A forum dedicated to Hydrofoil riders
-
Kamikuza
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 7057
- Joined: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:49 am
- Local Beach: Sabae Beach
- Favorite Beaches: Ol' Stinky
- Gear: This, that, the other
-
Has thanked:
220 times
-
Been thanked:
193 times
Postby Kamikuza » Sun Dec 25, 2016 3:56 am
plummet wrote:abel wrote:Kamikuza wrote:
Try water starting to toe side?
Huh?
Can you pls. elaborate
I can water start toeside on my good side. Haven't tried it on my bad side.
Same as doing it on a TT etc.
Just send the kite to the opposite side of the window. Let it go high across the zenith and use that to lift you out of the water first, then the dive to get you moving...
-
plummet
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 6819
- Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:25 pm
- Local Beach: EE
- Favorite Beaches: NZ
- Style: Terrain riding
- Gear: Old wornout ozone.
Plummet hydrofoil and mutant
- Brand Affiliation: None
-
Has thanked:
11 times
-
Been thanked:
224 times
Postby plummet » Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:04 am
Added broad reach speed runs to my basket today. Whoop woop. Downwind speed yeha.
-
Blackrat
- Frequent Poster
- Posts: 252
- Joined: Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:55 pm
- Local Beach: Jeffreys Bay , South Africa
- Gear: old
- Brand Affiliation: None
- Location: Jeffreys Bay South Africa
-
Has thanked:
0
-
Been thanked:
0
Postby Blackrat » Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:14 pm
Isn't that the best ! Love when everything goes quiet
Do you find riding the foil a bit harder to maintain balance ? I find I sometimes loose control and always land on my back
-
plummet
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 6819
- Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:25 pm
- Local Beach: EE
- Favorite Beaches: NZ
- Style: Terrain riding
- Gear: Old wornout ozone.
Plummet hydrofoil and mutant
- Brand Affiliation: None
-
Has thanked:
11 times
-
Been thanked:
224 times
Postby plummet » Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:09 pm
Blackrat wrote:Isn't that the best ! Love when everything goes quiet
Do you find riding the foil a bit harder to maintain balance ? I find I sometimes loose control and always land on my back
I get that quiet. harder to maintain balance thing when I am riding slow down wind looping the kite not running fast. I hadn't attempted the broad reach speed run before yesterday. Once dialed you feel as locked in an solid as the upwind reach.
I like speed!
-
GCKiter
- Medium Poster
- Posts: 65
- Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:43 pm
- Local Beach: Navarre Fl.
- Style: Old style, waves, endless downwinders
- Gear: Slingshot, Flysurfer, LF foil fish, Airush, Moses fluente
- Brand Affiliation: None
-
Has thanked:
0
-
Been thanked:
0
Postby GCKiter » Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:32 pm
I'm curious what kite were you using for broad reaching and were you unhooked will doing it ?
-
plummet
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 6819
- Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:25 pm
- Local Beach: EE
- Favorite Beaches: NZ
- Style: Terrain riding
- Gear: Old wornout ozone.
Plummet hydrofoil and mutant
- Brand Affiliation: None
-
Has thanked:
11 times
-
Been thanked:
224 times
Postby plummet » Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:51 pm
Hooked in, using my 8m ozone catalyst lei wind between 10 and 15 knots.
-
Mossy 757
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 1860
- Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:10 pm
- Local Beach: First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach Oceanfront
- Style: Kitefoil
- Gear: Delta Hydrofoil and board. Cabrinha Velocity 9m, Flysurfer Sonic2 11m, Ozone R1V2 15m
-
Has thanked:
41 times
-
Been thanked:
71 times
Postby Mossy 757 » Sat Jan 07, 2017 5:23 pm
plummet wrote:Hooked in, using my 8m ozone catalyst lei wind between 10 and 15 knots.
This is the next step...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch-PLV3pyAQ
-
Starsky
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 4373
- Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2004 12:12 pm
- Brand Affiliation: None
- Location: Ontario
-
Has thanked:
0
-
Been thanked:
3 times
Postby Starsky » Sat Jan 07, 2017 6:20 pm
If it is, I bet it will be with really small kites. Something you can easily fly one handed. Im a big fan of unhooked strapless on a surfboard in waves, but it is as limiting as it is awesome. The style of riding that evolved from the west coast guys who started using a slider... Rebstock, Alldredge et al. is massively impressive and took things to a new level compared to even the best of what riders like Felix can do unhooked. Both are amazing but I doubt unhooking on a foil will catch on any more than it has on surfboards.
-
TomW
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 3585
- Joined: Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:43 pm
- Kiting since: 2001
- Local Beach: Vejbystrand, Lomma
- Gear: TW Surfboards hydrofoil board 110
Gong Veloce M, 100cm carbon mast
Ozone Hyperlink V1 7m
Hyperlink V2 9m, 13m
Concept Air Wave 4,5m
- Brand Affiliation: None
- Location: Sweden
-
Has thanked:
53 times
-
Been thanked:
193 times
Postby TomW » Sat Jan 07, 2017 6:36 pm
Way back, Hadlow had a" hoop " of steel rod going around his body and would allow c-loop to rotate freely 360 degrees. It disappeared.
-
plummet
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 6819
- Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:25 pm
- Local Beach: EE
- Favorite Beaches: NZ
- Style: Terrain riding
- Gear: Old wornout ozone.
Plummet hydrofoil and mutant
- Brand Affiliation: None
-
Has thanked:
11 times
-
Been thanked:
224 times
Postby plummet » Sat Jan 07, 2017 7:25 pm
I have no desire to unhook.
On a side not I have ridden wind swell recently, set the kite drifting and fully let go of the bar. I find that very amusing and good for balance when riding the wind swells.
Return to “Hydrofoil”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: BraCuru and 253 guests