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Anyone on a foil buzzing through a lineup full of surfers needs a talking to. 99% of the time it’s absolutely not cool….Is this a sign of the apocalypse? Or, is this how the older guys felt when we showed up at Bolinas with our Morey Mack 7.7s in the early eighties?
Based on this pic I think it’s safe to say that you can reasonably fear for your life if a foil enters the lineup and well, you know the rest.Anyone on a foil buzzing through a lineup full of surfers needs a talking to. 99% of the time it’s absolutely not cool….
Are you implying a modern foil couldn’t cause that kind of damage?What spot?
The above picture is not from a modern surf foil.
I'm implying in the 3 and a half years I've been foiling I've never seen that type of injury. I've personally never had stitches from my foil. I do personally know of a couple guys trying backflips that needed stitches when their feet came out of the straps and the mast hit them.Are you implying a modern foil couldn’t cause that kind of damage?
A surf foil is 100% capable of that kind of trauma. Or maybe instead of a clean slice you end up with the Grand Canyon embedded into your cranium.I'm implying in the 3 and a half years I've been foiling I've never seen that type of injury. I've personally never had stitches from my foil. I do personally know of a couple guys trying backflips that needed stitches when their feet came out of the straps and the mast hit them.
The kite foil that did that is something else. Kite foils have knife edges and are wet sanded/sharpened all the time. That guy was borrowing a kite foil trying to learn in way to big of waves.
Modern surf foils have thicker leading edges to create lift, more like the rail of a surfboard. I haven't seen that type of injury except in that picture. I'm not saying it can't happen. I'm just saying I personally find it unlikely. I will present the fact that there are anywhere from 1-30+ foiler's out at San O every day for the past 2 years minimum and those types of injuries haven't happened.
That being said, I asked what the spot was, as I do think it's a right tool for the job issue. Some waves are not conducive to foiling. I really only foil 4 spots in all of LA/Ventura county. There's always going to be greedy surfer's looking for a way to get more waves though. It annoys me same as it does all of you I'm sure.
Last winter crowded day at the cove, there was a dipshit weaving through the crowd. Not if but whenAt the spots where I've seen foilers they are on a completely different playing field, not really in the way. Can't say the same for SUPers....
Most recent episode of Spit podcast said that guy got identified and charged for throwing the rocks.
I’ve only seen them catching the waves inside where they back off. Never seen one outside.Last winter crowded day at the cove, there was a dipshit weaving through the crowd. Not if but when