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How to fix rear foot fatigue during wake foiling

What adjustment would you make?

I've been dialing in my board for wake foiling and have landed on a repeatable, generally neutral setup. By neutral I mean that if I let the board glide, it's neither sinking or climbing. However, on longer rides I'm still experiencing rear foot fatigue so I think I still have some tweaking to do. My question is - what would be your next adjustment?

My setup is as follows. 200 lb rider. Advanced beginner ability. Riding behind a 20' direct drive ski boat (not a surf boat w/ballast) 1550 front wing (AR 4.1), 240 stab, 54cm fuse, 72cm mast, 4'4" board. Boat speed is 11.5 mph. Mast location is slightly aft of center point (-2.5 mark). Back foot is placement is slightly in front of the mast. Been trying to keep speed, mast, foot positions and wing sizes static while tweaking shim. Shim is 0.5 degrees nose down.

Thinking I either move the mast forward or shift my stance backwards? But I've found that best adjustments aren't always obvious.

Suggestions?

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u/Silent_Seven — 7 hours ago

Best way to go about repairing this?

New to foiling, wind knocked it over in the parking lot and left some road rash, Local shop quoted $200. Not pictured but I sanded it down to smooth it out and it doesn’t look that bad, is it enough damage to affect performance? Should I try to apply some epoxy to get the original shape back?

Thanks in advance

u/Otherwise_Surprise21 — 7 days ago

Wake / Lake foil

Hey, Im looking to purchase an Axis or Armstrong Foil Setup. Looking for guidance from people that own them on what i should purchase for the Lake. I love to foil and do it nearly everyday. I have a shitty sling shot setup i purchased a couple years ago to see if i liked it and then got the Hyper light Star ship last year and really like the smaller board.

Looking to get a full carbon Axis or Armstrong just dont know what wings / Tail fin would be the best settup. I want something that pumps really good and i can ride for a while but also is quick and nimble that i can carve hard on. Any info yall can provide on what wings i should get would be a great help.

Thanks,

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u/DxRv — 9 days ago

How Roger up?!?

I bought a foil understanding. It’s gonna be a challenge. Part of the reason I bought it.! but man I cannot get up and stay up for the life of me and it’s been taking a very long time. Just wondering, has anybody else had experienced weight surfing and then trying to foil and taking this long to get up?

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u/Appropriate_Size5978 — 8 days ago