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Lasuduna said..
I'm parawinging with a KT ginxu dragonfly V1 (the grey one) 88 L, 6'6 long and if i remember correctly its about 18'' large. Great board all around i love it. Only problem is standing up in big chop and no wind but thats okay, and the absence of footstraps : everytime i accelerate with the parawinging out (upwind mainly, sometimes reaching) past 20 knots, i am forced to go "nose down" to the extent that at some point my feet slide off the board.
I would like to find a way to put foostraps on that board but because its a supfoil board, it has no inserts. Maybe i can glue something, or drill it and place inserts ?
If someone had this problem and found a solution i'd be very grateful thanks !

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That 3M VHB tape they use is crazy effective. A few pieces are holding a 200wh solar panel on the top of my van and it hasn't flinched over the last year or so of use

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LucasUK said..
Anyone has got any real review of the production frank mini darts ?

I have a handful of sessions on a production 70L now. Mostly parawinging 2.4 and 3.6 ozone PR's and a few 3.6m wing sessions in our local bay. The board rips, I'm 80kg before a 5/4 wetsuit this time of year and coming off an armstrong 75l, I haven't missed the volume but I also haven't really needed to slog much so hard to say on that front. As soon as the parawing has a little bit of pull it's been easy to pump onto foil. I think that flatter tail releases really well and it's an easy board to stand on and wait for a good gust. You definitely notice having the volume shifted forward as it doesn't tend to bog the nose when pumping to engage the foil. Touch downs haven't been an issue and it's been easy to pump back out of the hole with both ha780/uha870. I'm a fan of the slight concave by the front foot and the flat deck pad. My board weighed in at 4.67kg/10.3lbs. The board bag is really nice, zips from the top and bottom are a sweet and fits the board well.

How have you found the stiffness and responsiveness? I have 2 Armie MLs (55 / 65) and that's one thing I love about those boards. They are on the heavy side, but they are stiff and super responsive. I come from Appletrees, which are even stiffer, so I notice these things.I'm been looking at an 80L or perhaps 70L Mini Dart, for my 85kg, for Parawing, but I want to make sure it's going to be stiff and responsive.

I couldn't really say if it's as stiff or stiffer than my armstrong board, but I'm really liking it. Seems plenty stiff enough for my 80kg and it's got no problem pumping or turning hard

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LucasUK said..
Anyone has got any real review of the production frank mini darts ?

I have a handful of sessions on a production 70L now. Mostly parawinging 2.4 and 3.6 ozone PR's and a few 3.6m wing sessions in our local bay. The board rips, I'm 80kg before a 5/4 wetsuit this time of year and coming off an armstrong 75l, I haven't missed the volume but I also haven't really needed to slog much so hard to say on that front. As soon as the parawing has a little bit of pull it's been easy to pump onto foil. I think that flatter tail releases really well and it's an easy board to stand on and wait for a good gust. You definitely notice having the volume shifted forward as it doesn't tend to bog the nose when pumping to engage the foil. Touch downs haven't been an issue and it's been easy to pump back out of the hole with both ha780/uha870. I'm a fan of the slight concave by the front foot and the flat deck pad. My board weighed in at 4.67kg/10.3lbs. The board bag is really nice, zips from the top and bottom are a sweet and fits the board well.

Just weighed my 70L, it's 4.67kg (10.3 lbs).

I have 3 or 4 sessions on a 70L now. Mostly parawinging 2.4 and 3.6 ozone PR's in our local bay. Board rips, I'm 80kg before a 5/4 wetsuit this time of year and coming off an armstrong 75l, I haven't missed the volume but I also haven't really needed to slog so hard to say on that front. As soon as the parawing has a little bit of pull it's been easy to pump onto foil. I think that flatter tail releases really well and it's an easy board to stand on and wait for a good gust. Touch downs haven't been an issue and it's been easy to pump back out of the hole with both ha780/uha870. I'm a fan of the slight concave by the front foot and the flat deck pad. I need to pull my foil and weigh the board, it's not full on custom light but certainly competitive. The board bag is really nice, zips from the top and bottom and fits the board well.