It’s a clay island video. But the contrast between surfboards and foilboards is pretty stark.
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Incredibly riding, but to me the foil looks too pitch sensitive, like he is putting in a lot of effort just to keep it going in a straight line, and isn’t really able to complete full turns? Looks really sensitive to bumps and chop at that speed. Might just be the crazy fast MikesLab race foil.
Rider is an amazing foiler but in those conditions I’d argue a surfboard looks better, granted you’d only get one or two waves with the crowd so I’d still be on the foil, but the surfboards look more suited to the waves or more in sync.
As Clay says, regardless it is an incredible privilege to be a part of the birth of something new, and the most fun.
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I wonder about race foils for surf, they were also popular with Ken Winner. Lots of innovation that might trickle down into the surf domain
I’m surprised that OBSF is has foils on it. I thought it was more of a top to bottom wave. But it’s good for foils?
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3 miles of ocean access to shifty sand bottom peaks. Has it’s days. Destination for foiling? No.
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What are the foil spots around SF then? I’m guessing Linda Mar etc also don’t work very often
Linda Mar is way too crowded for foiling, however, like OB, you’ll see an occasional foiler out on the rare day it is working. You can PM me for some specifics, but in general, the Bay area is a windfoiling mecca, has epic ocean downwinders if you’re a loon, and has very limited sup/prone foil spots that require long drives and local knowlege. Foil Drive is certainly opening up a lot of spots and there’s countless spots along the San Mateo Coast that would be fun with a tow boogie, but you’d be on a pioneering mission!
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I’d say Ocean Beach is a great place to foil. It can be top to bottom and fast, extremely difficult to prone foil on certain days/tides. With good SUPfoil technique and especially with a foil drive you can get the swell out before its breaking.
Finally, it is a really long stretch of sand, and you can always find a place to go where you are clear of surfers.
However, it can get big, and even on the medium size days caution is strongly suggested. A few days a year it can be as heavy as anywhere in the world. I’ve paddled out a few times just to be out there on a day like that when school-bus sized barrels are coming through a quarter mile out to sea. Wow!
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Just to keep this obsf foil thread going here is a good one of Heineken. Shows a bit more paddling and conditions
Another good one.
Yeah we’re thinking of moving up there but the thought of learning to paddle or having to deal with batteries is bugging me.
Also wondering how in the hell that SUP guy makes it out past the impact zone? I used to live on Silver Strand in Oxnard and beach breaks are hard enough with a normal surfboard. From what I know OBSF is even heavier
You could just foil at Pacifica and drop-in on dogs riding soft-top longboards…
Or just keep it simple: surf most of the time, foil when it´s appropriate. Problem solved!
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