The First Sup Race Foil

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Piros
Piros
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8 Jul 2017 6:15am
Had to happen
JEG
JEG
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JEG JEG
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8 Jul 2017 6:31am
Wot!
JEG
JEG
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JEG JEG
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8 Jul 2017 6:31am
Ta!
Markmyword
Markmyword
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8 Jul 2017 9:13am
I notice it doesn't show the take off. I would imagine it would be assisted in flat water??
DavidJohn
DavidJohn
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VIC, 17570 posts
8 Jul 2017 9:26am
Kick turns..
colas
colas
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5395 posts
8 Jul 2017 2:50pm
Markmyword said..
I notice it doesn't show the take off. I would imagine it would be assisted in flat water??


Not necessarily. The foils seem huge in order to get a ton of lift. If you look closely, the board clearly lifts a lot at the start of the paddle stroke.

The question is of course, is it faster than a normal board? With these huge foils come a lot of drag, so does having enough lift to stay above the water implies more or less drag than you regular raceboard?
warwickl
warwickl
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8 Jul 2017 6:19pm
Remember very early days in development. In the next few years I am sure in all aspects of foil disciplines current designs will seem primitive and inefficient.
teatrea
teatrea
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9 Jul 2017 4:18pm
Needs a longer paddle??
Tardy
Tardy
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9 Jul 2017 5:29pm
yep need a longer paddle ...very entertaining ...looks like a lot of carbon invested in that ..board .or sup .

i would like to see how hard he has to paddle to get it up and going ,..i think he needs two size paddles ...

maybe we will see another sport come out of this ,,,like a 3 or 4 or more .man team paddle board ...

or a dragon boat on foils ...

next water olympic s maybe .
LastSupper
LastSupper
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9 Jul 2017 8:06pm
Tuns well
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