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That's the FX14 pro - she's the v1 though so not sure if the shape has changed at all since then :O

Haha thanks my man, it's a fun little board :)

Bayonet?

In a large inlet on the west coast of New Zealand :)

Ah, NZ from your other vids … North Island I guess? Bay of Islands maybe?

Heheh thanks. We are in Auckland, New Zealand :)

I was lucky I had a very basic grounding in windsurfing, so staying upwind wasn't too bad. But it took me about a year after that to be up foiling... But that was also only going out maybe an hour or two every 2-3 weeks. After struggling for a long time it all clicked when my mates took me for a tow foil, which was a game changer. If i was to do it again, I'd have definitely paid for an hour of tow foiling before trying to wing and foil, would have saved me hours of failure ! Learn from my mistake haha

Haha thanks brudda!

Hi back at ya! That's a mix of Eastern Beach, Bucklands beach and about 1km out from Orakei Bay in Auckland.

@@tbarcode ok only been to south island...moncs bay looks like this also. I do sandyachting and used to windsurf for years, the wing foils look interesting might have a go we have a good sheltered area near us in england. I will be back in christchurch soon i hope as things start to recover. Thanks.

@@johnlowe3050 Cool yus! Come back! <3 I am also planning to go to Chch this year before winter :) If you can windsurf you are 3/4 of the way there. It's just something different, i still miss how tactile windsurfing is, which is probably why i still surf instead of learning to foil surf

Hi! This is at Lake Pupuke in Auckland,NZ. Not really a kiting spot as it hasnt got a good launching space for a kite

Thanks! When the wind is howling you cant beat those specialist DW boards :)

Hi Ian! Yep we sure do! I don't do a lot of sprint races myself, I prefer the long distance/marathon distances. This video was with a novice crew and just letting the boat go through a controlled fish-tail around the marker :)

@@tbarcode I was curious if it was a race because the turn was pretty leisurely..even for distance races.. crews will try to make up ground by spinning around the turns to make up a few seconds LOL !

Hi there, i've updated the description to include the song and links - sorry i usually put it in but because i wasn't planning to publish this it slipped my mind

Aloha Ian, I thought i had already reached the top level of respect for Kafoa not long after i started paddling with him but each time i found out he was connected to another one of my paddling heroes over the years the bar kept getting higher and higher (you included). Ironically we always video'd our women's team for paddle analysis and i made this video because it was the rare single occasion i had video of HIM paddling. But to answer your question, this was originally shot on 6 January 2019 <3

It's a great sport because it is so low impact so you can do it well into old age, i'm only 5 years off you my friend :P If you're not sure definitely hire gear and get lessons, just to see if it is something you'll take to. Once you've made your mind up get everything second hand - big wings, big foils and big boards and sail in low wind. You'll just need your first lot of gear to learn to foil and then you'll be upgrading pretty fast after that. I love the PPC wing but anything with a big leading edge i quite like personally. Axis and armstrong do very nice (but pricey) foils, naish foils are a good alternative and more affordable -what i use. For boards anything you can stand on really. Look for one that is your body weight +40L as a general rule and get a wing foil specific board - not a modified supsurf etc. that pink board you see me on in my other videos was a surf sup with a foil box put in... Made it 100x harder to learn! Lesson first though - make sure you like it, especially if you haven't done windsport before this (like me!) Good luck! :)

HAHA definitely not. I did take a break from windsurfing before i picked up the foil but i also didn't buy gear that was good to learn on :P

Heya! I lift the sail up and let the wind blow under, i find it keeps the upward lift wtihout pulling too hard... I don't know if that's right though lol

That was a converted board - before there were many foil boards available. Deep minion 7'1", 75cm mast, 2100 naish front foil and the adjustable back foil you get with the naish thrust package, not sure what it is :O and the blue wing is the 4m gen1 naish wing and the PPC wing is the 4.8m :)

Awesome thank you! i've been enjoying your videos too! x

Lake Pupuke in Auckland, NZ - sure has!

