Great review Dave, I’m a boogie owner and as a tow surfer for 20 years I find wake style take off more easy on the body rather than drop knee. Plus I don’t use foot straps, just give a little bit of throttle to hold feet on board, can maintain that until I see a set coming. Riding 34L on a 4,6 at 80 kg on ha680,880,980 wings. Luckily I live where’s there’s hardly any surfers so not an issue with crowds. Keep up your great reviews 👍

Great video Dave! Love your honesty and focus on the safety of other water users. It looks so fun but, as you say, very dependent on location and user ability. I really hope this doesn’t cause issues in years to come.

Great work! very thorough and honest. Finally all the info I was looking for especially how to launch. The prone pop up required for DIY tow boogies is very frustrating.

Great honest video Dave. I think these tow boogies are banned in NSW, due to their 'unmanned' nature. The motorization of surfcraft particularly foil craft at popular surf spots does offer a risk to the public, but perhaps just as critical, the assumption to the rider has that he has priority since he has caught it out further out than the sitting surfers, suppers and foilers. To add insult to injury, the Operator now on foil in the break, has the option to link up perhaps 3 waves of say, a 5 wave set. This doesn't look like much fun for the other surfers, are they expected to just sit there and accept this new reality? One of Newtons laws of physics states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The reaction will probably start with more aggro in the surf towards ALL foilers followed by banning ALL foilers from certain beaches, which will most likely be poorly enforced leading to more aggro in the line up. I know the leaders of foiling in Australia and overseas have been flogging motorised surfcraft since it it a natural progression of their business model as do the shops, but in the end, we will all lose.

@SANTACRUZDRONES

28 күн бұрын

100% Agree!

There a awesome idea, but as foiling becomes more popular , there just going to get us banned,I was out a my local the other day & there were 4 foil drive foilers out there, & they were a pain in the arse taking every wave. I’m a winger & it’s the last thing I want is for us to be banned from foiling.

@shanesuska5113

29 күн бұрын

100% agree

Epic video. Would be very useful for new users

well done, super honest feedback exactly what we all need here... thanks again...

As much as I like the video and the tow boogie, I have reservations due to how I have seen it used recently at my locals. As we have seen with efoil/FD there are people who will regularly take these into lineups with surfers or into places where other motorised craft are not allowed. My concern is that this will eventually result in restrictions to be placed on these devices, but that it will target all foiling and not just the motorised methods.

@davewestfoils

28 күн бұрын

You’re not going through line ups. That’s the whole point of this video.

@brendan-shanahan

28 күн бұрын

@@davewestfoils but they are in lineups unfortunately. I pumped around one last week as it motored past!

@oceanpixels9408

28 күн бұрын

The question one should ask is who owns the lineup and who has more right to decide who can do what where. My thoughts would be fish have more rights then humans in the ocean.

@brendan-shanahan

28 күн бұрын

@@oceanpixels9408 I don’t think the fish will ban the humans, but unfortunately humans might ban the foilers if we give them reason 😫

@marck140

28 күн бұрын

The beauty of the tow boogie is there’s no need or reason for it to be in the lineup. I use mine the same as Dave as a chip in device then I leave it way out the back and either pump or paddle back to it. Even then I’m no where near other surfers. If you see someone foil driving or driving a tow boogie through a crowded lineup then best to educate them on the appropriate use rather than just reflexively bash the device as a hazard. After all it’s the person making the bad decision going through the lineup not the device that’s the problem. This goes for all foiling through crowded lineups whether powered or not, we all have to be smart about it. The tow boogie is an awesome device that further allows us to foil outside crowded lineups away from other surfers. It’s the most fun I’ve had on foil.

fantastic review!

how can you see the boogie if its out the back behind 4 lines of waves, what if there is someone between you and the boogie , does it auto avoid them ?

I see guys on prone boards starting on their belly at maybe a quarter speed to get planing. Then go to drop knee. Then stand up.

@ck7846

29 күн бұрын

Yeah I seen this as well.

@davewestfoils

29 күн бұрын

Yeah it’s bloody hard.

Dw prone?

@davewestfoils

29 күн бұрын

No. Won’t work

What a complication of such a simple thing as surfing/foiling. Absolute over-engineering, irresponsible use of planet resources and a great way to get water sports banned in beaches. The video is great though…

@oceanpixels9408

29 күн бұрын

Totally agree. We should all stop surfing except swimming at the beach and only if you can walk to the beach.

@Hdip

29 күн бұрын

@@oceanpixels9408don’t forget. You can only have fun in the ocean if you’re young and fit.

@mindebrolis9582

29 күн бұрын

So in case you are in some way disabled - it is completely fine to launch a semi-autonomous thing that looses controls behind the waves into the ones swimming around - make more disabled ones.

@user-lr4sp1il7l

22 күн бұрын

...more gimmicks for rich kooks! boogie no ,booger betta (like in the nose)👌