who here has been surfing this week?

Too busy and too lazy to invent new threaddes but here are a couple random observations over the holidaze:

I surfed on Christmas Day it was knee high but rideable barely and it was a blessing. Some asshole flew out with a gas powered kite board thing with a hand throttle it sounded like a cox racecar engine and smelled like a oil burning lawn mower. He buzzed me and a couple kids for a bit. I ignored him since it was Christmas, went back the next day hoping he'd try it out againne but it was too much surf to him to dare. Bummed. Anyone seen this contraption yet. You fly out prone, then stand up on it with a hand throttle powering you. Lamo Fag Machine.

Went out a few days ago on a marginal bumpy onshore thigh to waist high day and saw a guy with a carbon keeled hydrofoil board thinggy and he was PADDLING it into slop and catching waves then standing up and pumping speed to connect from one peak to another to another to another it was ugly and pretty at the same time he was gliding thru the choppe elevated above the churn frictionless but he was still looking ugly pumping it but I wanted to too. If it was breaking good I'd like to see how it flys.

My buddy was telling me aboot this new phenomena just the other day and witnessing it was cool. It's the future. Just don't want to hit a reef, it could go all topsy turvy quickly.

 

To be clear, they used to be aluminum alloy and weighed so much you needed to be towed in, now with the carbon fiber tech you can paddle them into slop and catch a wave and connect to other peaks for 100 plus yards in crap conditions. I've seen two out surfing in the last month. Any one else here know or seen what I'm saying? Ridden one???

 

Yeah I’ve seen a guy on one up here before, looks silly but it works. I wouldn’t get one personally but to it’s their own.

 

Almost fun waist high waves yesterday morning. Needed just a little more punch.

 

Yeah the guy that shaped my last board in Kauai was telling me that there's guys all over the islands using those foils, I mean he was literally frothing about them. Says they're the wave of the future.

Funny story about that Cox powered pos tho, lmao over here

 

Will one of you morons please post a picture of what you are talking about, please??

 

It's the dumbest looking depiction of "surfing" you've ever seen Barry.

 

Somehow, that would NOT surprise me.

 

Here's a video of someone who actually knows what they are doing. Imagine some local clown on one.

 

Are you talking about the foil? Laird Hamilton introduced it to the masses about 20 years ago in that one movie iirc

 

Step Into Liquid?

 

Oh, the foil.....I thought you guys were all taking about something else that was akin to a surfkite, with a motor.
Yeah, those foils would be nice for open ocean surfing; would like to try one, then never use it again...back to my midsize boards

 

It's true. maybe like the next SUP phenomenon. I was out on a glassy long board session on southshore and there were two guys out on them (then a third came out as I was finishing my session...all three were like in their own little world together.). Anyway, one guy was really good. He got one ride from outside (surfing a right reef break), and he went for 100 yards then back out pumping and connected a left on the way back out and road that for maybe 50 yards. It was pretty cool. The other guy caught some rides but was struggling...looks hard, like you are learning again!

 

Zackly.

 

As to the surfbort in question- I saw this last spring. Pretty sure I posted about it... thinking it would be the new thingy

I only saw this guy out a few times in early spring at my fav break. Then never seen again...

He was actually riding a SUP with one of these thingys on the bottom... actually it’s a big thingy. Idk if his was carbon - I was concerned cause he was falling ALOT and if that thingy hit someone... wow ng plus being on a SUP it’s alot of board to avoid when it’s flying at you in the soup

Anyways when he got a ride- it’s true- he was all over the place on the wave on a choppy knee to waist high day that you wouldn’t want to surf, riding parts of the wave that were not (and not near to) breaking...

It looked interesting but I kinda like riding in the critical section of the wave- and I’m not sure how this thingy would do...

 

Ok so you wanna see a pic of the retarded Cox powered kite thingy.

Sorry can't help you there Viejo lol

 

those foils are starting to infest hawaii, and just when I got "used" to the SUP infestation. What fresh hell is this?

 

I don't think the foil will catch on. At least not at our locals on the east coast. Hawaii is diffrent. Cali is diffrent. Unlike SUPs and LBs which allow complete beginners to get in the water and somewhat improve quickly.... foils to hard. Some real talented guys might try it and have tried it. But i think the majority fail miserably or just pass altogether

 

Got out this afternoon at Croatan for a bit. First time as a retiree.
Waist high at most. Air was a warm 65, water in upper 40s. Three others were out.

Haven't been getting out very much since late Oct, so found myself out of surf shape.
No Dam Neck for awhile until I get my Navy Civil Service Retiree badge. It was a nice change anyway. Free parking all day during the winter.

 

I've been warned by my buddy who is an expert foil shredder that it's very dangerous and expensive. The new ones have no foot bindings like the first ones did so the knees are not as vulnerable to getting shredded on a wipeout. But still the foil can mess you up if it hits you in the back after you go head over heels. I'm 59, so I'll take a pass. Just get thicker boarts. LOL

Barry, the gas powered kite board is something totally different, a new abomination created by the oil companies you proudly own stock in. I hope you are happy