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Foiling is superfun !!

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Created by azymuth > 9 months ago, 7 Dec 2019
azymuth
WA, 2154 posts
7 Dec 2019 12:01AM
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Dutchies WA video mashup

Many thanks;
Thomas Hofmann - drone
Lindsay Preece - Ironbark Photos

Music Pandrezz - On the Beach

Slingshot Hover Glide foils, Wizard 105, Simmer Tricera & Blacktip

Too much fun

LeeD
3939 posts
7 Dec 2019 1:02AM
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Good skills, like the music, kinda boring.
Give me a 85 liter board day, now THAT's fun.

Paducah
2785 posts
7 Dec 2019 1:35AM
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Don't mind the haters. Sailed in similar conditions a couple days ago (but inland). Playing on every swell you can grab. Bliss.

Grantmac
2317 posts
7 Dec 2019 2:09AM
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Those who can, do. Those who can't.....

LeeD
3939 posts
7 Dec 2019 2:15AM
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Like fat old guys looking for a way to have fun.
Try wavesailing, not shoulder slow carving.

LeeD
3939 posts
7 Dec 2019 2:17AM
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Oh, I'm becoming a fat old guy, so don't take it personally.

Paducah
2785 posts
7 Dec 2019 2:41AM
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LeeD said..
Like fat old guys looking for a way to have fun.
Try wavesailing, not shoulder slow carving.


If you have waves. There are a lot of places that are on the ocean that don't have wavesailable waves. We're just here doing the best we can with what we have. Azymuth is having fun and wanting to share it. Try not to measure his fun vs yours. We have enough Eltee sailors here who do that already.

There's enough darkness already out there. Try to be the light.

excav8ter
573 posts
7 Dec 2019 3:25AM
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azymuth said..
Dutchies WA video mashup

Many thanks;
Thomas Hofmann - drone
Lindsay Preece - Ironbark Photos

Music Pandrezz - On the Beach

Slingshot Hover Glide foils, Wizard 105, Simmer Tricera & Blacktip

Too much fun



AWESOME!

Windbot
508 posts
7 Dec 2019 4:05AM
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Excellent video Azymuth! Thanks for posting.

CoreAS
923 posts
7 Dec 2019 6:51AM
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Great vid and super smooth riding! We only have one wind direction that gives us some lumps to swell ride on, but when it happens, that's absolute my favorite.

azymuth
WA, 2154 posts
7 Dec 2019 7:28AM
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Paducah said..
If you have waves. There are a lot of places that are on the ocean that don't have wavesailable waves. We're just here doing the best we can with what we have. Azymuth is having fun and wanting to share it. Try not to measure his fun vs yours. We have enough Eltee sailors here who do that already.



Exactly !
We seldom have waves locally in summer but we have awesome windswells with stronger seabreezes.

I probably should've mentioned - there's two sailing in the video, Simon and me ( JJ ).
Some of the video is a year old and I'd like to think we've improved since then - but I hope it still shows the fun we're having

Thanks all for the positive vibes

Maddlad
WA, 919 posts
7 Dec 2019 7:41AM
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I thought the video was great Azy. Good footage, some good skills and a real cool chill music vibe. I wouldn't listen to anyone who says otherwise.

CAN17
575 posts
7 Dec 2019 8:02AM
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Awesome stuff JJ and Simon.

Great variety of camera angles.
I'll be getting my 2019/20 wizard 105 in the spring. I love how foiling allows you to vary your speed(unlike any windsurf board); you can go fast or slow, go up wind at crazy angles then sheet in with the back hand and get that g-force turn like Simon did at the end of the video

utcminusfour
750 posts
7 Dec 2019 9:19PM
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Thank Azmuth! You and your team rock!!!

Guru4
42 posts
7 Dec 2019 9:46PM
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LeeD said..
Like fat old guys looking for a way to have fun.
Try wavesailing, not shoulder slow carving.



If anything they should get respect for doing something new at an older age.

remery
WA, 3709 posts
7 Dec 2019 10:11PM
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That's excellent.

segler
WA, 1656 posts
8 Dec 2019 12:55AM
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Old (and sometimes fat) guys (and sometimes, but too often yet, gals) foiling should have its own thread.

I started foiling at age 70 and, after 165 sessions (I'm a nerd, I keep a log), have not looked back. Compared to formula, using small sails in light winds is pretty nice.

LeeD
3939 posts
8 Dec 2019 1:56AM
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Good on ya...
I got 3 days at 69, then 46 more last year.

thedoor
2469 posts
9 Dec 2019 12:33PM
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Very cool. Looks like a sweet place to sail

Paducah
2785 posts
22 Dec 2019 11:15PM
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Hope this is a good thread to share this one - for some reason, the thumbnail is broken but at last check the video was there.

Grantmac
2317 posts
23 Dec 2019 1:54AM
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Its amazing how far ahead of the wave they are riding the swell. It either says something about where the energy in the wave is at depth or else how little energy a foil requires. Either way very cool video in idyllic conditions.

Hess
312 posts
24 Dec 2019 1:03AM
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Nice Video, the Drone shots are the best. The problem with having a Drone is you get a lot of shots of your friends but not so many of yourself

Foiling is fun, especially when the alternative is siting on the beach or shloging on a big board with a big sail. I think it's going to continue to grow because if you can windsurf its a quick learning curve and allows you to stay on a small sail planning/flying through all the turns. While making a non breaking swell feel like a head high breaking wave.

I still windsurf if I can be powered up on my 4.8 especially if there are breaking waves but foiling on the same 4.8 rather than struggling on a 6.0m and 100+L board is way more fun for me.

Thanks for sharing and keep having fun.

azymuth
WA, 2154 posts
24 Dec 2019 7:36AM
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Paducah said..
Hope this is a good thread to share this one



Thanks for sharing the vid - nice DTL wave riding!

martyj4
533 posts
24 Dec 2019 8:34AM
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Both vids are bloody awesome. Top skills. Great to see sailors pushing boundaries and having a heap of fun. I have a loooong way to go til I master gybing a foil, so I love seeing others do it and learn from their techniques.
I prefer windsurfing to foiling, but when it's less than 12-14 knots, I'll get out the foil and a sub 6m sail because it sure beats lugging a 7+m sail around on conventional gear.
Each to their own.



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