Postby Andres_Santacruz » Sat Jan 11, 2003 7:53 pm
Ok foil haters, just a few facts: f-one and slingshot foils are not the best foils out there for water use, sligshot foils are open celled. Many riders use f-one foils on the snow very succesfuly(ever heard of Guillaume Chastagnol?). Oh, and foils dominate on the snow and on land.
There are riders using foils on the pro tour, and one has achieved decent results, his name is Marcus Damsell and he is sponsored by flysurfer.de and pirates kiteboards and i don't know his other sponsors. Have you forgotten Peter Trow! He got first on many tour stops and is thought of as one of the best kitesurfers in waves in the world, he is sponsored by flexifoil and stretch boards, and others. As you may know, i am a flysurfer dealer and have a little inside knowledge, they are talking to a few pros, a few very well known pros, but the pros do want a certain amount of money, that flysurfer is still not able to cover, or that flysurfer does not want to cover. Keep an eye out this year, you may be surprised by the results achieved by kitesurfers on foils.
Another rider, Ted Bautista from virginia kitesurfing in hatteras has gotten very good results in the local competitions using the psychos.
Anyway, talking to you guys is like talking to a brick wall, but at least i am not putting down lei users and criticizing their kite choices.
About a Lei being more aerodynamic than foils!?!? you must be an accountant or lawyer or economist or something, because anybody with a little logic and knowledge of engineering knows this is not true.
If an lei is more aerodynamic, then why the hell is my 9.3 warrior more powerful than my friends 2002 fuel 14! Thats just bullshit, why do you think paragliders are made like foils and not like inflatables?
Andres
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