Andy, Chris, Pete & Andrea attended the Instructors Day at Rutland water. One of the sessions was a talk on Foiling, which surprisingly turned into a demonstration and a chance for us to try it. So, Pete, Andy & Chris being soft of head and determined to get freezing cold (it was about 2 degrees with a chilly wind) put their hands up to volunteer to try it out.
I’d always imagined foiling to be a dangerous activity for the novice, but Tris Best (tris@otc-windsurf.com, www.otc-windsurf.com) assured us that as long as we didn’t let go of the boom then we’d be safe… so having been re-assured that we’d not be catapulted or decapitated , we were convinced.
Surprisingly, all of us got some air on our first tries, and we’re all now hooked. I think we can safely say that TWC will be investing in a club foil in the very near future :-)… Happy foiling.
Many thanks to Tris for his tuition.
Here are some shots of us foiling (and crashing)…. Thanks to David Eberlin of Notts County for his photography skills.
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- This is the way to carry the board with the foil attached.
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- This is how it’s supposed to look
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- Andy gets his first bit of air
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- Things are about to go wrong…
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- Things have gone wrong…
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- This going wrong again…
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- Chris shows us how its…. oh….
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- Chris showing how it’s not done…
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- Petes first flight – and whoops of joy..
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- but… What goes up… must come down though
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- Petes a knackered but happy..
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- Andy has a second go…
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- oh… not good.
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- Check that stance… what’s gonna happen next…
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- Kersplosh…
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- Going up… up … up..
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- More air time for Chris, followed by…
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- Some water time for Chris..
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- Andy getting it up too.
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- Now, this is how the pro’s look
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- More pro shots….
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- How the pro’s do it…
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- How the pro’s do it…
