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@@alisonventures2780 🤙😎🤙

Thanks mate! I appreciate the message. I’ve still got some footage I’ll release, maybe I’ll do throwback thursdays or something! It will be good to mix things up. Be good 🤙🤙

Thanks for saying. She’s done great and is a quick learner. Having the drone made me more excited to add some production to the vids, I still like watching the raw GoPro ones though too. I still have some Fiji footage banked and will upload some as I can 🤙🤙

I have but I find them incredibly draining. I’m also not sure I have the connective tissue stability in my shoulders to do them. Are you on the journey? 🤙🤙

@@downwind_drifter yes i am.

@ awesome! What gear have you got?

@@downwind_drifter kalama 7'10, progression 200.

@ nice!

I had a lot of wing time on it. I used it a bit for paddle up practice a long time ago. As as far as downwind runs, I only recall using it on one specific run. I found it a very small Foil for me. There was a lot of stress from trying to maintain the bottom end… I didn’t want to risk stalling. It’s plausible that somebody could find it easier than the 1100 Spitfire, but not for my style of paddle up. I found that the 1201 was basically the replacement for the 1099… That sounds freezing and very much unlike Fiji! I trust you are taking good precautions with such cold weather, I start taking things more seriously during the New Zealand winter… Bad things seem to happen much faster in the cold. Be good, be safe and thanks for the great message🤙🤙

Yea, Fiji is like my second home. I have some fireballs in my position as I write this and im am stoked on them. It has taken some courage to use the smaller ones (for me) dw and I have been rewarded! You’ll likely be stoked with the 1070 coming from the 1099? How is the 72mast going?

@downwind_drifter You have a good memory! Yes that's me coming from the 1099. I rode the fireball 1070 once on a surf foil session and it was insane! Pretty bad conditions but a lot of fun anyway. Short period, side shore wind, seaweeds at the take off place and 5 degrees 😅. But when I managed to escape the seaweeds the pumping ability was so nice, not harder than the 1099 at all, I really enjoyed connecting a lot of waves. Crazy 😍 And yes the 72 UHM changed my life even with bigger foils. I should get proper waves conditions this weekend to surf foil it again. I don't have conditions to downwind it currently but I'm sure I will get few soon. I can't wait !

@@arnaudnaiwko awesome report. I downwinded the 1070 twice now and I too love it! I've also used a few other sizes and they are equally good. Let me know how it compares to the 1099 for you downwind when you've had some time on it. I imagine it totally replaces the 1099 and then some. 🤙🤙

It has gone array a few times when either of the cameras has failed to have the clap in picture 😅

Because he’s using the 1401

11kts, I’m feeling fully powered! 6kts I can just get on foil… 4kts if I’m up I can likely maintain flight but need to build speed somehow to creep upwind or more than likely just not downwind 😅 1401 and other such foils help, but also just the tactics that dw teaches you come in very handy in light wind! What’s your experience with wind ranges?

@@zacharysprunt3398your not wrong! A few other factors too mixed in there but almost anyone can use these ranges with some practise with the 1401 or similar. Have you got a 1401 yourself?

🤙🤙 I think for ar8 I’d want lots of excess power around me. 10ar I’m having fun hooking turns and not thinking too much. 12ar is similar to 10ar but if ridden efficiently will reward me with effortless linking. All of those numbers can be tossed away though through user error, but the equipment itself has it in it! Are you on the new board?

