A short POV on a day with swell.
Not a lot going on as a little too weedy but fun surviving the shorebreak - sketchy technique letting the rig look after itself (Simmer gear is tough ).
Ben Severne showing how easy it is getting out on a waveboard

I like the skies.

Really cool to see

Funny you should post that,Sunday at my local two of us launch at a beach break lower tide ,no problem getting out fully lit up on 3.5 and SS pfi 730 & 103 mast couple hours of fun but challenging foiling. Time to come in the tide had come up a bit and so did the swell I tried to foil on the back of one with my front foot out of the strap to get as close to the beach as possible kind of worked but could not flip the foil skyward in time before the next one hit me from behind felt lucky only a small hole in the wetsuit and my leg.

Nice video and music, thanks. If I am coming out of the water with 2-3+ foot breaking waves, I will separate the mast/sail from the board and leave the sail past the breakers and carry in the board/foil,then quickly go back for sail.

Why I switched to winging.

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Faff said..
Why I switched to winging.

Going through shore break is definitely easier for for wingers. One of the reasons, I'm shrinking my board,sail size

I like watching the real world issues

Shorebreak is a pain! both wind or wing foil so it's very interesting watching how others cope with it

Don't laugh but, we had some shore break here in Busso a couple of mths ago and I watch a very hardened ex pro struggle with launching on the fin. Winter storm was ugly.

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miamiwindsurfe said..

Faff said..
Why I switched to winging.

Going through shore break is definitely easier for for wingers. One of the reasons, I'm shrinking my board,sail size

I was on a Wizard 103 (5' long) and mostly used a 4.0. Still a pain (in the neck especially, carrying it on my head).

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Faff said..
Why I switched to winging.

At my local spots it seems like we always hear wingers tearing there wing canopy open with the foil on the way in. Not sure if this is because there is simply more kooks out there trying the sport?Personally I helped wingers detach there leash lines, even with 2 people helping it's no easy task in heavy shore break.
I detach my windsurf rig and leave it past the break but its sucks with the 111cm mast as you have to get out there pretty far at some beaches. These days if it's too big to get out I wanna prone foil anyway