SMIK Wing Foiling
SIZES 3.0 m / 3.5m / 4.0m / 4.5 / 5.5m / 5.0m / 6.0m / 7.0m
Further evolving from V4, we’ve managed to increase power and stability which further improves handling and control. New materials and 1 piece boom combine to create stiffness only felt in far more expensive materials.
Canopy
With the use of the heavier grade (81grm-m2) Challenge code tec 95P fabric, not only does it’s its shape held better whilst overpowered, it also has a super responsive crisp feeling. The life span of this material is also FAR superior. With extensive testing over a West Australian summer the wing utilising this material although weathered, held its original shape from when it was first pulled out of the bag.
The coloured leading edge fabric is the traditional weight (54grm-m2) which allows the wing to breathe a little better in pumping up onto the foil and not feeling too rigid.
Increased power between the hands which doesn't shift as the wing powers up and locks into the forward section of the wing equals control and drive up wind.
Central draft increased / remaining flat in wing tips.
Dimension polyant leading edge section
for strut stiffness
V5 SMIK wings are further refining what were already the highest tension, ultra-responsive wing on the market, but with tension combined with leech release, its wind range and control has been enhanced even further
YET AGAIN.
But whats different to V4 is that there's more power which is even more stable and ultra controlable.
OPTIMIZED PANEL ORIENTATION
Panel orientation and alignment of fibres in the body/canopy and at strut connection stress points combine to retain shape, in the moment under heavy strain and over time reducing stretching and becoming baggy.
Handling characteristics
First of all you notice the increased power the the central draft creates in oit's ability to pump up onto the foil. But it's an efficient power, not feeling overwhelmingly grunty. It's a stiff, stable wing that pops up efficiently and with ease.
You then notice locked in power. Super stable when sheeted in and then also when you de-power .There's no flutter. Just seamless transition sheeting in and out.
Upwind ability is extremly good but yet again, it's when you go into surf mode that it's extremely well behaved.
STILL THE ULTIMATE SURF WING
What hasn’t been lost is what SMIK has become synonymous for. “The ultimate surf wing”
When thrown back in neutral, it follows automatically with minimal movement or reaction to sharp redirections when you surf. It just sits there allowing you to focus on surfing.
Look at any other clip and compare and contrast how the wing behaves when in surf mode and the difference is stark to see.
No more Handles. Only boom
After finally being convinced about going to a boom, we just realised there's no point with handles anymore.
Freedom of hand movement being one factor, but just as importantly the added strut rigidity as a result of the boom.