@downwind_drifter great explanation 👍 Yes,starting on the new board,starboard 7ft 10 140l I have a front foil (gong curve xxl h) it's 8.5 ar for 1600cm2 by 1150 wide and 20ish mm thick for my biggest foil . I have been straps off trying to learn to pump properly for the last few weeks on that, and a 10 ar 1150cm2 for 1080mm wide veloce v3 xl . It is ice and snow here so will be doing wing and drop anchor and sup foil for a few months until it warms. Thanks for help as always appreciated 👏

@@drbfitk366 thanks for the great message! I havnt seen a 1000 spitfire? I still have bad sessions, all it takes is a bit of fatigue or stress as far as myself. Changing gear or getting mast placement wrong can play into it too. Then there is the environment… currents can wreak havoc with foil boards and cross chops and such, dirty water. There’s so many things at play 🤙🤙

I don’t know what I was thinking (I wasn’t 😬). I meant the 1100 Spitfire. I found it particularly pone to backstalling if I wasn’t upto decent speed on backside of wave. The 1180’s slower stall speed much more forgiving!

@ yea, I’m with you 🤙🤙

@@ramunasbajorinas7686 I’m far from an expert with flat water… here’s some thoughts Flat water is likely the easiest environment to use a board, I’d take advantage of that! Narrow will be your friend, as narrow as you can manage. The longer the board the easier it will be at first* for gaining speed and such and not getting in the way of gaining enough speed for you foil to activate. A longer board is heavier though and will hold back your pumping… so this has to be weighed against the ease of getting on foil. You might be stoked for a bit getting on foil but will likely get frustrated from there. ( but this stage can take a long time so it might be worth getting one narrow long board and one narrow shorter one eventually for your wife) Volume won’t play as big of a role in flat water some thing in the 110-120 might be ok I have a 9’6 Armstrong performance board, that would like would likely suit your purpose, I’ve considered it as a touring board myself for getting out for some fun… but it’s not something you’ll likely grow into as when you get better you’ll want to pump something smaller and smaller might even be easier to pump up with s bigger foil… I just re read your comment, so you have 8 non foil sups right? And this would be your first foil board? Do you have any foil experience?

I dont have any experience in practice with foils, I just keep reading and watching everyday for last few months. Our Baltic sea is very mushy, and surfboarders are very strugling, and when I saw one surffoiler zigzagging arround them, that very impressed me and since then I cant get no sleep :) Thank you for a superfast response by the way :)

I dont have any foil yet. Yes 8 SUP, 2x allround for white water and guests beginners, 2x touring to get child on, 2x racing for getaway from the city alone, and 2x surf boards.

@ okay well that changes things quite a bit. The foil adds a lot of stability to the board you’ll be shocked with how narrow you can go. Given that you have some sup experience you might have a chance of paddling up onto Foil but I’m guessing it is going to be way more difficult than you likely think. Foil’s have really improved over the last four or five years which is in your favour. But they will still feel very slippery and hard to use at first. Most of us felt like it would be an impossible task to learn upon first feelings. Foiling requires a few things to give you almost a necessary head start, one of those things is being towed behind a boat with a Foil board. I don’t think you can skip this step realistically. You want to be on something like a big winging board too not really a downwind sup board as this is very hard to tow. Next I would consider buying a wing for Wing Foiling, this will give you good time and a good time on Foil and I think it’s the easiest approach into foiling. Realistically it can take years to learn how to pump around on a foil. Thoughts? 🤙🤙

@@Samlsb80 I often mention extra bits in the description but I think you’re right, I could add it to the start screen data. Great idea! Thanks for sharing the Stoke 🤙🤙

@@grendel95 it was less surfy for me… and in these conditions I didn’t gain much from the step down. That’s not to say it wouldnt be a great setup in more suiting conditions, but I’ve been trying the 1100 occasionally for a long time now and I’ve never quite got along with it in dw scenarios. I feel it looses a lot of bottom end to the 1180 and does give much in return. Another plus one for the drone pilot! 🤙🤙

@@TylerHolowell thanks for sharing the Stoke 🤙🤙🤙

Again, agreed. I’m 83ish kg at the moment and a friend of mine is 93ish. We share a lot of beta and runs and it is obvious how much weight effects us. Eg, I might be best suited to the 1201 on a particular run we have in mind and he is nearly always best on the 1401… sometimes he pulls off the 1201 too though when I do! Major respect to the heavier guys out there making it work. I have tested some foils recently that, if they make it to market, will be a load of fun for heavier guys! 🤙🤙

