Wing Foiling at Crissy

With a favorable wind forecast (15-20 kts) from iwindsurf.com, I anticipated excellent wing foiling at Crissy Field in San Francisco. There was no wind at Coyote Point (my usual destination), so I headed to Crissy.

I loaded up the Tesla Model Y with all my gear and started the drive to Crissy Field around 10:00. There was heavy traffic, and I arrived at 11:30.

I found a parking spot on the grass with enough room to rig the wing. I decided to try Cracked & Battered, but the line was too long, so I settled on Souvla instead. Alex was out of town, hiking with his Northeastern friends at Zion National Park.

I ordered the following items at Souvla.

Salad with Lamb

The Salad with Lamb was large, healthy, and delicious. I brought my Kindle, so I had plenty of books to read. I decided to continue with Bertie Plays the Blues: A 44 Scotland Street Novel (7).

After lunch, I walked back to Crissy Field to see whether the wind had picked up. A few wing foilers were out there, and I decided to rig up.

Since iwindsurf.com reported about 18 knots of wind at Anita Rock, I decided to rig my gear as follows:

Duotone Slick SLS 5.0 wing
Armstrong 1250 front foil
Naish Hover LE Carbon Ultra 95-liter
Dakine harness
GoPro Hero 11 Black Mini cam in a plastic waterproof case (which tends to overheat in the case)

I had an excellent two-hour session, blasting along on my 5.0m Duotone wing. The wing was a bit too large a few times, but I handled it well. The wind gusted to 25 knots, and the chop got quite heavy.

Here is a one-hour recording from my two-hour session, captured on a GoPro HERO11 Black Mini in 4K at 60 fps.

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