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Surfing 20 inches above the water

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Submitted by Webman on Sat, 2006-07-08 22:33.
Categories: -Misc-

New trend is coming to wave surfing. A long fin with elevating wings makes the surfboard float in the air above the water. The weight of the surfer and board is pushed by water below the wave face, which is more condense and stable therefore provide the required elevation.

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Geezer

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 13:46.

I call shenanigans!

Cool!!

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 14:07.

Cool!!

:D

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 14:09.

<3 Vast - candle in the background.

its real, hydrofoil, go

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 14:17.

its real, hydrofoil, go watch bilabong odessy for a more detailed explanation.

This was shown in "Step into Liquid"

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 14:18.

See the movie "Step Into Liquid" (released in 2003!) for a LOT more about this. CLUE: it isn't new in 2006...

fucking ancient.

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 15:25.

fucking ancient.

Old news

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 15:41.

anyone that surfs already new about this thing many moons ago!

this design looks slow

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 15:43.

it looks cool, but too much of the thing is under the water and that creates a lot of friction resistance. a regular surf board just touches the surface without going under, lowerng the contact with the water. i'd say this thing is a lot slower for the smaller waves.

Its old

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 16:06.

I seen people using a similar design behind ski boats over 10 years ago.. boring.

Agreed...but

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 18:01.

I think they also tried it for a while with windsurfing too, but this may be a first for gravity-powered boards.

New?

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 18:05.

Not really. Check out the documentary Step Into Liquid

old news

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 18:30.

very old news, the guys name is Laird Hamilton and he's been playing with the cheese cutter for years...

been around a while

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 19:34.

my father and I have been sky skiing for 9 or 10 years already, these guys took the idea.... www.foilfreaks.com

yeah, but your dad did not invent it or try it on a wave!

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 19:48.

Hydrofoils have been around since the 1800's, and so what if they have been surfing with them for years, it is new to some people so lay off " i saw this last year, get a clue" how 12 years old of you, wait a sec. you are twelve years old, go ahead.

use a dictionary!!!

Submitted by Visitor on Sun, 2006-07-09 19:53.

they called it a "new trend", not a new invention. a trend can have a history hundreds of years old but can still be new, an invention or first application is something totally different, where in the article does it say it is a new invention? It is not your fault you can not read, the public school system has failed.

this has been around for

Submitted by Visitor on Mon, 2006-07-10 06:40.

this has been around for awhile now. this is not exactly "new".

-_-

Submitted by Visitor on Thu, 2006-07-13 14:01.

I saw these ages ago. WTF was wth the dork at the end.

Dork at the end!

Submitted by Visitor on Mon, 2007-12-31 07:45.

HE HE, that dork at the end is also one of the most famous names in surfing. He´s part of the santa cruz boys, but bless you for not knowing, why not comment on something you know absolutely nothing about.....

dork at the end part deux

Submitted by Visitor on Mon, 2007-12-31 07:48.

by the way, i built one of these from plywood, fibreglass and an old surfboard with rigid wakeboard bindings. Its damn hard even on flat water. My advice, buy a ready made/researched/perfected one and give it a go, its fun (mine worked flukily well, but of course snapped pretty quick)

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