@ sik! For sure mate, biggest board/ foil to get up easy and progress fast and downscale as you go. I’m super curious about the Ensis gear. If you can send through a walk around video through insta 🤙 @foilrat
@@foilratvids it's the 135ltr KT and I ride Axis, have the 999ART and 1201 ART pro. I know I'll have a lot of learning and tough starts but can't wait!
@@aminefadous5875 if they are all tangled the same direction it can be done. Highly recommend doing it out of the wind, at home. If some are tangled and others not it’s a bit tricky to figure out how to untangle, then I’d just disconnect. I don’t untangle them all the time. Maybe once a month or so.
It seems paddle DW is the safest and guaranteed success if the wind dies off. The Parawing is cool but it seems to turn into a real shit show if the wind shuts off. Then you’re just laying on the board hoping to drag yourself downwind or hope for a gust to get back up. You can flat water start a sup. Can’t flat water start a parawing. Great info!
Very true. I don’t think the parawing replaces the paddle completely, but in certain conditions it is the best thing to be out there on. Given their size when packed up, you can always take a bigger parawing on you if you want to be extra safe. But above all, knowing the conditions you are going out on is key, but even then sometimes you’ll eat shit 😅
great stuff! thanx for doing the work, filming it, editing it and put it online. One question - why do you prefer the 150 AR shimmed over lets say the 151R tail no- shim? What would be the difference? I love the 120R but it is too small for lightwind days behind the 1130. The 150AR slows it down somehow - I feel.... it is better shimmed - 0.5- but not glidey enough. Currently only those two tails to choose from..
Good question! I much prefer shorter span wings (both front and tail) to get more out of turns rather than having the extra glide. A wide tail makes the setup feel too locked in for me with anything over the 135R. If I need more bottom end it also means that the bumps are moving slow, so a slower tail matches those conditions a bit better. It all depends tho... I try to match my setup to the conditions on the day and if bumps are moving slow I would rather shim an AR tail rather than having a locked in feel with an R tail and possibly being too fast for the speed of the bumps. Hope that makes sense!
Cool, this would work for a couple of my local runs. What about taking a paddle with you for getting going again if you come off foil - what's the comparison of paddle-up vs parawing start and stow once you're out and away?
I think the only reason I would take a paddle with me out there would be as a back-up (for safety) if the wind dies. Once you reach a level that you are comfortably acing runs, you use the parawing to get up and riding and then you don't use it again. Sometimes I redeploy it at the end of a run to get me back closer to my car but otherwise its get up/ stow/ ride. Getting up on the parawing takes no effort once you have the technique dialed in (check out my other videos for that) so paddling up would only use up your energy. I can water start on a parawing 100 times but I probably have 10-15 paddle-ups in me before I start getting tired and loosing 30%-50% of my paddle-up power.
@@Elninosurfcenter it all depends on personal preference, feel, conditions and experience level. They don’t need a shim and work great out of the box. But I like to extract that extra 10% out of my gear and when I’m limited to my foil sizes I’ll try to compensate with these tweaks. This example is a day where the 1300s with a 135r tail would have been ideal but I don’t have that front wing. So I used my biggest front wing, the 1130s with a bigger tail, the 150ar. Then I chose to shim the rear wing to gain some speed without loosing too much bottom end. Hope that all makes sense! But the gear is awesome straight out out of the box 🤙
What is the best use case for the parawing that you have discovered??? Comment below!
The parawing looks like the solution for my onshore spot, thanks. Hand paddles may be the backup plan if the wind dies.
@@AdamsHadEnough definitely opens up those onshore days 🤙
Well done for sending it in and commiting in 15knots 🔥
That’s as low as I would go on the 4m. The parawing really works best when there’s good consistent wind.
Another great video mate! Keep up the good work, looking forward to starting my journey as soon as I get my wing!
@@M3W3Y awesome mate! Feel free to reach out if you need it! You’ll have a blast! Which size did you get? How windy is your spot?
@foilratvids Have the Ensis Roger 3m on the way. Plan to start on the DW board and go from there. Learning a lot from your vids!
@ sik! For sure mate, biggest board/ foil to get up easy and progress fast and downscale as you go. I’m super curious about the Ensis gear. If you can send through a walk around video through insta 🤙 @foilrat
@@foilratvids will do
Glad you made use of that footage at the end mate!
