I am just a kitefoiler, so not my sport, but this really seems the beginning of something cool. Always though that downwind with that wing flapping is pretty annoying😅
Could you please do a video breaking this product down & how to use it? Also what happens if you crash? It looks really promising. I’d love more instruction before buying one. I’m a proficient kiter & winger.
This would be great with the new small mid length boards n small Ha foil... make sure you push Russell Heath into foiling.. he don't know what he is missing .. cheers David
An elegant solution. Humans will always create. I'm an experienced kite foiler but have never been interested in Wing Foil or DW SUP foil (yes, I know-an unpopular opinion). Do you think a dinosaur kiter can learn this craft without the knowledge of winging or SUP? I live in Hood River I'm sure we will be seeing more of these rigs here this summer. Best size for the Gorge?
Zack you will have an advantage coming from kiting and allready foiling, start with larger board with the goal of getting back down to somthing small. You will need all sizes to go most days if I was only going to have one it would be the small 2.8m
@@zacksmith1509 start with a wing to get the feel of the larger board and getting up on foil without a kite, then dial in the pocket wing next. you have an advantage for sure with kite foiling experience. you understand the foil on small board.
This is a great idea and should be an easy way to get into downwinding. However it's probably quite hard to get back upwind with it, right? Also I don't see a wrist leash, so if you lose it, it's gone? For 12-17 knots of wind with a downwind board and 1300cm2 foil the biggest one (L, 4.2m) is probably the best size?
Impressive! It's definitely interesting for DW use! Could you give us a rough estimate of the angles you can do upwind? Could it be used for an upwind-downind?
i can comfortable hold my ground, upwind is hard but possible, meaningful upwing is not really possible, pocketwing is optimised for downwind starts on a smal board foil combo
This is made from very fine 10 denier ripstop with high quality lines foam covered handles and spandex pocket., There is no other substitute to get you up on a small board foil combo and be easily stowable, still less $$ than a paddle aloha
we started with trainer kites and this is the smallest amount of material for the amount of power it delivers that you can get. trainers are not designed to make power or be stowable on the fly,. it is degsined for starting downwinders with small board foil combos.
Well, it appears that you are going to need to be very skilled to fly this thing and trainer kites don't require very much skill. Looks like you need to buck up and spend a bunch of time working on your skills instead of just using the lower cost/easy option.
@@brynmrsh Yes there is some bucking up that is required. A trainer kite is not an option, we tried. There's a significant amount of power required to get up on foil, especially with a small board.
@@kitingincaymanok thanks a lot. So maybe next suze down is enough. Especially with DW board and good technique. Hmm … what size are you on in the video? I totally appreciate it’s nice and windy there and very consistent. Thanks 🙏
