I was excited to try out the new Duotone SLS AMP 2140 pump foil. I finally got it to the island and had an afternoon free between construction deliveries.
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| That new AMP foil is massive! |
The wind was a super gusty NE and I was happy to have my big 125l Sky foilboard to stand on between the lulls.
I did manage to get foiling a bunch of times. With gusts over 12 knots it would fly steadily with my 5m Duotone Slick wing. At 8-10 knots I could keep it going by pumping with my legs a bit. Under 8 knots I could stay on the foil by pumping steadily with my legs but my heart rate was getting up over 140.
The width of the foil had me a bit worried about what would happen in a wipeout. And I didn’t have a helmet with me so I was a bit nervous to start. But it was super easy to adapt to the slow speed and stable action of the foil.
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| I even managed to get a jibe on the new foil |
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| My heart rate was up there for the full 50 minutes |
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| Launched from the construction site |
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| Hard to see the action from the cam… |
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| Walking back |
So I’m not sure how much I’m going to use it for wing foiling, but suddenly dock start pump foiling doesn’t seem an impossibility?
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