lovethepirk wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:48 am
I love boosting! I just rode my race wing in 24 knots tonight in flatwater on a 12m kite lmfao!!!! Got some sick air. Jumping between a mast length of 100 vs 110 cm will not make much difference at all....a race wing will help you b/c you can immediately increase your speed which puts that much more pressure over the kite, plus it exits the water faster. Race foil all the way for jumping no question asked. When I boost I enter the jump at a normal height, then I load my front hip with pressure and get the board as low to the water as I can without hitting chop, then I fking send it and explode the foil out of the water. Watch how this guy digs his weight into his forward hip to lower the foil and to explode.....a longer mast would not help him.
https://youtu.be/5gfFAtcRGaQ?t=56s
Hmmm, not sure it always is like that
In the video the water is almost flat.
But in most spots with onshore and 24 knots you would have 1-2 meter chopwaves.
If you are lucky you will have waves, but often not clean in that much wind when onshore, where hydrofoiling is really fun.
So longer masts, when sufficiently stiff - and they CAN be if thicker near the board, without more drag, would be an advantage for going fast thus jumping, in these conditions.
So I would think the shorter mast works well when quite flat only
Even here, sometimes he sprays down on the water at takeoff when he lowers the board (and he even HAS a quite long mast), this will definitely mean lost energy and height, so good margin with a long mast could be even better maybe ?
(said from a non booster I know, but still)
PF