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[@snowpigpow]

Stayed for the wonderful social commentary

[@powerlooper9121]

Goethe - the German philosopher, coined a term: Fachverwanten (sp?). It means "relatives by profession, or common interest." This transcends a money-driven society where most relationships are transactional.... even marriages. And it also explains the bond; that foilers, kiters, and all types of watermen and waterwomen feel for each other. That downwind SUP board has me inspired to get to shaping, etc. Thanks for posting.

[@stokedforsuccess100]

I live and work in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. I’m also one of the very few that are sup/wing/surf foiling in these areas. I have met so many individuals (non-foilers, mostly surfers) that are just as stoked to connect with me as I am with them. I often strive to carry the same forward-looking and positive energy into many of my interactions with individuals off the beach/bay/water as I experience when foiling. Some people can vibe with it… others can’t. A lot of this is really just down to the individual. Thanks for keeping the stoke high and strong.

[@ozoneflysurfer9491]

Great rhetorical question:) Life is not about the things we buy it's about the experiences we share and the foiling experience is a perfect example of that. Stay stoked

[@henryhester1897]

I totally understand this as a son of an architect.

[@foilingaround6209]

Man, love this conversation! Thanks for putting this out there! I'm sure there's a few prone foilers who disagree but foiling (even the purest surf foiling) is born from kiting and the kite community. Kiting is an environment where this kind of community forms naturally, I think, beyond just the shared interest or experience. Kiting often has you out in the ocean in conditions that first responders would even have trouble negotiating. That means if something goes wrong your most likely going to be rescued by a fellow kiter, and, as long as the victim is conscious and can hold the back of a harness, there's few better rescue vehicles. This aren't just the people on the beach, they're the folks who are going to make sure i come home to my family and the end of the sesh. Also, the simple act of helping another kiter (throwing a kite in the air) or asking for a land is an instant ice breaker, starting that personal connection on day 1. Kiters also make natural foilers, much more so than surfers, even with prone foiling which is much closer to surfing than kiting. This is because almost nobody has been kiting since they were 9. Everyone in kiting has sucked at something as an adult and pushed through it. If you're a ripping surfer and don't do anything else you havent sucked at anything in a LONG TIME and dealing with sucking at stuff is a skill. This is why foiling inherited that community from kiting. After i became focused on surf foiling and quit kiting(before winging) i would still go down the the spot on nuking windy days just to throw kites in the air, be with my people, and share some stoke with the crew. These days on the days my 6yo daughter is out of school and its windy we go down and play with her little 2.1 wing and launch and land kites ("Come help me land this kite! I need help! Hold onto it with me!" - LOL) and just be part of it all. I think that's the most important step to getting her into watersports, making her part of that community. I also started a foiling podcast a while back, its all just interviews with people in our crew(only mediocre foilers allowed! no instagram famous foilers sorry!). Just us talking about foiling but also our past and our jobs and family and life. I just know how important community is and your around these people so much and you know why they ride the Kujira or whatever but you don't know enough about them as a person. I kind of wanted to change that some...also its fun to sit and shoot it with the people and just be stoked together! Also, I just want to say I'm stoked on this vibe of talking about feelings and relationships and venerability. Its a good thing! Keep it up I'm here for it!

[@joeblow1942]

The best gathering of “strangers” I have ever had was around camp fires on baja surf and windsurf trips.

[@dshlac1]

Love your commentary Clay! In my experience with community building, you need (1) shared purpose, (2) regular interaction, and (3) a higher common denominator. Proximity isn’t enough. In foiling, the shared purpose is that everyone is pushing themselves to take their shit to the next level, constantly, because it’s so new, and we’re all flying up the learning curve together, basking in the joy of becoming something more than we just were. The regular interaction happens with our almost daily jaunts to the Crissies and Shermans. The higher common denominator is most definitely there: all self-reliant, nature-loving athletes who follow meteorology and crave continuous baptism in large bodies of water. It’s set up for success baby. Loving it!

[@alielebaev4003]

Wow! It’s incredible 😀👍🏻👍🏻 I want to try this fly

[@MiraTurkbaeva-zy2hn]

So good 💯

[@timob4870]

If you took the group of foilers from your video and put them in a dry boring suburb they would struggle. But if you added a cool coffee shop, they would find each other, and then if you added a park that had waterfront, it would go off. Combination of people and place.

[@mortenjensen2298]

I believe that in our daily life "everything" is meassured in money/jobstatus and once we let ourselves free, in say hobbies we gather around a common interest to play and be free of daily routines. This makes us more equal. I belive that tjis is found in many hobbies. However I do see a kind of separation inside the the wingfoilcommunity as well, but mostly its pure Joy. But thanks for putting focus on this as it will give food for thoughts and this will end in action 🙏

[@Готовимдлясебя-ш4п]

Very good jump

[@cefirmeza]

Came for the sup downwind thumbnail

[@brianc4917]

The foiling community is just different! We live for the stoke, passion and the excitement to be out on the water doing a new sport and pushing our limits. America is broken and being friends with your neighbors or hanging out with them does not exist in this country.

[@TheFreeRider_13]

When I'm on the water I feel alive and free

[@junta00]

is the pink board DIY? dude is styling

[@clayisland]

Yes Kyle makes his boards.

[@junta00]

@@clayisland it looks like its pink insulation foam from home depot

[@rctrix9063]

There are real communities but not in most cities.

[@ИбрагимМадмаров-м7ч]

Вааау

[@hfiske3178]

To answer your question…. That’s because you live in Woketardia. Advertisers learned years ago that people identify with each other based on passion and interests rather than geography or skin colors. Its all about psychographics not demographics.