Axis wing size for kitefoil

I use the 900 to kite foil (also the 680 and 820 even) they are all fine.

I think the 660 would probably be the best kite foil wing for the S series but I haven't used one.

It really depends what you want to do, none of them are that fast compared to a lot of kite foil wings but I am more interested in light wind cruising around and speed isn't that important.

The 900 works quite well with the 460 tail

Get the black series with the HPS700 and 420 flat tail, it's just insane for kite. So fast, loose and glides

It's a completely different world to anything on the S series. Sold all my S series wings

K series hasn't been updated for years...

There's going to be a 650 soon

I had my first ride of the HPS 700 yesterday. Ultra short black fuse and 370 rear for now.

The 700 required higher take off speed as expected, but similar to the 600 probably. It took a few goes as I was in a shallow spot and not overpowered on the 6m peak in gusty winter winds, it doesn't help when your foil touches the bottom mid way thru the 2nd loop. Every time. Once a gust came along and I was up and riding it felt fast and smooth and I was able to make friends with it pretty quickly. Very responsive with the shorter fuse, not "twitchy" but I had to be on the ball a few times with quick pitch corrections as I crossed into swell for example. Easy to carry good speed through gybes etc it wants to be powered and carve. Was able to play on swell nicely and carve around a little. I felt like it was a step up a gear from the 600 and it went upwind at a higher angle (particularly toeside) which was probably a function of higher speed. I also felt it was a more high energy session, I was putting a lot in to keep the foil under my feet, as opposed to relaxed cruising with the 820 but getting a lot out in return if that makes sense. But this could have been that it was my 2nd session of the day. It was only a short session but a good first session to get a read on the foil.

I'll buy the 380 rear when I can, and probably the HPS 880 as a 820 replacement. I'm a little torn between HPS or BSC but Adrian said "maybe HPS 880" so I'll use that ringing endorsement as the deciding factor.

Hoping for 20kt flat water session this avo, will post update..

Bit of an update a mini review for you guys. I had 3 great sessions in the last 3 days, feeling the stoke. Had a few "life is short" reminders recently so I lashed out and bought a bit more gear.

Yesterday I was able to try my new light wind / surf setup, in the end I went with the HPS930. It's trading down from 1500cm2 with the 820 wing to 1200cm2, but I was hoping the extra wingspan & glide would overcome the lower takeoff pop that I presume the extra square cm provides and mean that it would still work for bottom end light wind. I was a bit nervous to go out as it was fathers day and the beach was full, and the water was also full with a paddle race on in the bay as well. Not a day to struggle and flail around. Wind was marginal but forecast to build and starting to pick up. My friend got going fine on his Soul 10 so I rigged the P4 6m.

First loop of the p4 and I was almost up and going.. glide kept the board moving while the 2nd power spike arrived, and we were away. The big wing is super stable under foot. Able to be ridden slowly like the 820 without stalling. Able to push up faster as well. Definitely not one to throw into turns, but still able to carve it left and right.

Then I started to get onto the big (for me) swell coming through. Backhand which is not preferred - normally. But I was having such a great time I started to learn to love backside waves more than I have before. Point this wing downhill and it takes off like a rocket. Breach the big wing tip carving and it shrugs it off without noticing. For such a big wing it comes alive in the surf and just makes it easy. I had such a good time I only came in when I could barely stand any longer.

Yes my board is 1cm longer than my wing is wide Although this wing is so stable I think I'll give my 80cm board a run with it. I had it with 370 rear, short fuse, 19mm mast. I'll try it with the 390 and 380 rears as well and see whether I notice a difference.




Friday I had a super flat water session with the HPS 700 & 380 rear on ultrashort fuse, 16mm mast, CarbonCo Nang 100 with straps. This combo was great fun, very alive under my feet, fast and carvy. I was out with various other kite and wing foilers and I felt like my gear was the most fun by a country mile, just super smooth and responsive with enough speed on demand to carve rings around everyone. I liked the 700 with the 370 rear but I think the 380 brings it to life.. however it does whistle. I'm working on sanding the trailing edge as I can't deal with a loud whistle. One of the other guys came in, his comment was "meh boring without waves" but I reckon that was largely down to his gear, I would never be bored in flat water with this setup. Waaay to much fun. I'm trying to wean myself off the peaks to start jumping with this combo, but it's just hard to make myself fly anything else at the moment...