videos Archives - Clayisland

VR 360° Foil Surfing Video

by Clay Schmitz | Jun 19, 2019 | adventures, foil, surf videos, videos

VR 360 Video A couple years back I tried a 360 camera while surfing. I scored some footage but the editing was an unexpected ridiculously long and tedious ordeal, and the camera was really heavy. So I sent it back and gave up on 360 VR video.

This week I found a lighter camera and am surprised at how relatively easy the software is to work with, and the GPS speed and distance overlay works! Foil surfing can difficult to capture with the long rides and the board being above the water and the hydrofoil submersed. The 360 cam seems like a good solution. So here is my second go at filming in 360 and first time uploading in immersive VR:

How to Build with Bamboo

by Clay Schmitz | Apr 26, 2019 | adventures, foil, how to videos, projects, surf videos, videos

How to Build with Bamboo Here is a video tutorial showing how I build with bamboo. I dedicated years to discovering how to make an action camera mount out of plants: bamboo, hemp, and plant based resin.

I procrastinated in making this tutorial partly because it’s difficult to build and film at the same time, I had already made mounts for myself, and I enjoyed being one of the few with this unique camera angle.

Now with foil surfing I have seen a revival in foilers using pole cams, myself included. So I was inspired to make an ultralight bamboo design for foiling.

Wabi Sabi Paddle Shaft Repair – How to Video

by Clay Schmitz | Apr 20, 2019 | adventures, how to videos, surf videos, videos

Wabi Sabi Paddle Shaft Repair In this video I show how I repaired a broken paddle shaft Wabi Sabi style. The shaft originally broke learning to foil surf, I bashed it several times on the rail of my board and on the foil itself. Jim Terrell has this video explaining how carbon shafts break.

In Star Wars movies some characters get light sabered and their body parts are replaced with human made machine parts. I going the other direction with my machine made carbon paddle being repaired and replaced with sun and earth grown plants.

Fun foil sessions on some new gear

by Clay Schmitz | Apr 6, 2019 | adventures, foil, surf videos, videos

F4 Surf Foil and Clark Foil Board Dedicated foil board and a high speed foil on some end of season juice. A few video clips from a few swells in March. I am realizing first hand how purposely designed foils and boards ride radically different than converted gear. Jeff Clark made me a foil board matched with an F4 hydrofoil, really digging the design as I have had some breakthrough progressions on this setup.

150 Sessions on a Hydrofoil – Learning to Foil Surf

by Clay Schmitz | Jan 9, 2019 | adventures, foil, surf videos, videos

Learning to Foil Surf - 150 sessions Video log from day one on a foil through session number 150. Crashes and all in hopes of giving a realistic account of what learning to foil surf looks like. When struggling I take comfort in knowing I am not alone. Learning to foil surf I felt like a total “kook” failure, flailing and crashing hard for many months. Also I beat myself up because I couldn’t come close to foil surfing like the people in the videos.