Clay Schmitz, Author at Clayisland

Learn to Foil

by Clay Schmitz | Oct 1, 2025 | foil, learn to foil, wing

Learn to Foil in the Wind and Waves

A step‑by‑step video course that shortens the foiling learning curve — so you progress faster, ride cleaner, and feel confident on your hydrofoil.

WHAT THIS COURSE IS

Foil surfing and sailing are the most exciting evolutions in wave and wind riding — where your board lifts above the water and you glide like flight itself. It unlocks waves you couldn’t surf before and makes every session feel like you’re in a new sport altogether.

Learn to Foil is a video course designed to teach you each skill you need to feel confident on a hydrofoil — from basic movements and stance, to catching waves and performing turns with control and grace.

Unlike a random YouTube playlist, this course is organized, progressive, and focused on helping you understand why each movement matters so your progression is faster and less frustrating.

WHO THIS IS FOR

This course is perfect if you:

✅ Have tried foiling and feel stuck in the early learning curve

✅ Want clear technique videos instead of guesswork

✅ Are a surfer, wing foiler, surf foiler, downwind, or watersports enthusiast

✅ Want better confidence, control, and consistent flights

✅ Prefer step‑by‑step breakdowns over random tutorials

WHAT YOU GET

100+ instructional videos covering every phase of foiling — from beginner balance to advanced tips.

Organized by skill so you never miss a step.

Lifetime access — learn at your own pace.

Bonus content on gear reviews, fine tuning, and care.

INVESTMENT

Only $177 — lifetime access, step‑by‑step video lessons, and continual updates.

Optional: add a 1:1 Zoom review session or in person lesson with Clay for personalized coaching.

READY TO FLY?

START LEARNING TO FOIL ➝

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In person lessons are also available.

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Nuking Treasure Island – Bombing Swell

by Clay Schmitz | Sep 10, 2025 | videos, wing

Did you know it nukes every year at treasure island with bombing swell?

Did you know Treasure Island is still said to be radioactive?

Here is a short YouTube video where I ask these questions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA8qRDstS9U

Links and more info on these questions and answers below for members:

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Science

by Clay Schmitz | Aug 22, 2025 | how to articles, tools

Science Science or Pseudoscience, what's the difference and why does it matter? Well as I write this a big famous airplane company is having problems with their planes and there are questions about ignoring safety during manufacture. I want to fly in a plane made by people who use science to build a plane that will takeoff fly and land safely and comfortably.

Wikipedia says, "Science is a rigorous, systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world."

An unbiased honest scientist could have inspected or looked at the planes in question and made predictions about how they would fly or don't. They have tests for the doors or whatever other part is the problem, and had those tests been done they would have hopefully raised concerns and fixed the issue before flight.

So science is a method. We observe something in... (5 videos on medical science. Info on Atom Science.)