Piros said..
OK I'll bite..... Where is the rear stabilizer wing?

You don't need one if you have straps, it is so much stabler.

Here's a few foil videos from four years ago.

Link doesn't seem to work but search Surffoils at Vimeo.

There's a foil shaped like a bullet
another like an inverted T
and another Aluminium one with Three foils at different heights. They all have an aspect ratio of less than 1, that is they are longer than wider.
They're scientific videos not commercial ones so they're not meant to entertain you.

With these design foils you can launch out of the lip and pull into barrels.

Here's another one, not mine but once again more science than entertainment, unless you like geek.

I'm exhausted just watching that..

"synchronized foiling" :-)
On the left (goofy), Patrice Guenole on a Gong Board and foil
On the right (regular), Eric Terrien on a Bic board and Go Foil (Kai)

www.facebook.com/patrice.guenole/videos/10214061277588313/

Today - you might need a magnifying glass...

roachy said..
Interested to know does the stick on mount work as good as the boxes , and does the mast still have adjustment on this mount . Haven't seen it , am a newbie also wanting to get into it . Thanks Roachy

The Foil Mount (Stick on mount) works very well. I have been using them on 4 different boards (2 x SUP and 2 x Surfboard) with zero issues. This said, I do like to explain to people that the mount is solely relying on the integrity of the bottom lamination, and the force applied by the foil are huge. I would expect that nearly every board will at some point fail through de-lamination if not through creasing or breaking. Any board that is not specifically designed to withstand the sheering pressure at teh front of the mast could not be expected to last. But to get yourself into the sport at a relatively low budget, this may be a good bet if you acknowledge the above.

Yes they give you a generous amount of adjustment, and good hardware.

I will always recommend purchasing a production purpose build foil board as a primary option.

Ride safe,

JB

very interesting, shows how the foils are only working at very shallow angles of attack, defiantly something to be learned from this.

I've been working on my reo's lately and today got some nice ones. The gopro isn't really the best for foiling, but you get the idea.

I actually broke my GoPro mount 4 waves in, so most of the footage is mouth cam.



Enjoy,

Ride safe,

JB

Has this one Been posted ?

Kai Lenny is more and more impressive...

www.facebook.com/WSL/videos/10155079870307058/

I am also for using always a leash, but in his case, I guess the thing has nearly no volume and act as a board anchor when not foiling...

crazybula said..

Note the comments of the author of the video on the zone:

Yesterday we all drove up in the shuttle and were a bit underwhelmed at the look of the conditions off Hookipa. Large glassy splotches were mixed in with smaller patches of whitecaps. I had my ski and knew the bottom end might pick up but Dave was on his foil and was facing a much bleaker prospect without sufficient wind. But as soon as we paddled out of the gulch the wind switch turned on to the nuke setting. It was disconcerting for me in the ski as I had never paddled side to the wind in that kind of strength. But I also knew it was definitely a 'no fall' day. A little tense yes. So I turned downwind and the action was non stop until the notorious area off Uppers.

As usual everything piled up out there and yours truely was hanging on by my toenails, mostly taping and totally insecure about dropping into bombs I had no confidence in negotiating. Wind jacked up even further and my wallowing continued, tapping constantly to maintain. I did know that it usually improved past this point and it did. But I was still shell shocked by that when Jeremy Riggs came by and restarted my enthusiasm. He had been filming Dave Kalama on his foil and that's what really spectacular in this vid. Dave was having a field day but the heaviest thing was how steady and fast JR was ripping along on his stand up board. He looked like he was filming from a jetski.

But more than speed, the foil gives you more freedom of movement. Jeremy is a top flight downwind surfer, among the best and as you point out while he went relatively straight DW, Dave was doing 100 yard traverses on the same bump. We all went again today. More of the same except I'm really tired. Seven days in a row for me. Can barely walk.

There is some amazing footage being dropped daily on Facebook and instagram down wind foiling lately.

Dave Kalama is killing it. Flying down wind.
Kai and the Maui boys have to have some of the highest levels of fitness on the planet that amount of work they are doing prone down wind foiling is freakish.