New KT foils - who has some info

[shep]

Forgot to mention that Otis was on the same foil, and the won the teen group. Good results for the only two Solus in the race.

[Kezia]

The only remaining question is the release date

[LaPaloude]

What a nice display of trophies !

[shep]

Yeah I’m not sure on that. From what I felt worth the wait.

[Matt]

@shep

its acceleration. A lot of high-AR foils are great once you’re at speed, but you need to build that speed, and if you make a mistake with the line, the penalty is stiff. The Solus is not a high AR wing…maybe 12:1 ?! And it gave me that punch to accelerate onto the bump you want, settle in, and then sit on in and glide with minimal effort.

this is cool, I found this to be a surprising positive of downwinding the surf foils, the ability to accelerate from medium to high speed to sneak onto a bump is really cool.

[shep]

Yes, of course like anything there are diminishing returns, but that is true on both sides of the spectrum finding that balance of glide speed and acceleration is key.

[Matt]

@shep

a very specialized mast that narrows considerably toward the foil. When riding high on the mast, the whole setup comes alive — more responsive, very fast, and lively without being pitchy. This is a race foil, but it still turns well and is fun to ride.

Cool to hear that you managed to make it work, exciting stuff, huge fan of the whole concept including the mast

[shep]

Thanks Matt, yes. Still only tried it 3 times and the third time things really opened up. It’s more technical than the 110 but I’d rather focus on being technical, than pumping effort, especially at 45 years old.

[Meow]

is the solus monobloc?

[Washout]

It’s the same as the rest of their lineup

✂️ Solus

[Slappy]

@shep

I had the pleasure of taking Kane’s personal Solus

Thanks for the info Shep, what sort of tail were you riding it with? Also was it G10 or carbon?

[shep]

I used a carbon tail…sorry but I am not sure of the names yet. Also, the fuse was the short fuse.

[OmarFoilCol]

Got my KT quiver

Enjoying the nomad 700/830 for prone foil a lot!

Carving the KT Nomad 830 / Crisp 130 stab

[robbo]

Has anyone sanded down the tips of the front foil? I know these foils handle breaching very well and am wondering if this may become compromised?

I’d like to sand down a bit to reduce risk falling onto a sharp object. the tightest radius at the tip is maybe 4mm. Im thinking to round it to 10-12mm to make it more blunt.

[OmarFoilCol]

Interested on this, yep, those tips feel dangerous ja!

[GduP]

Any thoughts/experience on Nomad vs the new Sabfoil Blackbird Balz Pro?

I’m 84kg intermediate winger looking for a setup to help with confidence inspiring progression with playing in wind swell bumps.

I’m hopefully going to get to demo the Nomad 980 next week but don’t think I’ll get the opportunity to try Sabfoil.

[MediterraneanFoiler]

I sanded the tips of the Nomad, it breaches beautifully, barely notice the breach.

[chrispewkreme]

I’m not wrong… KT just copied what’s alredy there and you retards act like they are some geniuses that are the first to use high camber foils…. morons.

[chrispewkreme]

Carbon can be lighter and stronger… North is trash, agreed

[LaPaloude]

Insulting people… You must be fun at parties!

Kane as said in a comment that in 2022, him and Armie came randomly to a Hawaii race with the same concept on some proto foil. Armstrong where quicker to commercialized them thats it.