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2019 Slingshot Hydrofoil Wings - Measurements and Practical Uses
Let's Chat: 2019 Slingshot Hydrofoil Wings
2019 is an exciting year for hydro-foiling. The variety and abundance of choices in the current market are sure to have a product for every circumstance and budget. However, that also means that the dizzying confusion of product names, measurements, and uses makes choosing one a confounding affair. Slingshot, for instance, has two foil platforms for 2019 with a combined 10 wing choices.
Hover Glide Wings
The least expensive of the platforms is
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6th Jul 2018
Learning to Foilboard Behind the Boat: Foil Fridays
Learning to Foil Behind the Boat
What's the easiest way to learn how to hydrofoil? Starting behind a boat! Learning behind the boat allows you to fully focus on the foiling itself, rather than worrying about the kite. It's essentially the trainer kite for foiling. This controlled environment allows you to understand how foils operate based on small adjustments.
Before You Hit the Water
You can foil behind a multitude of different watercraft, from a wakeboard boat to a jetski t
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15th Jun 2018
Naish Hover 112 + Thrust Surf L Review
Working at MACkite has some unique benefits. Working with friends in an industry that we are passionate about makes most days feel less like “work”. The huge amount of demo gear available is also well appreciated by our staff. However, it is hard to monetize the value of our “Board Meetings”. Our "Board Meetings" are not the typical drudgery that is associated in most workplaces. Rather, it is a meeting of employees where we can go play and test gear during work hours.
Last week, we ha
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20th Apr 2018
Foil Fridays Special Questions and Answers
Since this was a special edition this article will be a little different. We will repost the initial question followed by our initial response in Youtube to the user. I will then add any additional information below that to round out the knowledge.
Stas Firer:
What category does the 2018 Naish Thrust KS1 fall into and do you guys plan on doing a review on it?
MACkite:
Hey Stas! We think the Naish Thrust KS1 fits nicely into the "Performance Freeride" or "Powered Freeride" cat
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13th Apr 2018
How will my kite work for foilboarding?
Foilboarding is the newest and fastest growing aspect of kiteboarding, without question. The rapid advance of riding styles and equipment is a hard thing to keep pace with. As a result, we get a lot of questions. Since most of the people getting into kiteboard foiling are already kiteboarders, a popular question is, “How will my kite(s) work for foiling?”; A legitimate question! The kite you have/choose will have certain advantages and disadvantages for your riding and styles
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6th Apr 2018
Foil Friday: 5 Best Kites for Hydrofoiling
5 Best Kites for FoilingHydrofoil kiteboarding has been on fire lately at the shop. I cannot remember the last time where every employee was so excited about one aspect of kiteboarding. Every employee from our young guns to shop legends caught the foil bug. As a result, we have seen a dramatic shift in the kite quivers chosen by our staff. Our quivers were dominated by large freestyle kites like the Cabrinha FX; now, we are switching to kites that compliment the unique challenges of
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30th Mar 2018
General Hydrofoil Categories Explained
If you hop onto our website and look at the listings of available foils, you might be pretty quickly overwhelmed. Just like the rest of us, you're probably wondering which foil combo would be great for your personal needs. Foilboarding is exploding; and with it, a lot of gear has been developed. We've got so much to offer with so many different uses, we thought it would be helpful to break all that down all our foils into three separate categories.
Freeriding
Powered freeriding (yes,
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16th Mar 2018
Foilboarding Sports
Welcome to the beginning of our knowledge center. While we're building out this new category on our webpage, we'll be pairing our Foil Friday videos with these extensive blog posts. If you have any questions, be sure to let us know in the comment section of the video.
Have you ever seen a pelican soaring inches above the water? Smoothly cruising the shorelines, unaffected by the choppy waters below, pelicans are a frequent sighting at many beaches. If you have ever seen
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9th Mar 2018