Maybe one day I will go fast enough to do this....

it wont be long o-b 64 dump your go and try something smaller i had trouble getting in the straps on my go but could get in the straps easy on the carve and now i dont like the carve arfter getting 105 salom board , just comit to that harness and enjoy the ride ,

OceanBlue64 said...

Maybe one day I will go fast enough to do this....

OceanBlue64 that one day isnt that far away maybe not as fast as the crew in vid but it will happen that's the fun of it.
You notice most came unstuck when the fins let go (cavitation) They had good fins, but lost traction. I think Hardie indicated a while back, dont ever skimp on the fins, these are one of the most important items. You buy cheep ones and "over the handle bars " will happen often and pizzzz you off.

monster said...

it wont be long o-b 64 dump your go and try something smaller i had trouble getting in the straps on my go but could get in the straps easy on the carve and now i dont like the carve arfter getting 105 salom board , just comit to that harness and enjoy the ride ,

Cant dump the GO yet..still have to nail beach and water starts, but I can get in footstraps and hook in harness easily now.

OceanBlue64 said...

monster said...

it wont be long o-b 64 dump your go and try something smaller i had trouble getting in the straps on my go but could get in the straps easy on the carve and now i dont like the carve arfter getting 105 salom board , just comit to that harness and enjoy the ride ,

Cant dump the GO yet..still have to nail beach and water starts, but I can get in footstraps and hook in harness easily now.

beach starting any go is fun unless your built like a giraffe and if you get a smaller board i garauntee your waterstarts will improve , if your in the straps and harness
your there

dont you hate the harness fling around the front, I still manage it at least once a sail, least its not at that speed anyway

hardie said...

Poida said...

dont you hate the harness fling around the front,

It helps having an expert in your team the great flying ELMO, you get to see how its done quite often. It looks great when its done properly

My personal favorite is the catapult which launches you with such velocity that you just know you are going to have a good swim back to your kit.

But instead of flying through the air like SuperElmo, your harness line say's to your harness hook, "you ain't going anywhere mate". At this time in time you wish you had of bought weaker harness lines.

Your flight path is suddenly changed by 90º and you end up getting flipped over, all that energy which was going to throw you +5m is now trying to embed you in the ocean floor.

The added bonus with this one is after you hit the water your sail flips over the top of you pinning you under the sail whilst still hooked in with a twisted harness line.

Nº 32 in a 101 ways to Elmo yourself

Hey Elmo, do you often do the "Running through the Air" dismount?

Usually happens when a fin contacts the bottom while travelling at speed.
Your board and rig instantly slows down while the following events happen in slow motion, matrix style. As your feet are leaving the foots-straps you have time to think about impact and you actually start running in the air before smackdown.

knot board said...

I once Super-Elmoed with such force that I now only bend the boom but also tore the spreader bar clean off my new harness. Funny thing is that the old harness lines remained intact, perhaps someone could invent sacrificial harness lines?

been done. Tom Chalko made up some lines that would detach on one arm; when you get launched, it would sacrificially break a replaceable piece. The idea was that you wouldn't get flung directly into the gear.

The problem was that point loading due to gusts and chop, was often higher than most catapults... It was interesting watching him sail, suddenly to have his lines release, then major crash.

Relatedly, one nice idea he had was to be able to easily detach the lines from the downwind side of the sail -> so that when speedsailing, you could remove the harness lines as a source of turbulence of airflow.

I cant say I have had any real high speed crashes yet but I have found that as I shoot over the nose, still hooked in and holding onto the boom, my shins tend to smash into the top of the mast. I have matching lumps and bruises on both legs lol.
Oh an I have a couple of indentations in the sail. Thank god the sail has xply panels.

elmo said...

My personal favorite is the catapult which launches you with such velocity that you just know you are going to have a good swim back to your kit.

But instead of flying through the air like SuperElmo, your harness line say's to your harness hook, "you ain't going anywhere mate". At this time in time you wish you had of bought weaker harness lines.

Your flight path is suddenly changed by 90º and you end up getting flipped over, all that energy which was going to throw you +5m is now trying to embed you in the ocean floor.

The added bonus with this one is after you hit the water your sail flips over the top of you pinning you under the sail whilst still hooked in with a twisted harness line.

Nº 32 in a 101 ways to Elmo yourself

and you forgot.......once you actually free yourself, get to the surface, and about to suck in a huge lungful of air.....the next wave breaks on you and rolls you and your kit so you don't know which way is up!