Thought I'd share a couple of videos of myself. Hopefully they're of interest!

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BritWindfoiler said..

Sweet turns
Looks like a great spot.
Where are you sailing?

These are at a very popular windsurfing spot in the UK called Hayling Island.

Wavesailing there is frustrating most days because the wave goes for miles, but is very soft. For foiling it is ideal though.

It's difficult to see in the first gopro video clips, but I was riding X-shore 1-2ft waves in the same way as you would wavesail. The foil makes them feel massive, given the acceleration you get across/down the faces.

Keep the posts coming
Love seeing other people frothing at their local

Thought I could see Ryde church tower and one of the Solent forts. Good old Isle of ****e!

Tim,
Nice carves, 360 and wave riding! You make it look easy mate! Thanks for sharing, its motivating!

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2keen said..
Keep the posts coming
Love seeing other people frothing at their local

www.instagram.com/p/CM9s3ZDlGRJ/

Footage from today. Very windy by the time I got my partner to take some footage, overpowered on a 3.7. Still, some fun bumps to play on. Annoyingly I made a really good 360/kono and got the foil right in the air, but my other half missed it. Always the way!

Nice wave riding

Nice footage!
What foil do you use? It seems to have a lot of lift.

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ZeeGerman said..
Nice footage!
What foil do you use? It seems to have a lot of lift.

Slingshot i76.

This is footage from the end of a session where the wind had been continually rising, so I was quite overpowered here. I also have an i65 and that would've been about right.

For cross-on you need a low stall speed if you want to ride the low period waves/chop, so the i76 is better. It does however produce a lot of lift as you accelerate down a wave* face. This is fine in lighter winds, but can be a bit of a handful when it gets up.

For cross-off or bigger waves the i65 is better as you've got continual speed, but we rarely get those conditions.

I actually reckon something in the middle would be the best solution to cross-on in windy conditions, with a lower stall speed than the i65, but a bit less lift down a wave face* than the i76. Maybe around 1200cm2. It does depend on whether you want to ride them, or use them as a ramp (or a bit of both as I do). If you wanted to purely ride them like a winger would you'd need a 2000cm2+ foil.


*We're talking short period mush here, but the foil makes it feel a lot bigger!