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Matt•DW-Board full build
Home-build of DW-board for light wind winging, paddle-ups and lake-DWThe board shape is inspired by Kalama’s Barracuda and KT's Dragonfly.Dimensions:240 cm x 50 cm x 16 cm, 115 liters, 5.8 kg without padConstruction materials:Foil tracks: LIO-TEC US FOIL Box 42 cmTrack box: Airex 80 kg/m3EPS: Insulation EPS 15 kg/m3Sandwich Standing Area: Glass fiber 80 g/m2 and Airex C70.75 2 mmCarbon biaxial 45°...
Matt•Full-Sandwich-Pumpboard
First build of full sandwich double stringer board for pump foilingAfter more than a year of pumping with a Pronesurf board it was time to build a real pumping board.Based on the construction ideas of Christian and with his extensive advice and support I was able to complete this project.The boardshape is inspired by the WKT from Armstrong.I did the construction in the apartment and bike room of o...
Carbon Skate - Lightweight and tough home-made foil pumping board
The biggest issue of my previous build, the Balsa Skate, was that it did not have a rocker. This resulted in two problems:it felt like pumping needed more energy in comparison to a board with a rockerif submerged deep in the water, the board would slowly soar to the surface while drifting away in a random direction. Often it appeared several meters away, which resulted in quite some swimming.Long ...
Custom Back Wing
Using test foils from Armstrong we learned that a small back wing increases the 'pumpability' noticeably. To this point I always had the custom 365 cm2 back wing on my Fanatic Aero foil that in comparison to the Armstrong back wings we tested is quite large. Naturally I also wanted a smaller wing. The motivation for making my own small back wing instead of buying one was the price tag for the orig...
