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Foil Racing - Tacking

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General Gps & Speed Waves Foiling Gear Reviews Lost & Found WA NSW QLD SA VIC TAS
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berowne
berowne
NSW
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berowne berowne
NSW, 1560 posts
31 May 2020 3:28pm
www.instagram.com/p/CAx2Fwang_0/?igshid=zyz93y12ysr4enough said.
CJW
CJW
NSW
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CJW CJW
NSW, 1731 posts
31 May 2020 7:26pm
I'd give that a 5/10. Rail dropped too hard into the water, board not turned far enough through the wind on the foil, not flat enough through the tack. We obviously can't foil tack bit If you get it right you can pretty much skim the board through the last 30% of the tack and come out pretty fast. Hard to do consistently though and much harder in chop.
boardsurfr
boardsurfr
WA
2463 posts
boardsurfr boardsurfr
WA, 2463 posts
31 May 2020 9:54pm
Looks pretty nice to me. It's amazing how much speed he carries through the tack, even if with all the issues CJW points out. Thanks for posting. Will try harder next time on the water .
LeeD
LeeD
3939 posts
LeeD LeeD
3939 posts
1 Jun 2020 12:26am
Couldn't upload, but have seen top racers foil past footswitch and lightly touch for a micro second before powering out up on foil. I'm sure they have fully foiled thru their best tacks, I can't see their every attempt.
WindMode
WindMode
812 posts
WindMode WindMode
812 posts
1 Jun 2020 2:03am
LeeD said..
Couldn't upload, but have seen top racers foil past footswitch and lightly touch for a micro second before powering out up on foil. I'm sure they have fully foiled thru their best tacks, I can't see their every attempt.


I regularly sail with some of the (last year's) best racers in the world and I've never seen someone fly through a tack on racekit. Coming out of tacks fully planing sure, I do those aswell sometimes (with "some" being the keyword).

You can fly ducktacks on freeride kit though, balz has quite a lot of successful ones on video.
LeeD
LeeD
3939 posts
LeeD LeeD
3939 posts
1 Jun 2020 3:27am
I suspect the "best" racers are NOT the ones going for full foiling tacks or jibes.
The "best" racers dial their gear, body, and mind nailing ALL the starts, roundings, windshifts, positioning, never blow any, and hardly ever fall.
2 different kinds of sailors.
seanhogan
seanhogan
QLD
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seanhogan seanhogan
QLD, 3424 posts
1 Jun 2020 4:35pm
higher level here with the Goyard bros
www.facebook.com/thomasgoyardwindsurfing/videos/538786563283002/
Paducah
Paducah
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Paducah Paducah
2839 posts
1 Jun 2020 8:31pm
seanhogan said..
higher level here with the Goyard bros
www.facebook.com/thomasgoyardwindsurfing/videos/538786563283002/


Nico's would have looked great except it was beside a banger from Thomas. I was looking for something from them last night but didn't go back far enough. Thank you for digging deeper.
boardsurfr
boardsurfr
WA
2463 posts
boardsurfr boardsurfr
WA, 2463 posts
1 Jun 2020 10:11pm
seanhogan said..
higher level here with the Goyard bros
www.facebook.com/thomasgoyardwindsurfing/videos/538786563283002/


Thomas' tack is great, pretty much planed through. But he touches down at quite a large angle, and keeps carving further upwind while planing. Inspirational.
bel29
bel29
417 posts
bel29 bel29
417 posts
2 Jun 2020 1:21am
a bit hard to see but William's second tack looks pretty close to dry as is probably possible in this clip: www.facebook.com/william.huppertFRA330/videos/493910238070508
WindMode
WindMode
812 posts
WindMode WindMode
812 posts
2 Jun 2020 3:39am
bel29 said..
a bit hard to see but William's second tack looks pretty close to dry as is probably possible in this clip: www.facebook.com/william.huppertFRA330/videos/493910238070508


That one is awesome!
seanhogan
seanhogan
QLD
3424 posts
seanhogan seanhogan
QLD, 3424 posts
5 Jun 2020 7:46am
www.facebook.com/165193790892844/videos/599110254357279/

so fast they lost him on camera !
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