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SA_AL said..
After a bad experience with failing seams of my wing, I'm searching for a better construction. Does anyone have experience with the new model of Vayu (Aura V4)? I'm curious how it performs during maneuvers like tacks and jibes compared to what you've used before and also low wind performance.

I Owned Ozone Flux V1, Vayu Aura3 in 5+4+3 and now the Aura4 in 5+4m (kept the 3m V3) and demoed plenty of wings.
For me the Aura4 is one of the best handeling wings I tried and a dream in the surf.
Good low end when pumping really good without feeling heavy/grunty.I,m too close to a 100kg and it stays fairly stable in a wide windrange, but Dlabs are stiffer/ keep better there shape in wind where you should go 1 or 2m smaller.

Build quality
Build quality is really good. After a year with aprox 200 sessions the V3 is still fine. The shape probably bagged out a bit, but I don,t rerally nottice any performance issues and could easily ride them for another year. Its just that I had some issues and what works better for that then buying new gear! Bag and leash: I don,t have problems with that, used the 3m in over 40knots.

Compared to other wings
The Ozone feels and is bigger when I lay one over the other, more like a 5.3 so the Flux has better low end but also feels more racy. Better upwind angles at the cost of surf/light feel.
North and Naish feel both more grunty then both Vayu and Flux V1 but also more like a 5.7 instead of a 5.Armstrong: The XPS V1 was a really good wing and then with the V2 they made this heavy pig..I don,t get it).

As far I was told by a dealer: Super K V2 stays the same. An Foildrive board is coming in aprilParawing board will be launched around that time as well.

I,m invited to the dealermeeting in Tarifa-Spain mid April, to see my self what hey are brining this year Usually around that time they also tell the "public" what going on.


For now its really cold here, around zero celcius with an windchil making it feel like -7C so right now i,m not too bothered about gear.Went in to supfoil today for an hour because there were waves after 7weeks of almost continious flatness and after 3 hours and a hot shower my B###s still play hide and seek.

I assume that lots of shops have plenty of stock with the old system, so plenty of good deals for those who stay on the old system for a while. The new system is of course perfoming stiffer/ better connected (and M8 is almost twice as strong as M6) but the old system isnt suddenly unrideable, so I don,t get the whining.

I wouldnt say negative but say what it is for and whats not. Thats a targeted design and not perse negative.

I made such thing in the past for windsurfgear while helping a brand to develop and mag with testing gear mag.Somehow it didnt work because the format made people feel limited in there write-ups,While sitting down and interviewing I could easily fill he form or them and they agreed on the conclussions, but in the way they organized the info in there brain made the form limiting in getting it out. (also in different versions).

specs of the product,Rider level,rider weight, conditions. How it feels ans how it compared to similar products.
What to like and what not to like.
riding footage can help to get a clue about how the tester findings are relevant to me.


For example: I,m 51 y old,188x98kg and riding in slow but steep wind generated waves with plenty of current. 6-7km current in the same direction as the wind is quite normall here.
An review of a 55kg tester in the prime of here life rider in clean long period pacific swell is fun to watch but has an value of absolute zero to me.

Besides that: every presentation gets better when done in a (bit tiny) bikini.
So can,t wait for your next vid Brian

More or less the same is with there windsurfsails: the desgin is ussually good and looks cool, but the way they build it is focused on producing repetitive for a low (labour) cost. Rather cheap and cutting corners on longlivity while looking high performance.

I have a Sunova DW board from last year, and my topcoat chips quite easy. It is waterproof, just doesnt look that nice.the seccond I see glass i use a bit of epoxi (not warm enoughh to use solarez at the moment).

I demoed thre duotone from the shop just out of curiosity. I really liked the build quality but never considdered changing to them because imo AFS is simply on another level. Sizes: I,m 98kg so probably in a different weightclass. I tried the Crest and AMP only in the bigger sizes: okay foils but I missed a bit of magic dust making them feel special. Its a matter of feel and how you experience stuff. They do work fine but I missed something with the DT foils that make them stand out/feel special to me. I,m aware that tis a personal opinion/ prefferences but when I ride AFS they feel soo smooth and slippery and deal super with white water, its really satisfying.
Code has heaps of push and grip in the turn when riding waves making that ride feel special as well,
Slingshot One Lock: i was very sceptical till I tried it, really stiff connection and very nice feel,
Dutone is a bit like Sab for me: probably nothing wrong with it, but i miss a bit the click with it.

Is it the 1200 MA? In that case I totally get you. It was manuvrable, but lifty and not much glide.The cheap option would to switch to an JET HA. They ride still fine and are good stepping stone for where you seem to be in your learning curve/looking for but that design is a bit dated compared to more mordern foils.If you have a lot to splash and looking to max performance: switch systems like adviced above.

