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What is your favorite foil and why?
Aloha team, I’ve been doing a lot of R&D with different foils lately, and realize the fastest foil is not necessarily everyone's first choice to ride downwind. I’m curious what you all think, what foil do you enjoy most for downwinding, and why? Is it glide, control, climb, low end - top end range, turning, or something else that makes it your favorite? Stoked to hear your thoughts :)
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Yes! This suprised me when i started, that smaller slower bumps are easier than bigger ones. If you make a mistake and get in the wrong place it is not so far to correct it. Eagle 1290 has worked for me from the beginning up to now 25k runs, also turns nice if you get in tune with it 🤤 when it reaches to high speed it doesent become unmanageable, just slows down and you catch the bump behind.
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I am trying to transition from eagle 1290 to eagle x 900. I feel it is really hard reading and navigating the faster bumps on the 900. Is it too big a step perhaps? Any tips or practices? Thanks!
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@Edoardo Tanas thanks a lot, this makes sense! 🤙
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