you guys need to stop posting those beautiful waters up north, I miss D beach!

Go Clemmo , nice riding by the big Fella.

Seajuice said..
Nice foiling! Just shows whatever can be done on a surfboard will eventually be done on a foil.
Can't wait to see the first rider at Nazare. Good way to get away from the wash avalanche.

It's been done.

Everaldo Pato Teixeira has been tearing up a few waves there before on a prototype Ghost Whisperer setup with a long 101cm mast.

Some big stuff. Not mega but still huge.

Pics
www.facebook.com/everaldopatoteixeira/photos/a.1461212857426005/2230582073822409/?type=3&theater


Videos
www.instagram.com/p/BpSp8Hml9YF/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

www.instagram.com/p/BpM1RNDguFk/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

An interview with Evan Lloyd where we discuss the challenges of learning to Foil:

colas said..
Beryl in Costa Rica. He shows the very high lines a foil can use on a wave...

Nice Colas. Great riding Beryl!

Seajuice said..
Nice video jezza007. Love the distance travelled. Nice take offs too. Nice riding Casso. Just wondering what length mast? Looks longer than 60cm.

It's an AXIS 75cm mast - perfect for most of the waves around Sydney.

You are afraid to use straps for foiling? Just train without the foil :-)

www.facebook.com/patrice.guenole/videos/10215250717403565/

Re the last vid,

Why do we not hear more about the Starboard foils?

They've got a pretty competitive lineup of wings and parts, but I only stumbled upon them by chance.?!?

It's already started guys down airs and rotations unstrapped plus paddling in on big waves.
www.instagram.com/p/BxPa9HTHR9s/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1842h9rwrk0w4

I got hit by one of these BIG waves a couple of months ago. It was 19 ft @ 19 seconds Middle Peak at Steamer Lane. I was run over by a 12 ft wall of whitewater. It blew out the bottom of my Tuttle box but I didn't realize it and just kept foiling for more than an hour.

I heard some crunching sounds that I dismissed as my leash banging around. Then I got to the beach and the board looked like this.

The GOOD that came from this was the realization that the TOP deck matters more than the bottom for holding things together with a Tuttle Box. I had installed this box and had 2 layers of 6 oz Glass & 2 Layers of 6 oz Carbon as a 1 Sq Foot CAP on top of the Tuttle under my back foot. It remained intact and never punched through the top of the board.

When flying in bigger waves I prefer the IWA GoFoil wing with KAI tail.

At first I didn't think the rig would fly with the small rear tailwing. It felt like the board had no pumpability and would constantly touchdown, heavy on the nose as shown here:



Then I figured out how to move my front foot with an elongated strap. You can see the play I get with the front foot ~ 4". This lets me take off with a heavy front foot, stay low then when the wave starts to lose its energy I can slide my foot back and pump.

On the new Smik 6'6 x 28.5 x 103L..with the GoFoil Iwa...had about dozen sessions so far on it..still learning and improving. Dismounts still pretty ugly..but just sharing the stoke.