Another one bites the dust.
Haha no way. Im addicted to foiling but trying to decdie which todo first was giving me paralysis of analysis and bumming me out. Like I said it prob wont change how often I actually go foiling but will just settle my mind on order of hierarchy. Now when I get much better at foiling and can do multiple waves on a simple chip in than I think there might be some reshuffling
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When itās glassy and uncrowded surf. When itās over chest high surf. When itās windy foil. IE: learn a wind sport.
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Haha glassy, occ head high, relatively uncrowededā¦ def surf was the call
Been surfing a fair bit lately as the foiling conditions havenāt been very good for a while. Yesterday swell picked up and so did the crowd. First two waves and 2 no look drop ins. Paddled in and got foil board, staying inside and having a blast. Itās nice to be able to do both!
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Since this will be my first winter as a foiler Im going to bekeeping an eye out for possible foil spots up here in sb. I was looking just west of upper rincon parking lot and thinking that area could be a good tow boogie zone or possibly chip in spot as sometimes it kinda breaks and backs off. Im surprised I havent seen any prone foiler out at some of the non deacript points around here other than just down at mondos. Ive tried a few spots here and there with some worthwhile success.
Kelp is going to be your enemy up in SB, tons of great setups ruined by the stuff.
Yes true. Altho Ive kinda accepted that and have made a decent go of it in some kelp spots . I catch a chip in and attempt to stay high on foil and have better than 60% chance of not getting snagges. Also go when its high tide. Beats driving all the way down to mondos.
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All the SB foilers have realized, why mess around with surfers on a half mile long pointbreak when they could go outside to a 10 mile long pointbreak and DW nearly every day.
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I really like the idea of just surfing/foiling in one spot. Being able to pump back out would be huge for me but just not quite there yet. DW looks pretty intimidating right now. When Im a bit better and can really pump Im def gonna give that a go. I already have a dw board but want to firat use it for sup (still need to get used to standing on it). I guess its just gonna take time.
But I dont think all the sb foiler have sussed out all the foiling spots around here. I think alot are hesitant to try new spos cus Ive been having worthwhile outings. If only I could pump better!
I have the luck to enjoy surfing conditions every day so i normally switch btw the two and since i started foiling my surfing has improved a lot..maybe is that i surf less ,-)
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I surfed the first time in 4 years today, the waves were massive and terrible but just felt like time to start the process.
A surfboard without a foil honestly feels like Iāve lost a leg. I can hardly paddle, it doesnāt catch waves properly, needs so much power to get moving, itās so slow on the wave, so wobbly. Disaster!!
I took a 7ā0 mal too, how long this is going to take is a bit terrifying, and to what end I donāt knowā¦ but extremely humbling first session.
My most overwhelming feeling is that for mediocre waves, a foil is only an improvement on a surfboard.
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Keep switching so you get the best of both worlds!
Iām sure the paddling is feeling extremely unstable but the feeling will go away in a couple of sessions, same thing for the wobbly feeling.
Iām barely foiling now because the waves are good and itās not as crowded, winter has itās perks, but Iām sure Iāll go back to most of my sessions being foiling in a couple of months when the atlantic slows down again.
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Ive been sufing alot this winter. I havent foiled in a couple months. I tried prone foiling a week ago. and it was rough going. Grant I was trying to drop in 4ā ground swell waves. It turns out prone foiling waves are way more specific to catch than anything in the world.
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You really have to coach yourself to sit deep enoughā¦āthis is where I need to be to catch a wave. I might go over the falls but if that happens I wonāt dieā
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Iāve been learning foiling since September 2025. I did a lot of tow-foiling, and while I was only doing that, it didnāt affect my surfing at all.
In November, I decided to start prone foiling, using an Armstrong FG 39 L board. Normally, I surf with shortboards around 30 liters.
I ended up spending about two months without surfing at all, and when I went back to my 30 L shortboard, it was a disaster ā I could barely catch a wave.
Has anyone else experienced this?
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Definitely had this the first time I went back to regular surfing, the combination of āfoil brainā and lack of stability and lift from the missing foil is pretty shocking.
Keep surfing it comes back quick!
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100% mate fuck. I surfed 6 foot Uluwatu for first time after switching back. I ended up basically paddling in. The worst thing is the kook factor. Overwhelming huhā
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āI took a 7ā0 mal too, how long this is going to take is a bit terrifying, and to what end I donāt knowā¦ but extremely humbling first sessionā
Iām with you, got nothing.
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Yeah I have had this. I tried to go back to my 5ā5ā twinny and couldnāt use it at all. Like could not feel the fins, had no drive, etc.
I have been surfing this latest swell and getting back on a foil was kind of brutal as well. I have switched to single fins and slightly drawn out pintails for the time being for most of our waves, and probably will get back to the twin fin in time, provided we still have good waves.
I do worry about trips, though. I have a trip to Indo coming up soonish and am hoping I am able to surf for a few weeks beforehand. I have a friend much better than I am who is able to conceal the discomfort associated with switching back and forth much more easily.
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this must have been terrifying, foil kinda has made me wary of bigger waves. What an absolute trip. Glad itās not just me. The craziest thing is how absolutely everything is off. On a foil when you paddle for a wave, as the wave hits you you accelerate, so you can take off on softer waves. Surfing it feels like you need to take off under the lip to get enough speed. And once you pop up it feels stuckā¦
Soā¦
Surf was smaller the next day, clean and soft, I could have tried again, I probably should have, but foiled instead, man I had a fun foil session, so good. Foil makes soft 2-3ft feel bombing, and fun.
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