This is incredible , pulls off a wave and foils onto the one behind it.

Just goes to show how little wave energy you need to get the foil up and once it's up like the kites it creates it's own apparent speed.

No legrope
Might take one out the point at Lennox...

Fantastic, ho! Mum let me more time to live this future.

Can't wait till you get one then I can have ago

pumping or paddling, whats the difference........






































still should have waited his turn!

I remember seeing footage of Laird Hamilton on big unbroken swell on a small foilboard. Mindblowing really. Kai in this footage was incredible, too, mainly, for me, because he powered it up himself. Quite an aerobic exercise I'd imagine. He was very dull, though, in a breaking wave. You couldn't even noseride them, so the cruisey style that we saw is, well, ....very boring. Just get a longboard or long sup.

In normal surf conditions, and with a foil in the line up, and with closeouts sets, wipeouts and mistakes and bad decisions being the norm, I think they are potentially lethal and need to be legislated against before a fatality occurs. Think about when you've been paddling out, or duckdived under a wave on the way out and had a surfer go close or over the top of you. Very dangerous for all concerned unless everything is perfect like in all the video footage we get to see of the experts, and have no-one close. It's mayhem in the making, I reckon, but makes for a cool video.

Piros said...
bradsdubs said:- I think they are potentially lethal and need to be legislated against before a fatality occurs.

You sound like all those guys 8 years ago when I first started to Sup.

Of course these are not meant for the line up. You can't paddle one of these things back out through white water , so you need a fat spilling wave that dies or runs into a gutter. Perfect for those bombie days where it just barely breaks. These will be used where no one else can surf.

Like those big fat ones that come through wide at the Alley

Mind blowing .never thought it possible .
the future ...more to come .no doubt ...

grumplestiltskin said..
shallow reef?
bombies?

cant remember how many times I've been going down the line and thought "holy ** ... where did that reef come from" :)

only fools would ride them in those types of waves. Plenty of waves around that would suit a foil that no one else rides. I see as it as just another way to enjoy the ocean away from the crowds the learning curve might be steep , but any knew skill just requires perseverance. I don't think anyone is suggesting to ride one at the local break. Fairdinkum if everyone listened to the naysayers , nothing would advance.

Yep...

www.surfline.com/surf-news/xxl-charger-issues-a-warning-on-alternative-boards-after-a-surfer-nearly-decapitates-himself-jamie-mitchells-h_139913/

These might be safer..

Kai lenny definitely is creating a new sport...



And remember, it must not be as easy as it makes it look... he was already on a foil at nine...

The foil doesn't look like a Gofoil. Is this the new MFC foil? MFC is one of Kai's Sponsors.