficulty to learn, assisted foiling (if by that you mean electric powered?) would be easier to learn and be more universally applicable. But it is expensive to purchase. eg. Downwind foiling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzo7WTWKWbs Prone foiling. https://www.youtube...

I have found a picture that shows that the centre line bridle goes to the rear edge of the PL Skim. https://www.plkb.world/uploads/image/60d4902e24c45b0b5ec90000.jpg https://www.plkb.world/kiteboarding/products/foil-kites/skim-tr-powerkite-5ee23cde6af0e664d0059504 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFB...

Thanks Ronnie. I enjoyed the fun vids. With regard to kite being pinned in my experience they stick better on wet sand rather than dry sand and are less likely to slide in the parked position. All they really showed was that in a wind tunnel at 80mph you can still stand - at about 45 degrees. There...

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True, but old news. Using a wing on a foil was the gamechanger :rollgrin: But I am pretty amazed that it seems to be an inflatable before a kitewing :wink: Yes - the opportunity was there before 2015. The first 'production' windsurf foil board was from Neil Pryde Maui in 2004. https://www-windsurfi...

Maybe just me, but why do you find it so important whether it is inflatable or not? If some used a kitewing on a foil, it was the first wingfoiler IMO. Inflatable simply an evolution, more practical and more lift than a kitewing but less efficiency, but I find it the same principle: You foil using ...