Looking for some advice on setting up a light wind wing foiling kit.

I am 90kg and currently have the following kit:
- SMIK 100ltr Wing Board
- SMIK 5m Wing
- Armstrong 1850 front wing
- Armstrong 232 rear wing

Should I get a larger wing, foil setup or board for light wind foiling?
What's the order of importance for light wing foiling?

Cheers

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Zasby said..
Looking for some advice on setting up a light wind wing foiling kit.

I am 90kg and currently have the following kit:
- SMIK 100ltr Wing Board
- SMIK 5m Wing
- Armstrong 1850 front wing
- Armstrong 232 rear wing

Should I get a larger wing, foil setup or board for light wind foiling?
What's the order of importance for light wing foiling?

Cheers

Foiling is a trade off of drag. Which is more dense then becomes the next question, you have a pretty big front foil, which will induce quite a bit of drag. Consider a smaller high aspect front wing and a bigger sail. Your board is a good size.
You never really specified what you define as light, so a 6m might be too small? If you've seen any of the FOne team riders, they're out on sinkers in +/- 10 knots with 8m CWC strikes. Unfortunately they're bloody expensive in Aus, otherwise I too would love to be ripping in 10 knots on a sinker.

Bit of food for thought!

Here's a discussion about low wind wing foiling:

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Zasby said..
Looking for some advice on setting up a light wind wing foiling kit.

I am 90kg and currently have the following kit:
- SMIK 100ltr Wing Board
- SMIK 5m Wing
- Armstrong 1850 front wing
- Armstrong 232 rear wing

Should I get a larger wing, foil setup or board for light wind foiling?
What's the order of importance for light wing foiling?

Cheers

I think you just need a bigger wing.

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bigtone667 said..

Zasby said..
Looking for some advice on setting up a light wind wing foiling kit.

I am 90kg and currently have the following kit:
- SMIK 100ltr Wing Board
- SMIK 5m Wing
- Armstrong 1850 front wing
- Armstrong 232 rear wing

Should I get a larger wing, foil setup or board for light wind foiling?
What's the order of importance for light wing foiling?

Cheers

I think you just need a bigger wing.

Agreed. The 5m SMIK is a great handling wing, (it's my go to for 90% of wing sessions) but for its size it's not super powerful or snappy compared to some others. I have a 6m Unit that gets me going on the 10-12kt marginal days.

Thanks for your responses. Thinking of getting a 5.8 PPC wing. Would this be better than a 6m Smik. Mostly flat water winging (still learning)

I'm your size and I think your foil size should be about enough to get on foil, but I would go with a 6+ wing. I'm on an 1800 sqcm wing and use a 6.4 slingwing v2 and love it for most conditions.

I go with 6.4 and 4.4 Sling wing, paired with 105ltr Quattro Wing Drifter and 1060/890 wings. Have fun!

DC

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Zasby said..
Looking for some advice on setting up a light wind wing foiling kit.

I am 90kg and currently have the following kit:
- SMIK 100ltr Wing Board
- SMIK 5m Wing
- Armstrong 1850 front wing
- Armstrong 232 rear wing

Should I get a larger wing, foil setup or board for light wind foiling?
What's the order of importance for light wing foiling?

Cheers

You are in WA I would be planning for strong winds if I were you. Seabreezes have started and will be regularly over 20 knots soon.

I'd also go bigger on the wing, but get a 7 or something. There'll be a lot of overlap between the 5 and 6ms. Either 4 & 6 or 5 & 7/8, thats talking from an F-One Strike perspective.

Living in WA you dont need anything bigger than a 6m.

I am 83kg - changed my habits lately: smallest foil - bigger wing
my wing quiver 3,5 - 5 - 7 slick
my foil quiver: Axis 999 (all winds down to 12-15kn with all wings - even 7m a real blast - nobody flys but me with a 1000cm2 foil - crazy) and
Axis 1300 (mainly 7m at gusty condidtions 6-15kn, if I am lazy and wind picks up i change to 5m)

3 wings, 2 foils - all fine

Thanks everyone for your thoughts - very helpful.
Keep flying.