On the way out yesterday, I thought I was in deep enough water - knowing it was low tide (0.1') I even paddled out further than I thought I needed to.
I had checked the water depth, flipped the board over and was even just getting situated. The longshore current was kicking and I got pulled over to a different spot from where I checked the depth and I was no longer in deep enough water.
The foil stood up twice on the bottom.
It eventually happens to every foil if you are a White Plains foiler.
Yesterday evening I got to work on not just addressing the scratches from that day, but also tuning the foil.
I notice this more with AFS foils - lately there are tiny voids where the carbon and epoxy don't exactly press fully into the mold. These are nothing major, but since I had to fill minor scratches, I figured I might as well take care of these and tune in the trailing edge.
After a couple of hours of filling and sanding - all done and better than new!
Unfortunately I did not get to use this foil this morning - the swell is starting to back off.
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