Hi all
Contemplating a foray into foiling, via windfoiling, from a windsurf background.
Not looking to set speed records, race, etc; just like the idea of cruising around in light conditions.

I see there are some good prices on gear from a few years back, like the Naish Hover and Naish Thrust WS-2.

What's the current wisdom? Is this gear still a good way into the sport, especially at discounted prices and given my aims of just some light-wind playing around rather than anything especially high performance?

(Would also be interested in opinions of the Thrust WS-2 vs the Pryde GlideWind, but perhaps I need to post that elsewhere)

Thanks in advance

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Tonto said..
Hi all
Contemplating a foray into foiling, via windfoiling, from a windsurf background.
Not looking to set speed records, race, etc; just like the idea of cruising around in light conditions.

I see there are some good prices on gear from a few years back, like the Naish Hover and Naish Thrust WS-2.

What's the current wisdom? Is this gear still a good way into the sport, especially at discounted prices and given my aims of just some light-wind playing around rather than anything especially high performance?

(Would also be interested in opinions of the Thrust WS-2 vs the Pryde GlideWind, but perhaps I need to post that elsewhere)

Thanks in advance

Board is less important not all 2019 foils were that good. If you wanted to do it cheap I would go for slingshot hoverglide system. Not ideal mechanically but awesome wings and very cheap and still being supported

slingshotsports.com/collections/windsurf-sale/products/hover-glide-fwind-v3

Which NP set are you looking at? The old blue or more current red/white. The older, original blue wings were a bit thick and slow and the tallest mast was 80-82cm which, imho, is barely tall enough. The newer KDW designed red/white wings (and original medium slim, iirc) are a bit more refined, a better stab and there is now an 85cm mast. It's a bit back-footed but most foils of that era were, too. Nice for riding around and fairly docile. I have a set so that I can wing/wind out of the same bag but don't use it often for windfoiling. I'm still a newbie winger and it does fine for me there (with wingfoil fuse).

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Tonto said..
Hi all
Contemplating a foray into foiling, via windfoiling, from a windsurf background.
Not looking to set speed records, race, etc; just like the idea of cruising around in light conditions.

I see there are some good prices on gear from a few years back, like the Naish Hover and Naish Thrust WS-2.

What's the current wisdom? Is this gear still a good way into the sport, especially at discounted prices and given my aims of just some light-wind playing around rather than anything especially high performance?

(Would also be interested in opinions of the Thrust WS-2 vs the Pryde GlideWind, but perhaps I need to post that elsewhere)

Thanks in advance

watch out for Slingshot discounts too, especially for an Infinity 76 coming up. Matched to my Wizard 125, after 3 years we're still deeply in love on the flat of Poole harbour or out in the wind swell off Branksome after cutting my teeth off Fremantle. I have a 99 that is rarely used and a 'new' 65 for higher wind that I'm still getting to grips with. Use with knackered old wave sails it's great from 4.1 to 6.5

+1 for the Infinity 76. At home I use SABfoil and AFS gear. In Florida I use an i76 and have no reason to change. It just works.