I apologize in advance for not having photos or video.  My friend, Eddie, and his buddy Harry, in their 50s, are regular dawn patrollers at a dumpy, local shorebreak that tends to get wind on it by 10 am.  Eddie and Harry are really quite good SUP surfers, but Eddie is mesmerized by this 'Wing' and 'Foil' thing.  I sold him a 4M WASP.  He had never kited or windsurfed, only paddle sports. Eddie said it would probably be best to not be seen in public initially - I am assuming he did not want to be embarrassed in front of the parking lot critics that often do not surf all that well themselves. 

He tells me he played around in the backyard a few times before heading off to their spot.  His board is an older, 9-0 Riveria NUGG.  As he tells it; 'He pumps up on the beach ..and with a side-on wind of about (he's guessing) 15kts he side-crawls out thru the lineup and makes it outside without that big ego deflation you get when your very first start of something new is a fail.  Outside he is drifting downwind waiting for a set wave - spots one - and powerslides into the wave and rides it all the way in.  The rest of the morning sounded much like; 'rinse and repeat'.  (' not likely as good as that first wave..)

The part where the big smile came while telling was about the parking lot when they were done.  I gather there were a number of people who came over and said; 'What is that?!'  At this point, I am not sure he needs to mess with the foil.  There are lots of ways to enjoy the water.

Jim

Their names are not real, just the people.

Thats interesting wetstuff. May be you can post a video or pictures in the future.

Imho this ist the better solution to upgrade your Sup for going upwind:

https://www.thekiteboarder.com/2020/07/introducing-the-new-sup-winder-from-slingshot/

That Slingshot product looks great.

Its cheaper than the driftstoper and probably provides a more realistic experience.

The benefit of the drift stopper is that you can switch boards with it. And I would imagine it is more durable than the SUP Winder.

Anyway, great that we have these two options available.

Another solution would be to use a ready base of keel base for inflatable board and glue it to the base of the board with 3m double-sided tape, I believe it would not release, as the foil mount is also glued with double-sided tape.

https://hoenalu.com/en/product/starboard/starboard-fin-base-inflatable-boards

best regards

Eric