Swift // Kite our custom carbon kite race board
Push the limits
on a Swift // Kite carbon race foil board...
SWIFT // Kite
The SWIFT // Kite is our high performance carbon Kite race foil board for racer looking to push their riding to the limit.
Light weight and strong
Our 100% carbon epoxy construction keeps weight to a minimum while providing the strongest stiffest platform.
Adjustable Tuttle box
adding our in-house adjustable carbon Tuttle box with a 3-degree fore and aft adjustment is a great way to precisely fine-tune your foil angles.
Designed for you
We love working with you the rider to come up with a board that best suits your riding style to get the best performance out of the board.???
3D view
SWIFT // Kite
Board shown is 122cm x 40cm x 26L
The details
SWIFT // Kite is built to order and unlike the mass-producers, we cut each board individually and will customise details and dimensions to suit you.
Built with premium carbon and epoxy
The SWIFT // Kite is built with a premium weave carbon cloth and epoxy resin as standard. We use a vacuum construction to increase the fiber density within the matrix. This creates a laminate with a better strength to weight ratio.
Finished in a super hard polished epoxy gloss coat.
Unlike the big brands, we do not use spray lacquers which can easily chip and scratch. We put on a clear epoxy gloss coat. This creates the most durable finish possible.
or talk to us about your own colour overlay
Choose from a range of single, dual colour and fully custom multi colour styles.
With a choice of epoxy pigments and styles we will make your board unique
Boards shown here are NG range but we can do similar things on all our boards including special effects over show carbon
Fitted with our adjustable carbon Tuttle box
Integrated grip
Direct feel
We use a carbon PVC sandwich to give the deck a strong yet light feel paired with our integrated grip give you the best control with the most direct feel
Tech details
All our boards are built using an epoxy vacuum construction. Epoxies have superior strength compared to cheaper alternative polyester resins so it was an easy decision for us to make.
Vacuum bagging boards during lamination applies an even pressure over the surface which allows us to achieve a greater fibre density within the resin matrix, resulting in a stronger, lighter board.
Our Kite race boards are laminated with 100% carbon fibre.
Carbon fibre has an excellent strength to weight ratio having a low density, high tensile strength and a high Young’s Modulus (stiffness). With prone boards being so thin the stiffness must be provided by the laminate and so 100% carbon construction is necessary to create a strong and rigid yet lightweight board.
Unlike the big brands, we do not use spray lacquers which can easily chip and scratch. We put on a special clear epoxy gloss coat polished to a shine. This creates the most durable finish possible.
All our boards are designed on specialist computer aided design software. This defines the shape and allows us to understand the hydrodynamics including drag, centre of buoyancy and volume distribution. We can prototype new shapes quickly and adjust the design for the optimum board – we go from a concept to a test board within a week which gives us a fantastic feedback cycle to ensure we develop quickly. Using CNC machining we get great accuracy and repeatability of profiles that you could not get from hand shaping.
The foil Box is the most highly stressed point on the board and as such required us to design and engineer a solution to handle these loads.
We manufactured multiple inserts to transfer these high loads though the board and further strengthened this area with carbon.
We are proud to say we have never had a foil box rip out or fail and believe we have created one of the strongest on the market.
A ‘Gore’ self venting plug is fitted. This prevents the building of pressure within the board, caused by changes in core temperature or altitude when flying.
Why buy Swift Foiling ?
QUALITY
With the big brands you are paying for cheap materials, freight from China, multiple reseller markups, and delivery miles. With SWIFT you are paying for quality materials - epoxy and carbon, producing solid builds that last. No markups - we sell direct to you.
RAPID INNOVATION
With the big brands it can take up to a year for product innovations to appear on a mainstream board. Swift products are continuously developed and every board is current
DEAL WITH THE DESIGNERS
When you buy direct, you deal with the people that design and build your board. If the wind is up, we are riding and testing every week of the year. We know what works.
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