# Optimist with a foil flying at 5 knots **URL:** https://foil.zone/t/optimist-with-a-foil-flying-at-5-knots/1369 **Category:** Foils & Boards **Created:** [March 8, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/optimist-with-a-foil-flying-at-5-knots/1369 "2018-03-08T11:50:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Mat](https://foil.zone/user_avatar/foil.zone/mat/32/115_2.png) [@Mat](https://foil.zone/u/Mat) #### Post date: [March 8, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/optimist-with-a-foil-flying-at-5-knots/1369/2 "2018-03-08T14:59:31Z")
I made the wing attached to be able to surf with my foil… the regular kitefoil wings are too fast to stay in the waves… This wing is much thicker (almost 3cm) than the original one and has a loooot more surface area (20cm long and 60 cm wide) To get a better feel for how it behaves, i took it for a ride with my kite. It creates a lot of lift, as soon as you move it’s pushing up… i can go slower than walking speed and stay flying. I was actually so slow that my GPS didn’t record it as riding. The drawback is that top speed is very limited and there a slight tendency to stall at extra low speed… so you have to choose: Start slow, or ride fast 🙂 ![IMG-3594](https://efoil.builders/uploads/default/original/2X/7/78975a4bdef3ab3bcc6456cea9bde80e4e97431f.JPG) ![IMG-3592](https://efoil.builders/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7adeceefdf3f6bf6af9132112417389bc71b8d53.JPG) --- _[View the full topic](https://foil.zone/t/optimist-with-a-foil-flying-at-5-knots/1369)._