I'm up to my 10th or 11th session on my foil. But really only had about 5 sessions in good conditions. Board is 7ft Coreban Wahine, girls version of the Hyper but exactly same board. Don't laugh! It was a good buy at the time & I covered the word girl with a Coreban sticker. So now you can't tell, right.? Lol.
Anyway. Got out in a lumpy surf making things difficult for stability which affected my timing to catch waves.
Finaly within that 3 hour session I got onto a wave & lifted the board onto the foil that is similar in size to an H4 Slingshot. But this time I had my thoughts on an open greeting stance & focussed on pushing the nose of the board back down & levelling it. But just on lift off I realized my back foot was forward of the mast but too late for correction!
So off I went. Gliding silently on my magic carpet. I instantly realized that my weight forward was just right on a fairly large wave close to head high with good power & speed which had me controlling it quite easily.
Unfortunately got too confident & splashed down! Lol.
Had a few more runs after that but not long. But was stoked!
Very happy with my set up so far. Love the board's excessive nose rocker. I recovered quite well after a few nose dives, bouncing back up off the surface to keep going on the wave. The board has a bit of tail rocker which I think will help with pumping the foil too.
The mast is just above the wing & so far no problem getting it up & gliding.
The foil is set right in my opinion. Catches waves as normal & speeds up well as it lifts.
Oh. Will keep staying safe as possible with helmet & vest. Cheers.

Great!

Yes, I guess when using regular SUP boards to add a foil, this wide planshape (for stability) + tons of rocker (to "unglue" the board on takeoff by some rocking motion) is the way to go.

You obviously know your boards Colas.
As a SUP board I was quite disappointed with it because it was soooo slow down the line & picking up waves. But was good on steep drops & sucky waves. The board would only perform if it was worked hard which I was not good at.
But it was the first choice for adding a foil by my surfing mate.
It changed this board by speeding it up when catching waves. The short length helped in easy foot placement, lift & swing weight. And the nose rocker for nose dive recovery.
I was going to convert my JP 8ft 32inch wide body for a foil. I bought an extra track box for it. But so far I am impressed with this 7ft Coreban as good foiling conditions usually have a wave break at the start then roll on afterwards.

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Seajuice said..
I was going to convert my JP 8ft 32inch wide body for a foil. I bought an extra track box for it. But so far I am impressed with this 7ft Coreban as good foiling conditions usually have a wave break at the start then roll on afterward.

One thing is clear from all the people I have talked to: for foiling, as soon as you taste a smaller board, you do not want to go back to a longer one, even if it means struggling for paddling. So no need to put a box on the 8' now :-)

No better feeling!!! Nice one Sea Juice!

Thanks AA.