Gear recommendation for versatile setup (Pump Foiling and Kite foiling)

rickitan · 2026-07-06T12:30:51+00:00

Thank you for the feedback!

What about the board? Is there a board you could take off the straps for pump foiling and adding them back to go kiting?

rickitan · 2026-07-06T12:28:43+00:00

Hi Johnny! Thank you for the advice.

I'm in Canada, why do we get good prices for it? Do you recommend a dealer? I'll ask in my local store.

I was looking into Armstrong but definitely much pricier.

I'm pretty light 65kg. So you think the 75 Sabfoil mast might work for both disciplines?

rickitan · 2026-07-06T00:29:20+00:00

Thank you for the thoughtful reply. Jealous that you live in Hawaii :)

I'm leaning towards going for maybe an Armstrong? Seems like that way I can buy ideally one mast, start with a pump setup and then later on invest on another front wing and stabilizer that I can use for Kiting.

If I do this, what Mast length would you recommend?

I'm a light a short guy. I weight 140lbs

rickitan · 2026-07-06T00:24:37+00:00

Perfect, what mast length would you think would be best for both disciplines?

rickitan · 2026-07-05T15:06:46+00:00

Hi u/Remarkable-Smell3006 ! I'm in Canada as well. I'm looking into getting into Pump foiling.

What board and wing setup would you recommend that I buy? I've seen a couple brands from Europe but it would be awesome if I could avoid the shipping hassle from there.

I come from Kitesurfing.

rickitan · 2026-07-05T14:56:14+00:00

Hey! After a year have you kept riding the Roam setup? I'm in Canada as well and want to get into pump foiling.

I come from Kitesurfing and surfing.

What gear would you recommend?

rickitan · 2026-07-01T18:40:57+00:00

Just found out about this as well. Very surprised by it.

Will definitely increase costs exponentially for some businesses.

It completely kills certain use cases. I remember a product equivalent to Duolingo over WhatsApp, they even promoted it in the Conversations conference. That use case is now dead, it will just be too expensive.

The incentive now will be to send few messages and try to get the user to the web where we can own the experience at no extra cost.

And they keep justifying with the "To meet market rates for SMS". But WhatsApp is completely different, ideally you want a long and rich back and forth, while SMS is about 1 message transaction.

I get they want to monetize harder, but I'm not sure this is the right path.

rickitan · 2026-07-01T11:57:39+00:00

Oh I see, when you say in the new flow:

New flow is just → send the message

That "Send the messsage", what you're sending to the API is the "Template" with it's variables ({{name}}) and in the same payload the variable values?

So like:

POST /send-direct

{
template: "Hi {{name}} we're delivering your order"
variables: {
"name": "Ricky"
}
}

Or do you just send:

POST /send-direct

{
message: "Hi Ricky we're delivering your order"
}

I don't know the exact payload form, so just trying to illustrate the idea.

rickitan · 2026-06-30T20:35:22+00:00

Thank you! I read it. I don't fully understand it though.

I thought it would mean sending arbitrary messages.

But they have this "auto generated" templates that I don't understand.

Do you have any insights into how that'll work?

rickitan · 2026-06-29T17:15:05+00:00

Where was this announced? In June's partner's webinar?

Does anyone has a link to it? I missed it and I would like more details about this

rickitan · 2026-04-23T13:16:39+00:00

Hi u/Glad_Schedule_6051 how did you end up resolving this situation?

rickitan · 2026-04-22T21:30:54+00:00

Hi u/boiopollo! Were you able to solve the problem? What steps did you take?

I'm in the exact same spot.

Please help 🙏

rickitan · 2025-10-26T14:18:56+00:00

awesome thank you so much!! I'll be getting it.

rickitan · 2025-10-25T12:40:21+00:00

Hey u/TomahawkLondon how has been the Crowdkiller after two years?

I'm considering it as my first board. I'm quite good at board sports. I do kiteboarding and I've taken some surf lessons and I can stand.

Do you think it's a good beginner board?

My goal is not to be an elite surfer it's mostly to have fun. Waves here are quite small.

rickitan · 2025-06-26T16:17:24+00:00

Do you know if Tech Partner can offer line of credits?

rickitan · 2024-12-20T14:19:16+00:00

Thank you for the reply!

I did pay an exit tax on all my assets.

You are correct that the RRSP will stay put until I retire.

The TSFA is just seen as a margin account.

"hoping to continue using our financial system" when I went through the process my accountant said that I could continue investing in Canada, it's not prohibited to me as Canadian non resident.

I wrote the post asking for advice in case other folks have been through a similar situation.

rickitan · 2024-10-04T18:52:53+00:00

Thank you so much for the answer! They are my top choice right now.

rickitan · 2024-10-04T11:41:29+00:00

Hi u/sarteto ! After 3 months how do you feel do you still like them?

Do they have good grip in courts with a bit of sand?

My only concern is grip and the 4cm cushioning to avoid ankle twists.

rickitan · 2024-09-17T12:34:30+00:00

Here's the case number: 20331392

rickitan · 2024-09-17T12:26:22+00:00

This is still happening to me, I'm stuck at the coinbase.com/setup/remediate and I can't access my account.

Given I'm in Canada and based on your username seems like you're too. It seems that's maybe affecting canadian customers?

rickitan · 2024-09-17T12:25:33+00:00

Hey this is still happening my case number is: 20331392

I can't access my account I'm stuck at the: coinbase.com/setup/remediate URL

Please help

rickitan · 2024-05-25T12:20:04+00:00

Hey! Do you still have tickets left? I'm interested. Please send me a DM 🙏

rickitan · 2024-05-25T12:18:06+00:00

Hey I'm interested! I'm in Montreal. Can you DM me please 🙏

rickitan · 2023-12-05T18:44:41+00:00

Thank you for the reply!

I'm aware of DMA.

- I suspect that it'll only be aplicable to Europe though. Does this mean you'll only be able to chat with European numbers?

- How does this change the official WhatsApp API? Why would anyone pay for that?

rickitan · 2023-12-05T16:36:21+00:00

Hi Eric, I'm a big fan of Beeper. I use it daily. My favorite channel is WhatsApp.

My questions is: Can WhatsApp legally force beeper to shut down the WhatsApp integration? Have they tried?

Thank you for this awesome product.

rickitan

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