Thats kind of what I said? Just pointing out its also a hard sport and you cannot always blame your gear
Yeah right conditions matter more than gear. But gear in this sport matters a lot more than in, say, snowboarding.
Also if you want to borrow a BSC 890 I’m in Long Beach so not that far from you
I had similar issues and asked some local foilers on the beach. They lifted the foil up and said it wasn’t balanced. They moved the mast forward by 1 inch and problem was solved. Literally balancing it in your hand is key to the adjustments. Note: this is my unique experience. I am complete novice on in the prone foiling arena…but already addicted.
Where did they lift the foil up from? I feel like I have read another post about something like this.
I’ve got a 810 and 890 BSC I’d let go cheap. Really stable, easy prone foils that turn well. 890 up to chest high, easy to pump.
With rig upside down, lift the front wing with finger tips about 1/3rd from the leading edge . But, That’s more for balancing the weight of the whole rig over center of lift of the front wing which helps when pumping. Wont solve other tuning or overfoiling issues.
Too big a foil for 75kg and steep drops.
I found this video helpful after the fact. My mast was all the way back, 1 inch forward and it was night & day.
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Still a novice, but I got the chance to try a lot of different gear (some of it less suited to prone). There were a couple things that made a day an night difference so far. It mostly falls into the general recommendations in this forum. Bigger board, front wing near your body weight in area (in^2), medium length fuselage. I’d say all of that made a huge difference. I’ve only been on mid-aspects, so maybe that matters or not with modern wings.
Most difficult (in Hawaiian waves), which is what I started out on was too big a wing on a pretty small board = getting ejected every time and left wondering what just happened.
Besides those three things, everything else I’ve tried made less noticeable a difference. Picking the right break and even the correct positioning at that break was as critical as any of the gear though.
I actually had this experience today. I’ve had my mast kind of back and today it just felt like I was struggling to get things going. Moved it forward 2-3 cm incrementally and everything got so much easier. This is probably something that’s become more important now that I’ve been getting longer rides and trying to get my little pumps going.
I ran across this video again. I feel it has a lot of good applicable info.
Id be curious how cheaply you’d let these go 
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