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Zup Foil to enter foiling

clawsar

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Year
2024
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AR
Boat Length
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Hey everyone,
I’ve been sifting through this site and learning lots. I have one question still that I think hasn’t been asked yet.

My family is looking at getting a 2024 AR220 to start getting out on the water, possibly with friends. I have two young kids (6 and 8) who have really enjoyed tubing with friends and my oldest tried a ZUP and loved standing up the first time. The one thing I wish we could do is try surfing, but the cost jump is prohibitive. My thought is jumping straight to wake foiling.

ZUP has a foil for their do more board, and I’m wondering if that would be the right way to help kids (and me) transition from the you got this Zup to foiling, or if jumping into a slingshot or liquid force is better. We don’t currently have any interest in going to faster wakeboarding, but it seems like that’s where most people who jump into foils are coming from.

Has anyone tried the Zup foil? Is there a better path to go from starting out with a Zup to foiling behind a jet boat?
 
I pulled the trigger on the boat this weekend and they had a slingshot wf1 and foil on sale for less than the zup. Snatched it up and we’ll see how it goes when the lakes thaw out.
 
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