Absolutely, I have a heap of conversations with people that start like this - you should use smaller gear, Im on a (insert something here it could be a front wing, a hand wing whatever) and you should be too. So my response is - How much do you weigh? The response is (somewhere between 60 and 80kg). So I go - Ok well I weigh 103kg so physics says I probably need to be on a bigger set of gear. But still they tell me Im wrong, so now I just smile and say - Ok sure

@@janschenk85 I hear you! Thanks for commenting 🤙🤙

@@marcoscasanueva I agree, I find this board a touch small. I’ve been using another board behind the scenes that is so far perfect! I can’t wait to show it 🤙🤙

@@jordangilbert7757 wow, that’s legit. I used the 1070 today in 25odd kts pair with the 50skinny to help me deal with the takeoffs. I was on a smaller than usual board which is throwing me a bit… and also a longer mast.

@@downwind_drifter Stepping down the Skinny sizes with the 1070 gets more and more speed out of it, with less cost to stall than you'd expect. But once down to 1070 and 30 I find i'd rather just be on the 1000 and the 40 :) Keep up the clips - they're great!

@ yea, I used the 25 a bit. I found it added performance in areas where I wasn’t really looking for it. I’ll re visit it when I’m pushing for speed, for now I like a bit more feel from the system. I imagine wingers will love it! I’m currently cycling through 40-45-50 trying to find my personal sweet spots and align my front foils to rear foils… it’s very circular for me. I’ll lose something from each whether it’s feel or performance and will move onward but once I sample it again I rediscover things I loved about the thing. 🤙🤙

@@downwind_drifter looks tricky on the inside of that reef, interesting how it takes the energy out of the bumps Came to add to this Fireball thread, I found that by far the most interesting foil of Axis. The speed is incredible, but what I found interesting was the effortless feeling to keep that speed. It all clicked. The paddle up is about the same as the 1121 on the 1070 for me, but requires more finesse and softer feet, but very comparable in terms of technicality, the 1070 felt much easier to just glide through flat spots, and the warning before stall is much better. Downside is it is less stable in the water and benefits from longer board, but so worthwhile. On the 40 tail. In short, this explained to me why/how the Code/AFS/Armstrong DW foils were on 650-750cm2, and on Axis everyone has been on minimum 1088cm2 on the 1121, almost double! It was the lack of 13+AR foil. Now it makes sense and the unlock has been interesting. Have since changed to Ultra 750 from AFS, interested in seeing how it compares

@ thanks for sharing the beta 🤙🤙 Inside reef or outside? The inside one sucks everything out of the water, it’s basically flat water on the inside. Theres a few outer reefs spotted around, this was my first attempt at trying to use one to catch a chip in… it didn’t work. I think it was too steep and sucky for me this session, and I can see my stance was too far back.

@@jpb183 🤙😁🤙

@@wingfoilrentals it was steeper at the reef… it wasn’t easy. I was hoping to try something new and to try get a chip in, it didn’t work, at least not with the sized down foil but also my stance was all wrong I noticed. There was a slight current but nothing even close to unmanageable.

@@carldelica3794 it’s a tricky game! You can get away with it sometimes… but then the eventual underfoiled run comes along. I did a run today that ended up an underfoiled run, but more because of my board being a bit smaller than usual. Had I have had a longer higher volume board or would have been less of a problem… I just gassed out on the paddle ups after hitting seaweed 3x I’m quick succession. The paddle ups were costing me as it was with the smaller foil. It’s all a part of the learning s 😅🤙

Quite the opposite, I have been trying to get the reef in every video I can when I’m near it. There has been no disguising. I happily catch the bumps outside the reef but you wouldn’t notice it in the videos if it’s high tide. I love you passion 🤙🤙 be good

@@downwind_drifterwhy bother replying to such a dick

I agree, she is an excellent pilot! Thats a very wide board!!! Im assuming it's actually 23"? Thanks Mate, I hope you have good week too!

