Thanks man! :) There will be more content soon, had a lot to do recently but will have some time to edit everything from the past half year or so very soon :D
@@leo-stief Great! I am pump foiling at the Rudergesellschaft dock mostly tuesdays, fridays and saturdays. Sometimes also on Sundays. Maybe we can meet up. i would love to get some feedback from you. You inspired me to start with foiling :)
Sehr cool! du machst mir Mut, weiter den Traum vom DWen auf dem Zürichsee zu verfolgen. Ich bin soweit ein kleineres Foil raus zu paddeln (sirus1700) und warte jetzt auf grossen Wind... denkst du der ist immer noch zu gross?
Very cool !! I am starting also small downwinders on lakes in Belgium but using a foil assist to take off and going back. I noticed I need at least a good steady 20 knots but higher will be better I think as I am heavy. Saw a Vampire board last week in France with a cool dude from Bavaria gliding like hell on waves with an Axis foil!
Nice, how much fetch does your lake have? Steady 20 kn sounds reasonable, here 20 kn ground wind mostly means 35 in the gusts so basically exactly like in the video's conditions. Yeah the Vampire Boards are sick, light and sturdy! How long can you go when always taking the foil assist upwind as well?
Thanks for posting 'Real Life' conditions for a lot of us. If the wind was more South at that location what minimum wind speed (kts) would you attempt a Downwinder there?
Yeah its not all Maui conditions :D Good question! As the wind is always very very gusty here, probably on a day thats like 16 kn base to 30 kn gusts or so. From Winging on days with max of 25 kn gusts with perfect direction south west wind, I unfortunately already know that its not enough to fly free when gusts don't exceed 25 kn. So I'll try again once it reaches the 30 kn Treshold I think :)
Hi Leo, nice that you're posting again. In previous videos, you were using the Sabfoil Leviathan 1350 as your big DW foil. Based on your reviews, I got one and have been using it for flatwater paddle-ups but have yet to do a downwinder with it. Do you think it would work OK in conditions like in this video?
Hey man, thanks! There will be more content soon :) I would have preferred the Leviathan 1350 for this day, but didn't have it with me at the time being. It would work fantastically! I'm now at a point where I usually don't use it for downwinders any more, as the AXIS 1201 is my new ligth wind wing, but I would choose the Leviathan 1350 anytime again to learn the paddle up and to get the first experiences downwinding. It's definitely too slow to keep up with good wind swell, but getting up is more important than being fast in the beginning!
