4 Waves in 4 Minutes

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Hess
Hess
328 posts
328 posts
7 Jun 2026 12:16am
Having fun in reef waves.
The ability of the windfoil to go up wind and back out in no time allows the rider to catch so many waves in a session where I would be slogging on a windsurfer. And of course being on a foil makes a wave seem twice as big and turns small swells in to so much fun.
Roy
Roy
VIC
153 posts
Roy Roy
VIC, 153 posts
7 Jun 2026 2:44pm
Nice work, the 808 looks fast in those inside gybes. Do you always use the 808 front wing?
John340
John340
QLD
3439 posts
QLD, 3439 posts
7 Jun 2026 7:11pm
Brilliant riding Adrian
Hess
Hess
328 posts
328 posts
7 Jun 2026 10:23pm
Roy said..
Nice work, the 808 looks fast in those inside gybes. Do you always use the 808 front wing?


Thanks Roy
My current quiver is the 707, 808 & 835 for light winds. 835 for light days
I find the 808 is fast enough on faster/bigger waves and is nice and turny; but the 707 is even more fun (faster and when carving) The down side is that its harder to get going in light winds and i prefer to use the 3.8 sail or smaller.
Just and fyi I am sure I am going faster down the wave face through the bottom turn than I am when jibing.
Hess
Hess
328 posts
328 posts
13 Jul 2026 11:59pm
John340 said..
Brilliant riding Adrian



Roy said..
Nice work, the 808 looks fast in those inside gybes. Do you always use the 808 front wing?


To provide info on your speed question I have a few clips in this video with a GPS. For context I don't were a watch that often, I think I have gone faster, probably down a wave. I don't really go for speed other than it adds to the fun feeling when carving, especially on a wave. I was on the 707/325 combo on a 3.4 for the 46 Kmph clip on the 808 the other days. Oh I know this is not fast by racers standards but thought it would help answer your question







John340
John340
QLD
3439 posts
QLD, 3439 posts
14 Jul 2026 3:56pm
Hess said..

John340 said..
Brilliant riding Adrian





Roy said..
Nice work, the 808 looks fast in those inside gybes. Do you always use the 808 front wing?



To provide info on your speed question I have a few clips in this video with a GPS. For context I don't were a watch that often, I think I have gone faster, probably down a wave. I don't really go for speed other than it adds to the fun feeling when carving, especially on a wave. I was on the 707/325 combo on a 3.4 for the 46 Kmph clip on the 808 the other days. Oh I know this is not fast by racers standards but thought it would help answer your question









Where did the swell go? Must be summer in Maui!
Hess
Hess
328 posts
328 posts
15 Jul 2026 10:42pm
Good eye John
I was on the annual 2 week boys trip in June. Only wind swell in the summer. But lots of wind.
Uppers does get some swell in the summer but I am not smart enough to figure it out for more than a couple turns
Not like those perfect lines lowers gets from the fall through the spring. I like simple straight lines to foil on 😀
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