Outing 8 – excellent session at Newport Pembs
Epic 2 hour session on the Slingshot Alien Air on Monday Bank Holiday PM in Newport Pembrokeshire in 12 – 15 knots with 10 metre Slingshot Rally. We are staying at our holiday home (postcode…
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Outing 7 – first time at Newport, Pembs
First foilboard outing at our holiday home at Morfan.co.uk in Newport on the north coast of Pembrokeshire. After dinghy sailing in the PM, there was a light WSW about 10 -15 knots in a beautiful…
Outing 6 at Hayling
I was at Hayling in 13 to 17 knots Sout Easterly, well powered on 8m Rally. Longest runs yet by far. It’s so cool to glide above the water over 2 or 2 1/2 foot…
Outing 5
18th July At Goring again, It was blowing 12 – 15 mph SW and a bit over-cast. I was on the Slingshot Alien Air and 10m Rally this time. Tide on way out and I’d…
Outing 4 on Slingshot Alien Air
4th July: first foilboarding session at my “home” patch Goring Beautiful sunny Saturday with many kiters on the water. A friend was visiting from Bermuda, so I leant him my Nomad twin-tip and my 12m…
3rd outing on Slingshot Alien Air
3rd outing on Slingshot Alien Air at Hayling this evening. Lovely and warm, light, evening session, blowing 16 knots initially, so rigged 10m Rally. Put track 3 cm forwards again to give some lift, while…
“I believe I can Fly” – well a little bit
2nd time out on my Slingshot Alien Air with 10m Rally at Hayling. Beautiful sunny day and solid 15 knots and due to build, so was likely to get choppy later. Tide was pretty low,…
Kite foiling resources
Resources Useful forum – mainly European Liquid Force tutorials x 3: helpful Meteo’s blog about learning on a Liquid Force in Canada http://www.thekiteboarder.com/2013/09/damien-leroy-foil-boards-downwind-riding/ http://www.realwatersports.com/news/foilboarding-for-beginners/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv651uNBi7Y. Ketos http://www.kiteforum.com/viewforum.php?f=196. Kiteforum hydrofoil theme page Slingshot Alien Air FX…
Slingshot’s “How to kite foil” video
Slingshot just emailed a link to their excellent “How to kite foil” video on Vimeo featuring the Alien Air: How to Kite Foil – from Slingshot Really useful to hear that it’s hard to get…
1st Impressions
Assembled the Slingshot Alien Air and MHL N2F Foil at Hayling Island late one evening this week around high tide. I mounted the foil at the back of the track as advised for initial outings,…