Great thoughts, thank you!
Re: my comments on Foiling, the average age of foilers in the Gorge is...dead
But most beautiful and elegant and clean, like afterlife for all the formula boards, the ramps, the doors, the huge LEIs, all the fancy surfboard shapes. Like a Fenix, it’s a rebirth for the sport.coupdevill wrote: ↑Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:22 pmFoiling is fast becoming an old mans sport, mark my words "old mans sport", when I am old I'll foil!grigorib wrote: ↑Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:04 amOne thing to remember: you’re about to waste your time on bumpity bump riding instead of going straight to foiling. Foiling the waves feels amazing.
Technically, no straps feels good, certainly a front one can keep board on in funny conditions. Front foot always in the sweet spot, back foot moves around depending on conditions. Don’t do the leash.
Completely different feeling of smacking a lip on a surfboard vs flowing with a mellow swell.
coupdevill wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 6:54 pmI noticed while searching a bunch of posts that the level of experience and understanding of the academics of kiteboarding was/is pretty amazing, and thought I would ask the experts.
Put another way, "what is the one thing that you want a new surfboard owner to know about riding a surfboard"
Specifically:
Straps or no straps
Stance (how do I keep the nose down, upwind riding etc.)
What else?
I ride the Gorge, 5'9" 195lbs
coup
True. I’m not getting any of “nice day, huge waves” conditions. Big waves around where I ride mean near-deadly storm when coast guard will probably not risk their lives for you that’s how my judgement is different from those riding elsewhere in paradise conditionsNorCalNomad wrote: ↑Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:16 am
Completely different feeling of smacking a lip on a surfboard vs flowing with a mellow swell.
Close out beach break = blast on surfboard
Close out beach break = lame on a foil
Rolling wind "swell" = perfect ramps for jumping on a surfboard
Rolling wind "swell" = fun on foil
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