Foil Setup – Angle of Attack and Foot Placement – Surfing

Foil Angle of Attack and Foot Placement for SurfingA video showing how to setup foil Angle of Attack for surfing, and where I put my feet and why. Since adjusting the angle of attack and being very precise with my feet placement my foil surfing has improved big time. I have much more control and I know how to setup my hydrofoil and foot hooks for the conditions - bigger or smaller waves.

I have been having really long rides and breaching way less since setting up my boards this way. Also getting my cutbacks and bottom turns dialed and pumping more. With this improved control I also feel way more confident in a more crowded surf spot.

I am so stoked on foiling and eagerly looking forward to the next swell!

Here is the shorter version of this how to video:

I hope this helps! Also here is the digital protractor I use in this video to measure the angle of my foil.

I also carve my foot hooks out of this recycled foam. Originally I bought my foot hooks from NSI.

And below is the members only longer video, 16 minutes and 53 seconds:
 


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How To – Paddling Out Through the Surf – Techniques

Paddling Out Through the SurfA tutorial I made for SUP The Mag on how to paddle out through the surf.  In this video are a couple techniques I learned this past year, as well as how I get out when it’s overhead plus and heavy.

Filming some of the best paddlers in the world gives me a chance to see what they do in slow motion.  After trying the techniques myself I make a video and hopefully this helps others.

So here are 4 ways I use to get out at Ocean Beach:

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Clean Beaches with Renewables – Free and Simple

Clean BeachesA Clean Beaches video I made for SUP the Mag.

I started monkeying around with renewable bamboo because I had some poles collecting dust in my garage.  Building with free bamboo seemed better than ordering another couple hundred dollars worth of carbon tubes.  Now that my eyes are open to building with bamboo, wood, and other plants it’s a no-brainer for me to start building with these materials and stay with it even if…

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Tube City at Ocean Beach – An Epic Surfing Day

Tube City at Ocean BeachI am renaming San Francisco Tube City after seeing so many epic barrels this beautiful warm winter day. Twice in the past three years I have wished I brought a prone shortboard with me, a shallow fast reef break in Maui and this day at Ocean Beach.

Driving to the beach I had no idea it would be hollow and barreling.  The last time I saw this many barrels it was huge and serious…

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