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Wing Board Recommendation for Armstrong Foils

Created by Ingenuity Ingenuity  > 9 months ago, 3 Apr 2023
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Ingenuity
Ingenuity

41 posts

3 Apr 2023 1:44am
Looking into wing boards that's not a Armstrong FG board to match the MA 1225 and 1000 foils. Looking for wing board recommendation with compatible track location preferably in the 75 to 95L range.
GiovanniITA
GiovanniITA

12 posts

3 Apr 2023 12:57pm
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Ingenuity said..
Looking into wing boards that's not a Armstrong FG board to match the MA 1225 and 1000 foils. Looking for wing board recommendation with compatible track location preferably in the 75 to 95L range.




Mate, I just want to say you, as a former Armstrong user, to use Armstrong fg boards, they are specifically designed for Armstrong foils and guarantee the best of the performance. It's not just a matter of tracks length and position, but also of footstrap inserts placement. They're expensive (too much, except the small....) but they perfectly work also with Axis stuff....
FarNorthSurfer
FarNorthSurfer

190 posts

3 Apr 2023 9:34pm
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Ingenuity said..
Looking into wing boards that's not a Armstrong FG board to match the MA 1225 and 1000 foils. Looking for wing board recommendation with compatible track location preferably in the 75 to 95L range.


I had an early Armstrong FG board 115 litres. The board worked well but the quality wasn't what it should have been for the price. The warranty was great and the dealer took the board back and I spent the money on another board. Finding out that the FG wasn't full PVC sandwich for that money was an eye opener. I bought a Patrik AIO (not the windfoil compatible version). It's light and full PVC carbon sandwich construction, been two years of heavy use in all sorts of conditions and no dents soft spots or cracks anywhere. My Armstrong HS foils are mounted about one third from the front of the US boxes. I ride strapless but my feet are over the strap locations.
Maybe not as popular as many mainstream brands and have Tuttle and US boxes.
The only thing I don't like is the 'handle' on the bottom which is a small fin and hopeless in shore break.
The board gets going very early even with my 93kg onboard despite having large cut outs which are now unfashionable.
Windoc
Windoc

452 posts

3 Apr 2023 10:35pm
I currently own an Armstrong FG 115 (SUP foiling) and had a KT Wing Drifter 72L last season for winging. I'm now riding a 72L KT Ginxu. While the Armie board is matched best, The KTs work well with the foils pushed max forward. They do force a more aft stance on the board (my feet line up with the aft most strap inserts). My preference would be for more forward positioning than what is available, but it's definitely not a deal breaker as the 1225 and 1000 still perform great at the front of the KT boxes. I'm 90kg plus all the wet weight of a 5mm wetsuit for reference.
BigZ
BigZ

190 posts

3 Apr 2023 11:52pm
F-one boards have forward mounted tracks and as such they work well with Armstrong foils.
motogon
motogon

205 posts

4 Apr 2023 2:06am
I'm using Fanatic Sky Wing with HS1250 - works great. New Sky Style and Sky Free have foil boxes moved forward, so they will work even better.
eppo
eppo

WA

9762 posts

4 Apr 2023 6:48am
A lot of the new board incarnations work fine with armie foils - although those Mas really like to be forward and some. North swell / seek boards tracks are fine with the armie foils as well for the record.
Freebordnig123
Freebordnig123

NSW

28 posts

4 Apr 2023 10:29am
I use Jimmy Lewis VM wing board 95 & 85L they work great with Armstrong currently using a 935 mast 1225 and 205 foils 60 fuse, I am 98kgs. Mast is slightly forward of centre on track. Boards are extremely durable.
WingOut
WingOut

97 posts

5 Apr 2023 2:00am
The Naish Hover Carbon is fine too for Armstrong foils. The Ma1225 with the 935 mast, perfect in the front 1/3 of the USBox.F-one and JP should suite well 2.
95kg
motogon
motogon

205 posts

6 Apr 2023 7:49pm
I just had great first session on my new Fanatic Sky Free 5'3" with HS1250 mounted in middle of tracks - perfect!
windsurftom
windsurftom

NSW

401 posts

14 Apr 2023 2:24pm
Hi I bought an Armstrong 1850 as my first foil to learn. Are there any board brands I should avoid with tracks too far back?
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