alien.adventures

Armstrong Midlength FG Board 85L  since July 10, 2025. Dimensions: 6'5 x 20 3/4" x 4 7/8", or 196cm x 53cm x 12.4cm Weight: 6kg, as at July 10, 2025 Next impressions (after 10+ sessions) This board sparks joy! Good pressure on wing = foiling! Point it downwind and it quickly gets to foiling speed. Easier to translate gusts into forward momentum due to longer more directional profile Didn't feel much more swing weight than the FG90 . Rode it in 20kt conditions, did not feel cumbersome! Somehow it feels easier to pump. Probably more leverage longitudinally. Retains sensitivity to foil Same hard tracks as the FG90, and same settings! Seems harder to muscle a direction change when touched down So easy and fun to pump off a swell now. I've been missing out! ML85 (left) vs FG90

  Golf bag ~18kg Two sets of foils, one mast Screws and tools Wing 1 Harness, helmet, impact vest Rashies, board shorts Toiletries, slippers IKEA bag Board bag ~13kg Board Wing 2 Total check-in: 30kg

 Got my Duotone foil set after a long month's wait! (Ordered on Apr 2, received on May 6) Mast: Slim 2.0 D/LAB 94cm Foil: Glide 2.0 SLS 1100  specs: span 106cm, AR 10.2 Fuselage: Aero AL 3BS 66cm Stab: H185 (a step smaller than the recommended H210) Damage: S$2,875 First sesh First impressions Thoughtful package, with velcro everywhere so that stuff doesn't tumble around in the foil bag Anti-corrosion, anti-seize paste provided. Not tacky and easier to wipe off than Tef-Gel! All screws and all tools provided. The M8 screws are not Torx 40, but 45. The M6 screws are the usual Torx 30. Had to self-apply thin EVA padding for mast/board interface; I missed that and my first sesh was with the naked mast! Odd that they don't stick this at the factory. (So it turns out that the padding is optional for "best performance", and its purpose is to protect the board/mast from grit that might be trapped in the connection.)  Track cradle for nuts provided, so that it's quic...

  OpenSwim Pro Paid $193.02 for this, to replace my old OpenSwim that's broken

  Instinct 2 - 45mm  since Nov 1, 2024 $273.39 from iChangi

  Gong 6m Wing Droid UPE Aramid Damage: ~S$1,400 (918.39euros + S$118.19 GST + S$20 handling) -  same price as a regular Dacron  6m Duotone Unit Review after 2 months of use: best feature is its smooth pistol grip - great for sliding through transitions (without bruising your hands), and provides another angle for wing handling only 5.5psi to inflate; formidable stiffness powerful low-end pull takes some getting used to, can be pulled over before getting enough speed to foil more twitchy than my  2024 6.5m Duotone Unit ; power delivery is snappier - since it is marketed as a freestyle wing easy handwork during regular and Heineken jibes, thanks to very slim boom Gong box fully approved by Pika