great vid. just getting into swell riding this year. definitly have taken my fair share of faceplants from breaching! im currently on a 75cm naish mast.. you think an 85cm would give me more room for error? Also, what naish foil you find works best for swell? im a solid intermediate rider, progressing every sesh.. just still on my beginner gear..thanks
As someone with just getting into riding swell, I want to say that these practical tips are incredibly helpful. Thank you. A couple of questions: (1) Any tips on how to 'ride high' without breaching ? I have enough trouble doing that on flat water let alone the dynamic 3D landscape of swell. I am trying to look ahead rather down. But then, where to get the feedback on ride height, and approaching the limit, from ? (2) The few times I have approached and then aggressively beared away from 'large' (at least for me) swell I have found the swell tends to "roll" the foil and spit me off into the turn. A bit like a capsize. Even when I anticipate that is going to happen. Does that happen for others ? Is it just a case of having too big a foil ?
Hey KShred, I'd say... (1) The cleanliness of the waves and your skills will dictate how high you can fly. My best tip for this is to focus about 10-15' ahead of you and anticipate the motion as it comes to you like a skatepark or pump track. Don't focus on trying to fly super high, just learn to ride a little higher and find where your comfort zone is. Most of the time, you can have a lot of mast in the swell without any big consequence but if you are looking to maximize efficiency and speed riding higher will help. (2) Could be too large of a foil, it could also be that you are hitting the trough of the wave which changes the angle of attack for the board. It's common for the foil to "drop out" or "trapdoor" at that point. If too large of foil, try to lower your center of gravity, increase your stance offset from center for more leverage, and open the turn radius a bit more. Does that make sense? Not sure if I'm grasping exactly what you are saying. -Tucker
Thanks, really helpful advice :-)
great explanation for beginner-intermediates
Glad you think so!
great vid. just getting into swell riding this year. definitly have taken my fair share of faceplants from breaching! im currently on a 75cm naish mast.. you think an 85cm would give me more room for error? Also, what naish foil you find works best for swell? im a solid intermediate rider, progressing every sesh.. just still on my beginner gear..thanks
As someone with just getting into riding swell, I want to say that these practical tips are incredibly helpful. Thank you. A couple of questions:
(1) Any tips on how to 'ride high' without breaching ? I have enough trouble doing that on flat water let alone the dynamic 3D landscape of swell. I am trying to look ahead rather down. But then, where to get the feedback on ride height, and approaching the limit, from ?
(2) The few times I have approached and then aggressively beared away from 'large' (at least for me) swell I have found the swell tends to "roll" the foil and spit me off into the turn. A bit like a capsize. Even when I anticipate that is going to happen. Does that happen for others ? Is it just a case of having too big a foil ?
Hey KShred, I'd say...
(1) The cleanliness of the waves and your skills will dictate how high you can fly. My best tip for this is to focus about 10-15' ahead of you and anticipate the motion as it comes to you like a skatepark or pump track. Don't focus on trying to fly super high, just learn to ride a little higher and find where your comfort zone is. Most of the time, you can have a lot of mast in the swell without any big consequence but if you are looking to maximize efficiency and speed riding higher will help.
(2) Could be too large of a foil, it could also be that you are hitting the trough of the wave which changes the angle of attack for the board. It's common for the foil to "drop out" or "trapdoor" at that point. If too large of foil, try to lower your center of gravity, increase your stance offset from center for more leverage, and open the turn radius a bit more. Does that make sense? Not sure if I'm grasping exactly what you are saying.
-Tucker
@@MACkiteboarding That all makes sense. Thanks for the great suggestions ! 🤙
@@kshred3043 Anytime :)
Hi what board are you riding?
Mark, I believe Ewan is riding the 60L Naish Hover Ultra.
-Tucker
The Hover 40L Wing carbon
@@MACkiteboarding 40L :)