@downwind_drifter yes 23 wide haha typo. Just hope I can use the1600cm2 115cm wide 8.5 ar front wing to start mind I'm continuing to upwind down wind with wing until I get better at the pump and glide and practice sup foil .

Thanks for the message. There might be a way to make it happen, I've thought about it too but never got around to trying it... I'll give it a go, there's always something to learn.

Yea, I can see I was too far back on the board, for at least those starting attempts. I was hoping to get a chip in from the reef to try it out but they ended up being a bit to steep.. I'm better off at the moment in the bumps! Thanks for the message!

Thanks for watching and sharing the stoke with a kind message! Be good.

There is a lot going on! Thanks for sharing the stoke! Be good!!

@@shane0030 🤙🫠🤙

@@elbastos3rd thanks for sharing the Stoke 🤙🤙

@@MT-qn8bc 55L Earth pak from Amazon It’s ok, it’s a good size 🤙

@@downwind_drifter Thanks. Do you think it would be worth getting the next size up, 85L? Only an extra 200g weight. I have a 3.6m as my smallest wing and I guess the next size up bag might even allow me to use a 5m wing if the bumps are good in light wind. Can you think of any major disadvantage to getting the next size up?

@ No major disadvantages by sizing up but you’re getting pretty big at 80 odd litres… you’ll be fine with the 55L 🤙🤙

Sweet. Thanks

@@1rovingeye what are you looking for? To maintain glide the nose trim is often very subtle. I’ve added in the stalling and slow riding to my everyday tactics. You probably wouldn’t notice it as I’m not exaggerating it. It is a great tactic to have in your quiver when waiting for a bump to go by! 🤙🤙

@@downwind_drifter Thanks - you answered my question. I put my board on the rack last weekend. Snow is coming next week but I am longing for round 2 albeit with a new foil for lake conditions. Keep up the great videos

@@1rovingeye I’ll keep you entertained mate 🤙🤙

Did you polish the stab too? It’s often the stab that whistles. I make sure the trailing edge is sanded flat and square. 90 degrees to the ground. Best to do some research with this and take it slowly, first try swap out pieces to see if you can locate the culprit/s and go from there. Good luck 🤙🤙

Yip, it felt great! The 1180 spitfire is a very good choice when you don’t need to squeak out maximum efficiency 🤙🤙

Great footage🤙

@@markreadett7412 it has its moments… this one was built to test some radical ideas, it’s a very active board to stand on! No settle point.

@@markreadett7412 I agree, the pilot is up skilling at a fast rate!

@@slappysurf unsure, educated guess is 18kts 🤙🤙

@@downwind_drifter Thanks, appreciate the content! If you ride with a watch and it's not too much work could you post a clip of your upwind track time, I'm just as curious about your upwind journey as the DW part. Or just put the upwind time in the description.

@@slappysurf it typically 2-1 two parts upwind to one part dw

@@downwind_drifter Thanks! Is that ignoring pack down or is it included in one of the two times?

@ pack down takes under 2mins for me, so really depends how far out you go.

@@smotruns what Is this in regards to? 🤙😅🤙

@@smotruns 🤙🤙

No problem, thanks for commenting and sharing the Stoke! 🤙🤙

Thank you for the shout out 🤙🤙 Drone pilot is excellent!

