heh, interesting indeed, the adventure continues. In the gear exploration phase, I find that borrowing/demo doesn't work very well, as you can't learn the in's and out's of the gear in one or two tries. For me at least, I don't really know how something works until I've got comfortable with it, then...

From what i get out of this discussion is that there are very few people going out in this stuff and current surf designs are catering to smaller slower waves. So we have a knowledge gap of what equipment to use and actually how to ride waves. Agree about not many people going out in this stuff. An...

Peter's post above helps highlight why we'll never get a consensus on something like this: we are all in different areas, with different conditions, different interests, and different skills. We may think we are all on the same page, but I've seen so many discussions here where 20 pages in, it becom...

Replace your rope often! And don't buy the Ride Engine replacement -- it's the same foot long piece of dyneema you get at the boat store. One more thing to add to this: if you have dynabar, their replacement rope is maybe worth a little extra money. They have braided a loop in one end (which activa...

my only concern wiht the slider bar, is the rope snapping. Seems like this happens quite a bit. Empirical Evidence? My world of facts has me riding on the same stainless rings on ropes for years. Never had a rope break due to a SS ring. For sure it happens, just like bars that slide over dyneema wi...

Agreed, a 2nd rope can provide a safety if you're worried about it. Set it just slightly slack so it gets no wear. Replace your rope often! And don't buy the Ride Engine replacement -- it's the same foot long piece of dyneema you get at the boat store. You can make your own by sawing off hook on a b...

Rad spot! Looks fun as ... for any kind of board! Seems like they are all facing challenge on staying in the pocket, allowing any downwind direction means getting pulled too quickly along the face. So on a foil, I'd think the challenge would be more about being able to slow down enough to stay on th...

Reading all this, the question that comes to mind: is "stagnant", with its negative connotations, the right word here? If you have reached a plateau where your progression has slowed or stopped, but you are content doing what you're doing, and perhaps progressing in other ways, is that a bad thing? ...

Definitely easy to get rear wing wrong on ss foil. ...fuselage fits either way. With infinity wing I couldn't get it to fly reversed. ....not enough lift (or maybe too much lift that it's choking. hope that's it, easy fix

Have low volume foil board. It’s neon green My wake skate nose just sticks out 6" maybe. ...rest is submerged. I spray painted the deck neon orange, which helped a lot. I have thought about some kinda gopro like contraption that would stand up after a wipeout, for visibility and to blow board downw...