Thanks All, this has been a dream to wind foil in these types of conditions and I am looking forward to pushing harder when the conditions line up again.
The whole coastline here is one very long sandy beach and on a big swell it's nearly impossible to get out through the shore break, it can be 4-5ft which is super tricky with a foil. JP has a concrete pier that allows you a small window to get out through the waves but there is also no wind right in the corner, so you have to be pretty swift uphauling then bear off to the wind line, once out the back its so smooth in a North or Northeast wind.
@Sandman, I am looking forward to some good south winds, it will be fun to explore other locations and foil out on starboard tack.
@Simon, it is sandy bottom there, the further you go south there are some nightmare rocks right below the surface but that's some miles away. It was very shallow there, in the video if you saw that surfer in the water, I went to the right of him, it was probably chest deep there, go another 10 ft and its waist deep on the sand bar. The sand bars also move around, so you have to stay high on the foil.
@John, it was shallow, I wanted to push it further inside but didn't want to damage the Phantasm foil, it's too difficult right now getting spare parts, lol.
@JJ, cheers buddy, I should have gone boom clew mount to get that third angle (like in your vids) but it was too sketchy to keep going in and out of the Shore break, once out the back I stay out there, ha!
@areo, East winds are super difficult, the waves are big of course but the percentages go way up on kit and bodily damages!
@UTC, JP is my fav beach, hopefully we will get many more days over the winter. If you head over this way, let me know buddy.
