Foiling Tropical Storm Cindy (foiling my biggest conditions with the Uni-foil Progression 140 )

Over the past couple days east coast has been getting waves from Tropical Storm Cindy so in this entry I talk about taking myself out of my comfort zone in bigger swell. I would normally not paddle out on a day like today just because of the clean up sets that where coming through. But I saw a few smaller ones roll in and wanted to see if I could connect one of the bigger ones. I also wanted to see how The Progression 140 felt in groundswell instead of wind swell. I was really pleased to see that it worked really well through all the turbulence and currents moving against me. I also decided to give the Shunt (front pressure) stab a go and it really helped with over foiling and breaching. Best part was that I could keep my mast where it was so I didn’t have to move my feet too much. All in all it was a super fun day on the ocean and stoked that I decided to give it a go. It’s kinda nuts how you feel power through the foil compared to feeling it through fins on a surfboard. Surfing is so surface based to me nowadays in the idea that a breaking wave is the only energy. With foiling everything has energy and everything below the surface is what matters.
Board: ‪@jrasurfhawaii‬ Amundson Firebolt V2 4'2
Foil: ‪@Unifoil‬ Progression 140
750 Katana
Short fuse
13 shunt 0 shim
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[@alonbrasington6703]

Damn conditions always look so clean. Nice!

[@Frothtime]

I’ve been enjoying your updates! Your leggy string - if you loop it back through then feed your leggy through both loops it will shorten the string which is what demolished your pad
Hope that helps yewww

[@petehicks3852]

Thanks! I’ve had 2 sessions now on my Uni P170 having changed from Armstrong HS wings after finding your channel. Absolutely stoked😂 I’m 7 months into prone and 18months winging. I got the Katana 830 in case I use it for winging. It’s so much better than the 720 Armstrong I’m used to, more forgiving, and the pump insane compared to what I’ve been using.

[@theliftjournal]

The uni is a unicorn

[@MartialArtUK]

Focusing on the connecting waves is where I fall short every time I get up I just want to shred all the wave to the beach 😅

[@MartialArtUK]

Surfline isn't very accurate for us in the sw uk , I think its because we have a long sea shelf . Windy is better, I think because they combine all weather models, learn to use the free version it's very accurate