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Reply in Topic: Newbie lubie

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17 May 2026 7:58am

Carbon foil nothing. Ali foil Tef Gel.

Reply in Topic: Recessed deck design

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16 May 2026 2:04pm

TooMuchEpoxy said..
I’ve got a lot of these features on my cabrinha swift and I hate all of them. Wave piercing nose splashes water into the receded deck and I’ve got 10 lbs of water in the deck when I’m trying to get in foil and more splashes in as fast as it drains. Also all the volume in the domes is USELESS

Haha unlike you to not like the gear you buy ??

Reply in Topic: Smik the Jack 5'4 x 80L Review

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15 May 2026 7:08am

CH3MTR4IL5 said..

robbo1111 said..

CH3MTR4IL5 said..

hilly said..

Interesting, mine's even closer to the tail, it's 240mm for same measurement. Can you measure the top to the edge of the deck grip?

Mine is 300mm (tracks) and 270mm (rear of deck pad to back of the board)

300 to the deck pad for me. Seems a bit of a mixed bag

Mine is 400mm so actually pretty consistent. Longer boards have the mast tracks further forward and the deck pad further forward. Slight variation is with the location of the deck grip on the hump. Mine is not fully up the hump so the 50mm difference between mast track and deck pad (350/400) should be closer to 30mm like yours.

Reply in Topic: Smik the Jack 5'4 x 80L Review

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13 May 2026 8:55am

Reply in Topic: The Funny Images Thread

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12 May 2026 7:35pm

Reply in Topic: Recessed deck design

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12 May 2026 5:46pm

Mark _australia said..
I really don't know that people are feeling what they think they are. We went from 3" thick and wide wingboards to 6" thick DW and it takes off early yes - but never heard anyone whine about thickness. They got so narrow they needed thickness.... still no whinges about the thickness. When we settled on 75cm ish mast I have not heard anyone say that an 80 completely ruins foiling for them
Olympic classes are on a 100-105 mast..... if you had to truly feel so connected to the foil, don't you think the guys spending $30K on gear and living the sport every second of their lives in the hope of being a medallist - would be wanting to be more connected too? Kite race foil have gone from boards that look like a coffee table to skinny ML boards too. Thick ones. The best kite foil racer is see is on a very thick 19" wide ML.

Do what feels right for you, and all for innovation but some of this 20mm closer to the foil thing is a little silly. IMHO. Emperor's New Clothes ......

Think it is more for turning on waves or swell. My Smik the Jack turns nicely on swell and waves with a recessed deck. Love the Ducati design above looks cool.

Reply in Topic: capping immigration etc

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10 May 2026 9:11am

How do I qualify to immigrate to Australia?
Prospective applicants must be invited by the Australian Immigration Department to apply for the visa. Applicants wishing to emigrate to Australia on the Skilled Migrant Visa must have an occupation listed on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) or Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL).

Reply in Topic: Smik the Jack 5'4 x 80L Review

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10 May 2026 6:54am

CH3MTR4IL5 said..

eppo said..
yeh when i rode it was near the middle - could have gone back a smidge. I know someone who has one and has it about middle - armie riders. Each to their own i suppose. It does have some front foot pressure lift but that's a function of the flat mast box - whilst armie boards have built in rocker. Chemtrails you tried a mast shim - that's what JL used on his. and it could be more sensitive on that 5'4

If i had mine in the middle of the track my rear foot would be on top of my stab. It is just not in the right place on mine.

You got a photo of it. If it is a factory error Scotty may replace it.

Reply in Topic: capping immigration etc

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9 May 2026 1:31pm

cammd said..

Mark _australia said..
Ok I wanna know why we never needed immigration to fill some jobs decades ago.

Because we kill about 80000 Aussie kids every year through abortion.

Oh dear. Really

Raped by your uncle you have to keep the child to stop asians coming into the country

Reply in Topic: capping immigration etc

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9 May 2026 1:29pm

Mark _australia said..
Ok I wanna know why we never needed immigration to fill some jobs decades ago. Smart kids became doctors and stuff. Some of them made coffee or flipped burgers while at uni. Dumb kids dig holes at 14 and never went to uni. We had a full spectrum.
are aussies now too good so we need servants? If we cut immigration greatly and cut welfare would more Aussies go get the service industry jobs? I dunno just musings but it seems weird everything worked well right up to the last 20-30yrs..?

Aussies are like entitled Rango above struggling to get to the beach. No interest in low paid jobs. $100 an hour for trades is standard here. I have a bachelor degree and 35 year's experience and I do not get that. We live in strange times. Never been better on every metric but they still whinge. Life is good folks look on the bright side.

Reply in Topic: BRM: New gear coming soon

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9 May 2026 12:55pm

BWalnut said..
Got to try the 3.4 for a few hours today. Really good parawing. Trying to put together some notes on it. Any specific questions people have on it at the moment?

Back to back with PR V2?

Reply in Topic: Smik the Jack 5'4 x 80L Review

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9 May 2026 6:40am

Mine is bang in the middle

Reply in Topic: Smik the Jack 5'4 x 80L Review

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8 May 2026 10:49pm

marco said..

