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nice video of foil boarding in circles

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Created by donw > 9 months ago, 27 Jun 2015
donw
4 posts
27 Jun 2015 11:44AM
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bigtone667
NSW, 1522 posts
27 Jun 2015 3:21PM
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Awesome to watch.

kiteboy dave
QLD, 6525 posts
27 Jun 2015 9:25PM
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Nice.. from his blog last month

When my skill level reached a confident basic flight I started trying different hydrofoils. I was amazed how similar they felt to me despite big differences in design. In total contrast, several months later I’ve now become super particular on the performance I desire from my wings. My riding passion has become focused on floating through low speed flying carves.

I fear that designs optimal at low speed are being overlooked as performance limited to beginners. I’ve ridden several hydrofoils considered high performance that were crazy awesome at insanely high speeds, but for me lacked stability at the low speeds I love to fly at.

I hear a fair bit of discussion about which is the fastest hydrofoil. I think that’s cool but of very little influence on my riding. I haven’t heard any discussion of performance differences specific to different target speeds. I’m sure the performance of the wings I’m accustomed to flying heavily influence my interest in and perception of low speed flight stability. But I now find radical performance differences between wings.

If you are considering hydrofoiling I encourage you to consider the speeds you’ll have the most fun flying at without blindly accepting that performance targeted at high speed is necessarily how you’ll define high performance for your own riding.

I'm not sure about the shirt over harness thing though, it's a bit close to shorts over wettie..

terminal
1421 posts
27 Jun 2015 8:41PM
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2:48 - waterstarts straight up onto the foil.

Katz
VIC, 131 posts
28 Jun 2015 11:09AM
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Board looks like a flat bit of ply or laminate. Would have almost no flotation. Guess that's fine if you are so good it spends no time in the water.

Bletti
WA, 163 posts
28 Jun 2015 3:55PM
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[/i]I'm not sure about the shirt over harness thing though, it's a bit close to shorts over wettie..


At least his shirt and shorts match the brm colours

Lambie
QLD, 739 posts
28 Jun 2015 9:24PM
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Well that makes foil boarding look soooo easy !! everyone should just jump on one and rip it up !!
OK - back to earth what amazing skills and I do wonder what kite he was flying !!

kiteboy dave
QLD, 6525 posts
28 Jun 2015 10:36PM
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The kite is his own brand. Strutless.

www.thekiteboarder.com/2013/04/tkb-review-2013-boardriding-maui-cloud-strutless-kite/


terminal
1421 posts
28 Jun 2015 9:17PM
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kiteboy dave said..
The kite is his own brand. Strutless.

www.thekiteboarder.com/2013/04/tkb-review-2013-boardriding-maui-cloud-strutless-kite/




They have a new even lighter version since that test.

This is his blog - mostly about foiling with a Cloud kite.

www.boardridingmaui.com/cloudwritings-blog.html

toppleover
QLD, 2055 posts
28 Jun 2015 11:36PM
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terminal said..

kiteboy dave said..
The kite is his own brand. Strutless.

www.thekiteboarder.com/2013/04/tkb-review-2013-boardriding-maui-cloud-strutless-kite/





They have a new even lighter version since that test.

This is his blog - mostly about foiling with a Cloud kite.

www.boardridingmaui.com/cloudwritings-blog.html


Yes the C2 review is here:

www.thekiteboarder.com/2014/04/tkb-lw-review-2014-brm-cloud/

dafish
NSW, 1649 posts
29 Jun 2015 4:45AM
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I have a Cloud c2. Fantastic kite. 14,5 lightwind packs down to nothing. Weighs less than my 10 by a fair margin. Great for the trip I am on, 14.5, a 10 and 7 covers me in just about anything. Greg is an outstanding guy to deal with. Like his vision, love his aloha. Check em out!

INTHELOOP
QLD, 1855 posts
29 Jun 2015 11:31AM
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pretty sick!There will be some pretty cool tricks coming with foils..

kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
29 Jun 2015 3:30PM
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Haha that looks fun. I recon about half an hour of that and I'll be board tho.

skywalker3d
VIC, 228 posts
29 Jun 2015 7:52PM
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Looks great almost makes me want to get into foils.........Na I'm over it!!



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