I was inspired by Tony Logosz (Mr. Slingshot, bottom pix) to see how small I can go.

Chopped as much off my Isonic 121 as I could - now about 75L and 1.5m (4.9ft).

Amazing on-foil feeling, carving is even easier without the swing weight. Cool looking down and seeing water instead of board
Slogs pretty well, the wide fat nose helps - as long the board is moving slowly forward the foil generates enough lift so it doesn't sink and is surprisingly stable.
It's heavy though, it would be awesome at half the weight - looking forward to getting a mini Slingshot Wizard

A fun option for strong steady sea breezes on the ocean - bring on summer.


Who else has a small one?





Tony Logosz

You'll probably have more fun on it now after the mods JJ

Nice work, living the dream there mate

Mhh now you got me thinking of taking the jigsaw to this old girl!!

^^^
Do it - I'm betting you'll do a neater job than me

Move the straps inboard while you're about it - and back strap further back if you can (or T box forward)

JJ that looks like a Frankenboard! What did you do? Shorten it with a blow torch?

The dog looks a bit unimpressed with the workmanship but great idea.

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stehsegler said..
JJ that looks like a Frankenboard! What did you do? Shorten it with a blow torch?

Chainsaw and an old bag of cement I found in the back of the shed

I love that! I am planing on doing the same thing as soon as a suitable scrap board turns up.
did you replace the powerbox with a tuttle?

like the detail with the Slingshot sticker on the bottom , looks good with the black cement finish

A cut down fanatic stingray 145. Not very pretty but it works a treat with my KS3 sails. Enough nose volume to tack but submerges on splash downs. Needed the foil box to mount the slingshot foil (power box initially) but the different mast positions of the slingshot works a treat to get the lift sweet spot.

I use an old North Race Kiteraceboard 2013 with mounted mast track. I can jibe it without problems, but tacks are for now impossible. The biggest problem is , when the wind dies and I can't uphaul.

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azymuth said..
I was inspired by Tony Logosz (Mr. Slingshot, bottom pix) to see how small I can go.

Chopped as much off my Isonic 121 as I could - now about 75L and 1.5m (4.9ft).

Amazing on-foil feeling, carving is even easier without the swing weight. Cool looking down and seeing water instead of board
Slogs pretty well, the wide fat nose helps - as long the board is moving slowly forward the foil generates enough lift so it doesn't sink and is surprisingly stable.
It's heavy though, it would be awesome at half the weight - looking forward to getting a mini Slingshot Wizard

A fun option for strong steady sea breezes on the ocean - bring on summer.


Who else has a small one?





Tony Logosz

Oh, how did your hand not waver to cut the slalom? I could if they gave me a Board.

4,9" x 28
deep tuttle
5" thick
Spring is almost here in SF bay

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Gwarn said..
4,9" x 28
deep tuttle
5" thick
Spring is almost here in SF bay

Wow more homemade boards Gwarn!!!
Looks very similar to the SS wizard 103 but thicker and even shorter

what's your aproximent cost of a board build and how long does it take.

Can't wait to hear about it once you get to try it.

So far I have 22 hours into this I still need to install the deck pad so 23 hours total. As far as the cost go I'm looking at 300 to 400 USD each Hard to tell as I work in a boatyard and my employer is very generous with the consumables.

I think as short as 4'3 or 130cm should be possible with a long masttrack. DTbox 8.5cm from the tail, masttrack 80cm (2'7) from the front screw / 100cm (3') from the tail. 25cm (10") masttrack + 5cm (2") for your base not to stick out if you ride it all the way forward. Tbh I ride my smallest board mostly at 82cm (2'8) from the frontscrew / 102cm (3'4) from the tail, so a 107cm / 3'6 board with just 1 insert for the base should also be doable hahaha. Just dont know if it would really get on the plane all that well, plus the short nose might require the mastfoot a little further forward than my 5'9 / 180cm board so I think the 130cm / 4'3 one would be most realistic.

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Gwarn said..
4,9" x 28
deep tuttle
5" thick
Spring is almost here in SF bay

Wow John! Second one in a month? Impressive!