This does a great job of showing some of the essential techniques. Well done! I can't wait to try out what I'm seeing here on the beach and then take it to the water. I'm also stoked about seeing the potential of using this to traverse out to the wind line or to get to a better angle for downwind runs.
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
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😅
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?
in that wind you would have to practice to get up with the large 4.2 but yes possible, a mid lenght downwind style board would be my go to for those conditions to make it easy
@@kitingincaymanwould you recommend the 4.2 in general, or is it on the bulkier side when depowered/ packed up? I want to order one and generally go for the larger sized wings
@@kitingincayman I'm actually looking for one to use in Maui (seen you ripping out at ka'a, looks soo fun). My hunch is going larger is the play until I get the technique down. Thanks!
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.
@@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 🙏
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.
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.
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
