Windsurfing and windfoiling

I got out to the bay after a quick morning trip to Sudbury. It was warm and quite windy so I quickly got the Fanatic Skate 108 and Idol 4.8 to the point.

I got planing on my second run and a dozen after that. It felt great to be windsurfing on small gear again. No tricks but just fun going back and forth with more speed than my foiling sessions.

I suspected that the wind would drop and after a few non planing runs I went in to change to the Techno and 76cm foil I set up for Phillip yesterday. 

I quickly got the hang of that foil setup which I haven’t really used in a while (a year?). I am much better at jibing it now, even doing a few duck jibes.

The upwind and downwind ability on the foil makes exploring a lot of fun.

South wind, so it was fun foiling downwind (north)

See the difference in the red back and forth windsurf tracks va the slower spaghetti of the foil tracks.

A bit faster on the windsurfer, but more time on the windfoil

June 30 wind details

Late in the evening fellow blogger and ABK friend Peter was posting about jibes. This was my reply “ My wing foiling has helped my wind foiling. Wing foiling jibes are easier because you don’t even switch your feet until you are in you new direction. So today even on my old BIC techno today my jibes have gotten a lot better by making much smaller steps or even none  until I’m on the new tack. So I’m getting better at actually carving the jibe instead of doing a float wobble when going downwind. Duck jibes also help reduce the amount the mast foot moves the board around.”