Big one - the positioning of the foil track is bananas. It feels like they never updated the location of the tracks when they scaled the model size, as the rail starts at the mid point of the rear strap, and then continues to the middle of the board, about a hand-width behind the front strap. So the only place it works for me riding Armie gear is wedged as far back as it can possibly go, and then its juuuust on the cusp of workable. If I was wearing straps, I am not sure this would be doable. As it stands I can't get the foil far enough back to be able to put my foot against the rear ridge (which would be the ideal, so you can pump up with foot pressing against that and then bring forward a smidge as you start downwinding). I would definitely recommend trialing this before you commit, as it may not work at all with your foil setup if your foot needs to be forward of the mast and/or you ride with straps. Might not be an issue with the larger sizes I suspect.

A pitty the mastrack is still an issue. I used ride SMIK boards but with Armie gear - mastrack to far back.

They are saying the other way around

Reply in Topic: Smik the Jack 5'4 x 80L Review

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7 May 2026 11:01am

Great review

I have a 6 x 22 custom with a tint in the resin no paint issues. Tracks are fine have Flux mast in the middle and foot on back kick plus I like the grip. A 10 from me

Reply in Topic: Sup trench board??

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7 May 2026 8:57am

PJ87 said..
Hi Hilly,

What type of FD system are you using ?

I am not at the moment. Last one I had was the Gen 2 with max battery. If I did get one I think I would get the lightest one possible that has a decent run time with no efoiling. Still spoiled by using a super light board with jetski or boogie. But as I said before a stealth option is needed for busy days. Still looking at options.

Reply in Topic: Ozone pocket rocket v2

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7 May 2026 7:22am

pitbulldoug said..

hilly said..
Ordered a 4.3 and 5 to be my upwind/downwind tool. I do not downwind shuttle much and only in strong wind will keep the 2.5/3.5 Frigates for that as they pack down well. 5m PR in the backpack as security.

I hope they are as good as the reviews say. What I like the look of is the collapse in offshore winds I saw Dimitry doing on his vid.

surprised you got the 4.3 and a 5m as if my memory serves me rightly LOL,remember you are in the 100kgs crew like myself seems the 5.7 and 4.3 be good combo especially for backup if wind lulls out,4.3 and 5 so close together.I ordered 5.7/4.3/3.0 really like my 5.5m frigate though learned get along with a big PW pretty well

93kg now. Light wind PW doesn't interest me really. Tow boogie if swell and mtb if no swell are more fun imo.

Reply in Topic: AI what is society going to end up looking like?

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6 May 2026 6:59pm

Reply in Topic: Sup trench board??

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6 May 2026 7:25am

Smik Charger just released.

Reply in Topic: New Armstrong Masts

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5 May 2026 7:11pm

New connection too? No slop?

Reply in Topic: Ozone pocket rocket v2

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5 May 2026 7:03pm

Sheps said..

Ordered a 5m for the same reason Hilly. Will compliment my hybrids and dw specific Parawing's well I think.

Yep hybrids are high wind looking for the light wind upwind/downwind machine. Ptskin 5.4 was not quite it with upwind not good enough.

Reply in Topic: Ozone pocket rocket v2

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5 May 2026 2:24pm

Ordered a 4.3 and 5 to be my upwind/downwind tool. I do not downwind shuttle much and only in strong wind will keep the 2.5/3.5 Frigates for that as they pack down well. 5m PR in the backpack as security.

I hope they are as good as the reviews say. What I like the look of is the collapse in offshore winds I saw Dimitry doing on his vid.

Reply in Topic: Vintage foiling

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4 May 2026 10:56am

Microsurfer said..
Yeah I never quite worked out why they thought ski boots on the board were necessary?

Protect the ankles??

To match the rest of the ski gear he has on??

Reply in Topic: Ozone pocket rocket v2

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4 May 2026 10:35am

BWalnut said.. Here's the comparison chart and I wonder if the ranges here actually changed, or if they just tweaked and got more accurate? v1 on top and v2 on bottom.

Looks like they have adjusted their claims of wind range down with the bottom end the same. So less top end

Seems at odds with the hype.

Reply in Topic: Vintage foiling

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3 May 2026 8:35pm

Reply in Topic: Ozone pocket rocket v2

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3 May 2026 12:01pm

Eppo is easily annoyed

But he is right so many good ones coming out. Not sure why you would get the PP over PR V2 as the PR V2 ticks all the boxes if it lives up to the hype. Keen to try one.

Reply in Topic: Smik Pwing board

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2 May 2026 7:46pm

Loving mine still

I notice KT new design has a larger tail similar to the Jack. Helps get you up and going.

Topic: Happy weekend everyone

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1 May 2026 7:39pm

Reply in Topic: The Funny Images Thread

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28 Apr 2026 8:17pm

Reply in Topic: Booing at Anzac Day - what's that about?

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26 Apr 2026 4:01pm

Mark _australia said..
It's ok I just took my lithium

Awesome I hope it helps

Reply in Topic: Booing at Anzac Day - what's that about?

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26 Apr 2026 2:29pm

Mark _australia said..

hilly said.
Bipolar response

How so? All I said is Anzac Day isn't the place. When you said it's obviously only anti-woke One Nation types who hate the welcome to country I corrected you - you're wrong - and again I said 'but Anzac Day isn't the place to debate it by disruption

It was a joke about the different responses polar opposites.

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