They break down how they planned the mission around visiting friends who run the Alaska Coastal Explorer boat, the push to score sessions at Aialik Glacier and Bear Glacier before slowing down with a new baby, and the reality of making it happen while Sensi was five months pregnant with a toddler (Flint) in tow. Sensi and Brandon walk through the hard-earned parts—videographer no-show, drone crash into a cliff, limited weather windows, and near-freezing water—and how catabatic wind off the glacier actually delivered a solid hour-plus session right in front of the ice. They cover the gear (Armstrong XPS 4.5, shared mid-length board, and bigger HA foils for low wind and pump foiling), wake/pump foiling through the iceberg maze at Bear Glacier, winging in Seward itself, and the bigger idea of keeping adventure alive as a family instead of letting kids become the reason everything stops.
Episode Highlights:
- Planning the Alaska trip around the Alaska Coastal Explorer boat and friends in Seward
- Gear choices for cold, light wind and pump foiling (Armstrong XPS 4.5, 55L mid-length, 1080 HA)
- Scoring a real wing session right in front of Aialik Glacier on catabatic wind
- Pump and wake foiling through the iceberg field at Bear Glacier
- Handling the chaos: pregnant, toddler, no videographer, and a drone crash
- Winging in Seward and the local wind that shows up when the interior is sunny
- Why they refused to pause adventure just because of kids
- The new baby (Steel Matthew) and Flint’s early words from the trip (“iceberg,” “glacier”)
Catch the full story in the next issue of Foiling Magazine and the upcoming Armstrong video dated to be released Nov 12.