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Some sessions are for testing something. This one was for riding until the light went. It was shot on the same evening as the Obligations Are Chains ride, which is why the water and the sky look the way they do, and it is paired with a live recording rather than a studio take.
The setup, and why it suits an evening ride
The board is a LiftX on a Pro5 mast, running a 160 Camber Pro up front with a 36 Glide behind. The description sums that combination up as smooth and stable with plenty of carving control, and points it at relaxed cruising and longer rides rather than anything aggressive. That is the right read for a sunset session: a front wing with enough area to sit comfortably at moderate speed means you are not fighting for lift while you watch the light change, and the rear stabiliser keeps the whole thing predictable when you do decide to lay it over.
The song is a 1993 live recording
“Benefits with Friends” was written in 1993 and became a campus and club regular, and the version used here is from one of Specific Ambiguity’s first larger shows at the Uptown in Minneapolis. The title is a deliberate inversion of the usual phrase. The point of the song, as it is described, is friendship first, and the question it keeps returning to is why closeness so often shows up with an unspoken claim of ownership attached. Early live recordings carry something that a clean studio version tends to sand off, and this one has the crowd in it.
The track, along with three other versions of it, is offered for free use in your own eFoil content.
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