Post your beginner hydrofoil Videos

[Hawaiis]

Ben kite hydrofoil in marginal wind 6knots

[Tone]

So you're saying "don't try to learn to kite in 6 knots"?

cool vid

[Hawaiis]

So you're saying "don't try to learn to kite in 6 knots"?

cool vid

Absolutely, flying a big kite at 6 knots to ride a hydrofoil is not easy.

[windfreak74]

Hello Hawaiis,
im curious to see you bidirectional foil the finished versión.
have you taken it furthur in design.
will you sell one?
Do you have a Price range for it?
i think you did an outstanding job inspiring many of us to build!
thanks!

[Hawaiis]

I am still trying to solve the downwind part of the design, it will go upwind fine, but have trouble going down wind.

[cglazier]

I am still trying to solve the downwind part of the design, it will go upwind fine, but have trouble going down wind.

The hints that helped me with this were:

- lean back against the kite so you are stable on the board
- point as low downwind as you can for max speed but not too low or you slow down
- to reduce your speed go MORE downwind toward the kite
- wear an impact vest and a crash helmet

(my thanks to Zack for the coaching)

[Peter_Frank]

Agree with chris.

The trick downwind is to go DEEP - so you dont get too much apparent wind, but max vmg instead.

And you can easily power your kitetrim up a lot (or choose a bigger kite), on the downwind legs, as you ride with the wind, thus decreasing apparent wind - thus you want more pull from the kite

When going upwind, it is also easy to edge and hold a lot of power - the most difficult is halfwind, where I either depower the kite a lot, or fly it up high, in order to avoid getting insane pull because of the apparent wind

PF

[Robsw6]

Some pics from my first go at it today - it was windy (25-30knots), I was on Moses Silente & 8m Helix.

The foil spins upwind like a missile, I found that most control came from weight transfer from my hips. Looking forward to a bit less wind !!!!

[windfreak74]

hello therussian,
great pics!
did you get to ride a long track?how does it feel?
nice setup you got!
i cant get passed 30 metters:(
i still havent been able to take footage due to season being at the end.

[Peter_Frank]

Awesome "TheRussian" !

Havent seen many who rides like that on their very first day (unless it is a beginner foil), and "screams" upwind, as most (including me) will have one or two days (or much more) where we just get up for a really short ride, and often end up downwind

Cool to see

PF