I’m looking at the Lift 4’10x75L board for winging. I’m a beginner/intermediate winger ready for my second board, currently riding a Lift 170ha. I weigh 75kg. Are the Lift boards good designs?
What is your current board that you’re on?
I have a 115L foil surf machine.
No experience with that board specifically but here are a few general thoughts. I am assuming you are moving from beginner to intermediate stage based on that 115l board volume.
Going from way plus liters to bodyweight in volume is a big step. Totally doable, and can save you buying an intermediate board, just be prepepared to struggle a bit at first and consider how stable and reliable the wind is in your area. Low riding on a bodyweight board is much harder. The main trick to mastering this step down in naord size is learning to use the wing tip in the water as a stabilizer.
Personally, I really don’t like exactly bodyweight volume boards. They dont quite sink and they don’t quite float so the stability is all over the place. I tend to prefer roughly +10L or -10L from bodyweight in kg and avoid in between. Your mileage may vary.
That board at 4’10x26" and 75L is now an older design style. Short and fat and much harder to launch than a narrower, longer board at the same volume. Unless you are totally focussed on tricks and spins, I suggest looking for something of 5.5 to 6 ft length, and 22 to 23 inches wide. Volume after your preference. That width is a trade off of performance vs stability and learning struggle. Narrower will be higher performance but more struggle, wider the opposite.
Fully agree with Silas, there will be a significant difference between 75L and 85L.
The latest “large” board from Lift is 70L 5’4x25", I haven’t tried it but it looks good, still a bit wide but it would probably be easier than the old design shorter 75L.
But you would probably be better off with an 85L board, you’ll spend more time on the board and on foil than in the water.
As you keep progressing you’ll have more fun downsizing your foil than downsizing the board. For example if you get an HA120 or HA90, a board with some length, volume and narrow will have the speed and make it easier to get on foil.