Just to ad, Its not that it is a bad wing. I think that If you are into racing or freeride its really good, top end was almost limitless. I tried the 5m while using my 4m Aura3 and I think the Diamond was faster and better top end control. Its just that I ride rather small, almost underpowered and love a light flicky feel in the waves instead of going for max speed. For the windsurfers: think full cambered racesail compared to a light flicky freestyle or wavesail

Thanks,I love the AFS foils but didnt like the Diamond V2. very well build but heavy feel and too stiff for me.At the moment really happy wit the Vayu Aura 4 wings.

Ciccio have you tried the Diamond V2 as well? and can you compare/describe the difference in feel?I was supprised by how stiff the Diamond V2 was, mostly feeling like a windsurf full camber race sail (and stiffer as I like with 97kg).

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MProject04 said..
Huge transition this is. So first you fire all the talented people only to have to hire and build the whole thing in the other side of the world. Because you didn't believe in remote working / virtual meetings etc. I'm based in Europe and regularly work with Pacific counterparts. Yes the time diff is big but not insurmountable.

They just ditched the NZ / Auckland yachting / sports maritime innovation hub sphere, where they enjoyed great conditions waves etc plus local competition (Axis, Armstrong) to go and sit in offices in Katwijk, Netherlands.

And then they will move product development and testing to where? Again to another wind/wavy hotspot like South Africa? Tarifa? Portugal?

What a massive undertaking

Its always sad when people lose there jobs, but regarding to the testing: we (I live 30min from Katwijk) don,t have the pacific waves, but it is pleny windy here. I can besides a 32h job easily get a 150sessions a year in combined wingfoil, supfoil, DW.North windsurf and Mystic are also located there so from a brand integration pov I get it when they move everything to one spot.
What I do hope that in time they can also bring the production from Asia to Europe...

listen all of them.Loved the last one with Kane DeWilde

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Driks said..
Sounds cool. What do u guys think, size wise could be good to step into enduros? Advanced rider 90kg, winging/prone/DW. Is there one with great overlap? 1100,1000,900!?

I think it very much depends on where you surf and skill level. If I would bring my quiver back to 2 foils I could get away with the Silk1050 for wingfoil and an Enduro1300 for supfoil/DW (I don,t pronefoil).

The website sucks (big time)I,m too close to 100kg 997 and growing in the winter) and have the Enduro 700-900-1100-1300-1600 (and a 850+1050 Silk and a PureHA1100.).For wingfoil I really like all of them except the 1600, its too big span for that, for DW supfoil on the big dutch lakes and supfoil on the dutch coast I use mainly the 1600-1300. in atlantic coast 1100.
I have tried the Duotone foils and I would say the stiffness is similar with a bit better low end on the DT.If there is imo one thing that is a light con on the AFS , then it is the low end. Some brands like Armstrong you pick a size smaller, with AFS you pick in doubt the bigger size. Funnely the also turns way better and feel dragless. Its hard to discribe a different way but slippery through the water is as close as I come. When I tru other stuff I notice that some foils have better inititial lift but somehow the smaller sizes don,t translate in more maneuvrability or better speeds.

Totally missed the closure. I Met PonoBill in 2012 at Maui and bought a paddle from him. Really nice guy. Givven his each back then I can imagine that he might be out of watersports by now? When I was still supping a lot I was reading there frequently but as mentioned earlier some caracters and the quite strong blak-white opinions made me visit it less and less. That said, I cant believe that operating costs are the reason to shut it down. an Php forum is relative cheap and if the funding was an issue i,m quite sure plenty of people would chip in a few bucks to keep it running.

I love my Mako V2 14cm, so it is very tempting to order an S, but AFS launched the U-glide and U-carve as well that also look really good....Right now I have 11 stabs and 9 fronts so I probably have to clean out a bit the stuff I don,t use that much before adding more stuff to the carbon pile in my garage

you are used to rely on mastfoot pressure to balance out /compensate a backfoot heavy riding stance. Ditch the straps, get to learn to steer your board by weight and balance instead of hanging and wrinching/pulling on the straps. Taking of the straps helps you to balance out by moving your feet more freely I always advice former windsurf buddies to approach wingfoil more as Sup/ surfing then as windsurf. because the way you steer and balance is closer to those sports as to windsurfing. Especially when you are a freerider or racer hanging outside kicking against a fin.
Besides that, unless you are serious racing or jumping you don,t really need straps.I,m 97kg and ride a 95 and 56l board strapless in everything from 12 tot 40+ knots from flat water to 4m+ waves.