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utcminusfour said..

Gwarn said..

utcminusfour said..


I did NOT notice the difference in swing weight. The only pro for me was the shorter length helped keep the nose from catching the wave in front when carving big chop.

This is the what the chubby short boards are all about now throw on a tall mast mast and you have a swell riding machine.

Windfoiling is a Form of Art and it allows a person to find there own riding style.

My style is my own as is my equipment as it works for me and me only this is why I love it.

I'm blessed as I live and ride in one of the windiest places in USA. Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay.

I don't ride if not 16 knots+++ it's just not the same for me I love speed and torque the higher winds provide.

This is one of the reasons I ride with my mast track forward and foil mast all the way back for hard fast swell carving.

I can still flag the sail down by my side and crave and glide and hold my own with the wing dings.

I call my set up ( SS 730 front 400 rear and a 125 mast ) my beach cruiser that I ride in a 70s style skate board park.

It's plenty fast when it needs to be.

It was not easy to get to the level that I'm at now and this is why windfoiling is not growing, I'm a Waterman and a Windsurfer to my core and a strong headed blue collar type so I don't give in easy as my life has always been a fight so the challenge was part of the satisfaction of it.

Just my two cents......................

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island,_San_Francisco

I love how there are no days less than 10 mph in July on that graph above! You are blessed!

Thanks for the kind words Utcminusfour.

Yes I'm a very lucky bastard and I count my blessing everyday.

This is why my style riding and equipment is what is as this is where I taught myself to foil.

Just for all you tech critical types my mast base is 69cm / 27 inches from the front of my foil mast.

July is off to a strong start this was yesterday wind and the tide ( Ebb tide )was going the opposite of the wind so the wind swell was nice.

Jumped in at 1:30 and rode for 3 hours and never got cold as it was one of the warmest days ever in the 20+ years of riding the island.

6 windsurfers, 5 Wing Dings, 2 windfoilers and 0 kites.

I'm sure if I was riding in a less windy area my gear would be different this is why I don't ride in less then 16 knots.

To be honest I think I would be on a kite foil ( Sling Shot UFO kites ) with a a micro board and a 633 Sab foil if I lived in a land lock place with out waves and lite winds that are sub 16 knots most days. Life is to short to let that happen.

Currently I only have a one sail quiver ( North 3.7 3Di wave ) I like things easy and tech free.... hook in and hold on.....

You only get one shot at life so chase you dreams and live free.......

















Riding the same board going on season 5

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WsurfAustin said..

You only get one shot at life so chase you dreams and live free.......

Amen to that !.

I take whatever wind I can get here. Which Wed. night, started 15 minutes before sunset. Winds started crankin' a consistent 23 knots, and I foiled into the sunset and a little after dark. Just and epic good time.

Why i own an 8 m sail. Trying not to leave anything on the table (plus, warm month light wind sessions on silk water are their own kind of fun) It's all good, whatever gear maximizes your smiles. Even if someone's set up doesn't match my style, i still learn a lot by listening to them and their reasoning.