@@marcrlutz thanks for reaching out. When you say stuck to the water, is this during a downwinder or on flat water? I understand your concern. I have not had this issue with the KT boards. A big part of taking off is using gravity to your advantage. That basically means, having some fall available in front of you. If your foil is pointed down a touch you would still be able to use it to your advantage, you need to understand what’s happening first. I think I had this problem when I used the Armstrong 1180 and 72 mast. There is rake built into that mast that points the foil downward a touch. I didn’t understand this at the time and it made my life very difficult. It would seem the faster I went the more I will get pulled into the water. If I had known this issue, I could’ve just allowed the nose of the board to come up a touch more to compensate. This could be in someway what you’re experiencing. It may just take a subtle adjustment. This is going to be hard to explain. What helps me take off is allowing the Foil to fall somewhat. I don’t use forward speed and I don’t try fly the foil upwards initially. I’m waiting for a steep section of water so that I have a trough in front of me, which gives me space to lower the nose of the board and use gravity to help me gain speed. I am not trying to use that speed to make my board Surf. I am using that speed/drop to bring the Foil up to speed. Gravity is one of our biggest power sources out there! If we’re staying parallel to the ground the gravity is fighting us not helping us. If we can tilt downward a touch, gravity is now assisting us, at the same time we are trying to peel the board from the water so that gravity can take even more affect, speeding up the foil as it drops. We then need to turn that into forward speed and lift. It is delicate, subtle and sophisticated and takes time to use this method. This is almost “the trick” I hope this helps, stay in touch🤙🤙

@ wow thanks for such a thoughtful reply! I’m downwinding in the gorge here in Oregon. You’ve perfectly explained what I am attempting to do and I do have success. I’ve recently added a +1deg shim and that helped a bit which told me I was onto something. I noticed on land if I level my board my foil angles a bit downward so just bought a baseplate shim kit and thought I’d at least neutralize this angle maybe even try a little positive angle. Again your content and feedback are awesome! Thank you so much!

@@marcrlutz happy to add Stoke into the world any way that I can 😎 Do the shimming experience for exploration but also try to overcome it with technique adjustment, the later will help you more than the former and has less drawbacks 🤙🤙

@ your definitely adding to the stoke! If you’re ever coming to the Gorge, message me. We practice full Aloha here.

@ Sounds excellent 🤙🤙

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@@ragebrothersadventures1820 i’ve got them, and I’ve been blown away by them! Videos to come 🤙🤙

This is probably a tough question but if you only had one foil to use for your down winding let's say the videos of Fiji what front wing and rear wing would you use. Hope it's a question that is somewhat easy to answer kind regards Tony

@@ragebrothersadventures1820 if I wanted to maximise the amount of days on the water, the 1201. I’d pair that likely with the 45/50 skinny and crazyshort or ultrashort fuse advance + and 80cm ultra pro mast. If I wasn’t as concerned about getting out every day… and wanted the most fun for me currently. I would go with the 1180 spitfire crazyshort fuse advance plus and likely the 80cm ultra pro mast. 🤙🤙

@@SamKynmanCole but don’t skip ahead!

@@martinminar1949 yea fair, music can be pretty polarising. There’s no music during the riding sequence though 🤙🤙

Music stops at 7:00

I wanted to blast the music loud but the wind and water was over bearing.

There is this fantastic new invention called the volume control, comes in handy if you are experiencing difficulties. Let’s not forget how much effort goes into producing these terrific videos. Some of the best downwinding instruction out there.

I really liked the music and the timing. Great edit. Fair play for mixing it up 🤙

@@christoph4333 it will be interesting to see if I get better at explaining things on the fly. The tricky part is that I’ve done so many videos that I’ve covered a lot of my base knowledge and don’t want to repeat things to much, to often 😅 Be good, thanks for the great message 🤙🤙

I like to think of following bumps rather than chasing 😎 Thanks for getting in touch 🤙🤙

Hopefully this warmed your day up! Exciting! Dw is not a gimme, it will test your patience but it is worth the effort and pain. What can feel impossible at first can become second nature. 50! You have plenty of time. Thanks for sharing the Stoke!

Thanks for commenting and sharing the Stoke 🤙🤙

@@km.69surfboard I havnt. Personally, I’ve never had to go that small even on the biggest day! I imagine it’s a weapon out there though for those that can wield it. Actually I hadn’t thought about winging, it would likely be in my quiver if I was winging dw 🤙🤙