@@dan21012 absolutely Dan! Tks for capturing it brother 🤙
Your vids are really helpful, just got my BRW 4.0 and KT dragonfly! Cant wait to start
@@dcharlton07 what a combo! What board size and foils will you ride? How windy is your spot? You’ll love it mate!
@@foilratvids it's the 135ltr KT and I ride Axis, have the 999ART and 1201 ART pro. I know I'll have a lot of learning and tough starts but can't wait!
@@dcharlton07 you’ll have fun mate. Guaranteed. If you’re struggling with anything let me know and I’ll try to help out 🤙
Cool vid, good job very informative and inspiring. The bridles looked twisted and yet it flow well.
Yea I need to tidy my lines up for the next one! ;)
Is there a way to untangle them with out taking them off the handel(that’s what I did last time they tangled)
@@aminefadous5875 if they are all tangled the same direction it can be done. Highly recommend doing it out of the wind, at home. If some are tangled and others not it’s a bit tricky to figure out how to untangle, then I’d just disconnect. I don’t untangle them all the time. Maybe once a month or so.
It seems paddle DW is the safest and guaranteed success if the wind dies off.
The Parawing is cool but it seems to turn into a real shit show if the wind shuts off. Then you’re just laying on the board hoping to drag yourself downwind or hope for a gust to get back up.
You can flat water start a sup. Can’t flat water start a parawing.
Great info!
Very true. I don’t think the parawing replaces the paddle completely, but in certain conditions it is the best thing to be out there on. Given their size when packed up, you can always take a bigger parawing on you if you want to be extra safe. But above all, knowing the conditions you are going out on is key, but even then sometimes you’ll eat shit 😅
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@@alessiowalter2075 Tks mate! Have you started on your parawing journey yet?
great stuff! thanx for doing the work, filming it, editing it and put it online. One question - why do you prefer the 150 AR shimmed over lets say the 151R tail no- shim? What would be the difference? I love the 120R but it is too small for lightwind days behind the 1130. The 150AR slows it down somehow - I feel.... it is better shimmed - 0.5- but not glidey enough. Currently only those two tails to choose from..
Good question! I much prefer shorter span wings (both front and tail) to get more out of turns rather than having the extra glide. A wide tail makes the setup feel too locked in for me with anything over the 135R. If I need more bottom end it also means that the bumps are moving slow, so a slower tail matches those conditions a bit better. It all depends tho... I try to match my setup to the conditions on the day and if bumps are moving slow I would rather shim an AR tail rather than having a locked in feel with an R tail and possibly being too fast for the speed of the bumps. Hope that makes sense!
Cool, this would work for a couple of my local runs. What about taking a paddle with you for getting going again if you come off foil - what's the comparison of paddle-up vs parawing start and stow once you're out and away?
I think the only reason I would take a paddle with me out there would be as a back-up (for safety) if the wind dies. Once you reach a level that you are comfortably acing runs, you use the parawing to get up and riding and then you don't use it again. Sometimes I redeploy it at the end of a run to get me back closer to my car but otherwise its get up/ stow/ ride.
Getting up on the parawing takes no effort once you have the technique dialed in (check out my other videos for that) so paddling up would only use up your energy. I can water start on a parawing 100 times but I probably have 10-15 paddle-ups in me before I start getting tired and loosing 30%-50% of my paddle-up power.
nice video, can you splain me why are you using a shim? code needs a shim?
@@Elninosurfcenter it all depends on personal preference, feel, conditions and experience level. They don’t need a shim and work great out of the box. But I like to extract that extra 10% out of my gear and when I’m limited to my foil sizes I’ll try to compensate with these tweaks. This example is a day where the 1300s with a 135r tail would have been ideal but I don’t have that front wing. So I used my biggest front wing, the 1130s with a bigger tail, the 150ar. Then I chose to shim the rear wing to gain some speed without loosing too much bottom end. Hope that all makes sense! But the gear is awesome straight out out of the box 🤙
How long would have taken you to paddle out the same distance?
Waaay to long... I was out 4kms before I started this run so I'm guessing 60 minutes to paddle out that far.... eeeek!