A New Obsession for Patterson

August 24, 2017

Chuck will always be a part of the Kialoa Family. We don't talk as often as we did in the old days, but when we get a hold of one another the conversation rolls for hours. In this post by Kialoa Elele, Evelyn Doherty, our real life action hero takes his foiling circus to the river.

Aloha,

Dave

SWEET SHOT! Chuck Patterson & the Searing Hot Progression of Hydrofoiling

By evelyn o doherty

Posted on Aug 14, 2017

Chuck Patterson knows water. He knows swell and he knows equipment. His current – and seemingly endless – obsession is hydrofoiling. Chuck’s spent the last several months chasing swell from charging surf in southern Cali to riding tanker waves in Galveston, Texas. His goal: To test the outer edges of foil riding and master the dynamics of what this new ‘hover craft’ can do. In this iconic photo by Sports/Action photographer Bo Bridges, Chuck foils up the Glenwood wave in Colorado while he was in town for the GoPro Mountain Games.

Here’s what he has to say about the experience:

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