Where would you Foil?

outcast · Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 2724

OK...It's totally shitty outside....anybody whose chasing it....good on you.

But lets do an East Coast foil mind-fck.

I mean, I know that they are out therre.....$ is definitely gonna hold me back for a while.....And yeah the industry is gonna push it because we are on to the next thing now...

But assuming I could get one on Cape Cod for free...

I would want a SUP/Sail combo foil

But I don't know WHERE I would use it....

1) Not near people
2) Bay stuff around here is full of eel-grass etc and shoals
3) Waves are Beach Break, so swell riding not that good.
4) So like Mid-Nantucket Sound...but if it;s not blowing hard, then the swell doesn't build

i just don't know....Jerry's gonna get one ...he can't resist a new toy

joethewindsufa · Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1190 Location: Montréal

apparently these guys are on Lake Erie and starting windsurf foiling
https://reefwarriors.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/foil-windsurfing/
locally we have kite foils , but no windsurf ones yet ...
local shop told me a fellow purchased the AHD model last year
but goes up north on a DEEP lake

justall · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 442

WaterKook · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 5:19 am Post subject:

Kook has done it in Baja two years in a row now. Just carrying the thing (board with foil) to the water was enough to make me not want one in my life. Never mind transporting it on a car. It would not fit in my van.
I am out on this one.
I will watch the rest of you have fun with it. Also what happens when you hit a great white with that thing?

skyking1231 · Joined: 10 Jul 2000 Posts: 280

here on long island...the great saouth bay or south shore is the place for wind in the summer time....BUT...weeds, weeds, weeds..in the bay...and don't know about foil in ocean. then there are other spots...too shallow....or impossible at low tide.

Still think they are cool...and want one...just not right now.

outcast · Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 2724

The Chesapeake makes total sense to me.
I used to sail out of Herring Bay.
Would be some good swell riding.....until you hit a crab-pot

Also the Gulf Coast might work pretty well

Still scratching for what would work around cape Cod though

paulf. · Joined: 21 Mar 1996 Posts: 435

there was a kiter foil board out at chapin last fall. had to wait for high tide though, so all the swell was gone flat on the sandbar, so I don't get it.

rollerrider · Joined: 17 May 2003 Posts: 100

I don't get it either. Seems like a pain in the ass.

outcast · Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 2724

Find the breaking wave in this video.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgft3olo4fQ

jfeehan · Joined: 27 Jul 1998 Posts: 156

it should be possible to foil in less wind than it takes to plane on a non-foiling board.

most of the new less expensive foils come apart, so transporting them will not be an issue.

a few have shorter masts for learning, or sailing in shallower water

I am planning to use one on long island sound - plenty deep in most places.., weeds are usually not an issue.., and often not enough wind to plane on a non-foiling board.