Magic iFLY foiling - first time flying sessions

First part of the video was filmed from a Windsurfer chasing the iFly. Andreas Hansen, new iFLY owner and Hobie 16 sailor about his first iFLY sessions in Kos, Greece: « The scene where we wear helmets (annotation: at the end of the video) was our very first session on iFly. Due to previous persistent 6-7 Bft. we didn't dare going out with the new boat in the first few days of our vacation. - We had never foiled before. Then, on the fourth day, the wind was force 5 Bft. and the tingling in the fingers was greater than the worry that we might be completely overwhelmed and what the boat could do to us?! We went out with helmets and of course staff of the water sports center followed us curiously with the motorboat. After about 20 minutes of trying it out, we managed to be quite stable in flight mode. What is unusual for a die-hard Hobie 16 sailor is the direct control with the smallest deflection and the fact that the lee hull can go up first or how you land safely from the air into the water again. These are simply different speeds at which the foiling boat moves forward. During our sailing in Kos, with often strong winds (5+ Bft) sideshore, we sometimes had waves of 1.3 meters outside of the bay. IFly's automatic flight control system had it's hands full and it is working surprisingly well in those rather rough conditions. When heading with the wave, after sailing up the wave and having reached the "breaking edge", the crew gets a thrilling view of the wave trough, always with the hope that the boat will not fall down those 2 meters. To our greatest surprise, iFly was able to handle those situations very well. We only observed some very rare, short spinouts (annotation: those can be avoided with some experience). The automatic elevator system is a huge help for us Hobie sailors, who sometimes just love to fly fast above the water or just chase wind surfers ?. Thank you for building such a great boat that makes it really easy to say "I Fly!" »