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Big wave foiling- insane clip

Created by pohaku pohaku  > 9 months ago, 29 Jan 2020
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hilly
hilly

WA

7979 posts

29 Jan 2020 6:26pm
Casual king. Wish we had those conditions
JEG
JEG

JEG

VIC

1469 posts

30 Jan 2020 9:18am
nuts!
surfcowboy
surfcowboy

164 posts

30 Jan 2020 11:32am
So cool that GoFoil posted matahi on a Cloud9. Honestly foiling is still in that phase where everyone is just stoked on the progression and the competition seems friendly.

How about a tail grab to hold your wing in the water? Crazy.
gspotxtreme
gspotxtreme

WA

95 posts

31 Jan 2020 10:26am
Great to see guy's charging some solid stuff. Sure beats vid's of dock starts
I guess with a board that short, and waves that powerful, it would be tricky to have enough leverage ( forward weight) to stop breaching . Hence the tail grab/pig dog/coffin ride
crazy skill level for sure.
pohaku
pohaku

NSW

883 posts

1 Feb 2020 2:15am
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surfcowboy said..
So cool that GoFoil posted matahi on a Cloud9. Honestly foiling is still in that phase where everyone is just stoked on the progression and the competition seems friendly.

How about a tail grab to hold your wing in the water? Crazy.


He's on a GF GL140
Beasho
Beasho

284 posts

15 Feb 2020 2:57am
I posted the video to YouTube for easy viewing.

I ordered the GoFoil GL140. I have been riding the GL210 in bigger waves and have been able to hold it down up to 12+ foot faces with a 7'4" board. I was skeptical of going DOWN in size but Dave Kalama, James Casey . . . all swear that the GL140 is fantastic. Dave Kalama says "I never feel underwinged with the GL140." Here -->

soundcloud.com/progressionproject/foiling-series-dave-kalam-part-2-technical-foiling

Hopefully the GL140 wing will make BIG conditions even more comfortable. Considering this video it appears as though the wing can handle 20+ foot waves speeds. AWESOME!!!!

Is anyone else riding big waves on Foils - UNASSISTED by Jet-Ski????

Beasho
Beasho

284 posts

15 Feb 2020 3:30am
Here was a shot of Haley Fiske last weekend. I had been catching waves at Phlegm Balls over the prior weeks which is halfway to the Bowl at Mavericks.

I lured Haley out with tales of glory. From a distance it looks "Easy Peasy" like a big mushberger wave. Then you put a person on the wave and it looks like this. The conditions were 8 ft @ 13 seconds and high tide. Just short of what it takes for Mavericks to break. Just don't go too deep because there are ROCKS 250 yards inside of this break.

BUT, BUT, BUT for now my new foil playground. Not for the faint of heart. Uncrowded except for. . . Haley.

surfcowboy
surfcowboy

164 posts

15 Feb 2020 10:52am
Ah, the GL makes way more sense both speed-wise as well as the post. Thx man.
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