Yes do it! Warms the ol' heart knowing the video is getting people in the water more :) The landboarding looks sick by the way!

Do it man! Madloop Takapuna, Al's the man :P Then we can go Eastern Beach together!

@@tbarcode what gear have you purchased?

@@hydrosafari i got the naish 4m & ppc 4.8m sail. 6'6 nsp DC foil board and naish thrust foil (2400cm in this one... but running the 1500cm more now) and 75cm mast :O And the pink thing i have in this one is a Deep minion that had a foil box put in. I got a good deal because the guy who originally did it couldn't stand on it hehe

So glad you enjoyed it !

Yaaaa, i totally agree. You can teach them the moves then it's just sitting there and doing it hey. It really does become an extension of you. Also that's really clever doing it from seat 5! I'll have to give that a try too , such a good method! :D

I'm glad it's giving a lot of people encouragement. I've been really surprised by the feedback. Thanks so much for the nice comment. Happy flying to you! :)

I had about a year where I gave up the wing, I thought my gear was impossible.. but consistency got me through and I finally popped up

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From watching how fast my friends with wind exp picked it up, I can almost guarantee it ! :D

@@tbarcode thanks for the assurance. I'm going to try it this weekend. Finally warming up in CA (Sherman Island). I'll be using moses W950 on slingshot phantasm 92 mast and 69L board, and 4.4M wing

Hi, I am 51 and am enjoying the learning proces on winging. I am not on foil yet and am excited learning this. Just go for it! I have windsurf and kitesurf background.

Hello! With a sailing background you will pick it up much faster than me I guarantee it! Just get a couple of tow lessons (pretty much the only new thing you'll have to learn) and you will be away laughing :D

I'm 53 and I'm sort of on the opposite end of the experience spectrum. I have no wind sports experience but I do have 40 years of surfing experience. This is gonna be fun (I hope)!!

@@gulfsurfco I'm 54 and after 8 sessions can still relate more to the first minute than the last one. Got to keep trying!

i win im 66 had two sessions on my new board and wing. myknees are raw but i will get this.

Haha thanks! My best advice... Get at least 1 tow lesson, get a bigger wing (Daniel I'm not sure where your comment went but yep i got my eye on a 4.8m PPC!), longer mast - i had a short 55cm but having a 75cm gives you WAY more room for error :O Then after all that... put in the hours and drink lots of sea water :P Good luck! :D

@@tbarcode bigger wing has been ordered and delivered, I'm just waiting for lockdown restrictions to lift so I can try it out. 😄

Hey there, as always it depends on the size... For the most part I'd say no, as even on waist high waves the faces are relatively steep and fast (unless you are still learning in white water). I'd recommend going to Waipu (or those beaches up north), Tarawhanui and Orewa, the latter needs a lot of swell to get any size but worth it when it comes around :) Good luck!

@@tbarcode thanks for that! why did you opt for longboard sup and not shortboard? I’m currently on this dilemma. Thanks in advance!

@@thomasedison2806 I ended up dropping the short board because it's easier to paddle out on a normal shortboard than a sup just because the paddle is something else you need to manage - more so if you surf off beach breaks and not point breaks though. I LOVE my SUP longboard because i love walking the board (check out my DW vids where i get more stoke cross-stepping than catching big bumps lol) plus I can paddle it out faster through surf than a short one so i never feel like I get caught between sets. In big waves (head and a half) it's fast and rides like a gun so for the most part size doesn't matter. I just find it more versatile than anything. I can catch many different waves with that 1 board. With my short i was just finding on smaller days or messy days the low wave count got me more frustrated. In the end though it's always what you find the most fun and want out of it (most generic advice ever right). Seriously though, try lots of boards,- use your friends' or demo demo demo ;)

@@tbarcode thanks mate, just got a shortboard-like and found myself more busy balancing on it & falling on choppy water than catching waves. ill give it more time and see from there. wavecount was zero. next try is longboard.