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Age and hydrofoiling

Postby abel » Sun May 08, 2022 7:02 pm

I'm wondering how many of the 70 years old and beyond are hydrofoiling.
Personally, since reaching the 7ties, I prefer hydrofoiling over kitefoiling, mainly because of the abundance of foiling days vs stronger winds....

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Re: Age and hydrofoiling

Postby fernmanus » Sun May 08, 2022 10:23 pm

Everyone who is hydrofoiling is over 70 years old. :D

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Re: Age and hydrofoiling

Postby Axis1050 » Sun May 08, 2022 10:43 pm

Hi
I am 75 but now closer to 76.
I kitefoil, wingfoil, efoil and kayak plus SUP surf on nice days.

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Re: Age and hydrofoiling

Postby Trent hink » Mon May 09, 2022 12:09 am

I'm 47.

I prefer hydrofoiling because it got much easier once I learned about it.

It's still fun to blast around on my surfboard or twin-tip now and then, in higher winds, but the amount of time I feel comfortable on my hydrofoil now, is almost all the time.

And the amount of sessions I've gained in lighter winds since getting into hydrofoiling... Even with smaller kites... it's vast... and there was a point in the distant past where I was considered super-efficient at riding big kites on big boards in light wind.

I just muck-around on a surf foil, but the racers are pushing the limits of what is possible.

Sometimes I'm out tooling around in my station-wagon when the forumla1 cars come out, and it just blows my mind ...

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Re: Age and hydrofoiling

Postby evan » Mon May 09, 2022 5:19 am

abel wrote:
Sun May 08, 2022 7:02 pm
I prefer hydrofoiling over kitefoiling
What is the difference?

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Re: Age and hydrofoiling

Postby Foil » Mon May 09, 2022 6:03 am

evan wrote:
Mon May 09, 2022 5:19 am
abel wrote:
Sun May 08, 2022 7:02 pm
I prefer hydrofoiling over kitefoiling
What is the difference?
I was wondering about that as well?

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Re: Age and hydrofoiling

Postby Foil » Mon May 09, 2022 6:31 am

when anyone retires from the day job your free time is endless,
so pick a day! any day you want, Ttips surfboards, skim boards, and the like will not fill the free time gap, you can go for months and still not get out for a really good session, however kite foiling once you have it cracked, can you leave you with very little time to spend in the garage, garden, diy house repairs, shopping,watching daytime tv, the number of days you can get out there are amazing, extra wetsuits and drysuits are required as they dont get time to dry,
2 months before I retired my kitefoiling gear was on order, 2 months holiday booked where i spent every day getting to grips with the complexity of kite foiling, nearly 5 years on and so glad kite foiling became my choice of watersport,
if I only had Ttips to use I would be a grumpy old get, always moaning there was never enough wind.
Learning how to boost and land(landing is an art,very hard to master) after year 2 was a big new world in kite foiling for me, so glad the stronger masts from sab are now in my quiver, and the newer superlight kite foil related LEI kites that also boost big on foil and Ttip, it just gets better.

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Re: Age and hydrofoiling

Postby dave1986 » Mon May 09, 2022 8:30 am

Foil wrote:
Mon May 09, 2022 6:31 am
when anyone retires from the day job your free time is endless,
so pick a day! any day you want, Ttips surfboards, skim boards, and the like will not fill the free time gap, you can go for months and still not get out for a really good session, however kite foiling once you have it cracked, can you leave you with very little time to spend in the garage, garden, diy house repairs, shopping,watching daytime tv, the number of days you can get out there are amazing, extra wetsuits and drysuits are required as they dont get time to dry,
2 months before I retired my kitefoiling gear was on order, 2 months holiday booked where i spent every day getting to grips with the complexity of kite foiling, nearly 5 years on and so glad kite foiling became my choice of watersport,
if I only had Ttips to use I would be a grumpy old get, always moaning there was never enough wind.
Learning how to boost and land(landing is an art,very hard to master) after year 2 was a big new world in kite foiling for me, so glad the stronger masts from sab are now in my quiver, and the newer superlight kite foil related LEI kites that also boost big on foil and Ttip, it just gets better.
The opposite is also true. I'm one of the rare kitefoilers in their 30's (little edit from above) :wink: .

Before anyone retires from the day job (especially with kids) your free time is very little, and precious.
So pick an hour per week if you're lucky! But not any hour, it has to be a specific hour that works with all the demands of family life and work, Ttips surfboards, skim boards, and the like will not fill the hour because 90% of the time is it not enough wind for these stronger wind kite discliplines. However kite foiling once you have it cracked, can fill that hour 90% of the time (especially if you own a lightweight foil kite).

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Re: Age and hydrofoiling

Postby cor » Mon May 09, 2022 10:26 am

dave1986 wrote:
Mon May 09, 2022 8:30 am
I'm one of the rare kitefoilers in their 30's
Rare kitefoiler in their 30s? Come on. I know dozens of kitefoilers in their 30s. This is not rare at all. I even know several kitefoilers who are under 15 (yes, you read correctly) and also a lot in their 20s. At least half of the kiters I know have a foil in their quiver and pull it out whenever TT is not possible.

I am really surprised that people here in this forum make foiling an age thing. Foiling is not about age. Foiling is about efficiency and making most of the conditions.

@ all the guys in their 60s and 70s: You are an inspiration to me. Yes, seriously. When I see you guys on the water, it makes me smile. Because it reminds me that I can still do this amazing sport in my 70s, which is just awesome.
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Re: Age and hydrofoiling

Postby Onda » Mon May 09, 2022 10:34 am

How come all those kids can afford the expensive foil kit?!

I am somwhere in the middle between my 30s and 70s and finding myself more and more in the foiling regime.
Mainly because you get so much more water time on a foil relative to surfboard / twintip.
But also because with increasing age / education and decreasing overall physical fitness you learn to value the smaller impact of foiling in weaker winds, and the reduced risk of injury when you can avoid those 30+ kts days :D
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