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Faff, I ride Armstrong hs2 780 with the dart 140 tail, +0.5 shim, cedrus wing mast (90 or 72), foil positioned at center of mass balance point of board. Board is a 78 L Emissary. I ride f-one wings of different generations (mostly newer). I mainly ride in the Columbia Gorge so generally there's swell but certainly not always big swell. Generally I looks for mid-strength days to work on speed (17-22 kt). I'm 85-ish kg
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Badass wingfoil racers look like they never change their sail angles. How do they absorb the power when a gust hits? Certainly part of it is being willing to go faster -something I'm loathe to do over 17 or so kts.
I know I 'need' to learn to be stable on foil at higher speeds. But I intuit that a component of this is having more stillness in the upper body causing less instability translated to the foil. I'm constantly adjusting the sail angles to account for wind strength. So what's the secret -just lean back and let the whole gust get translated into velocity?
