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by Pedro Marcos
Tue May 21, 2019 10:22 am
Forum: Hydrofoil
Topic: Line length, gybing and down-looping
Replies: 23
Views: 7690

Re: Line length, gybing and down-looping

"Many racers only do tacks in this wind, for the same reason." -> I feel exactly the opposite, the wind will become so low that im not able to tack anymore (if i do i wont have enough exit speed, ill touch down, sink and drop my kite), but i still can jibe (barely, but not touching down). Ive heard ...
by Pedro Marcos
Mon May 20, 2019 10:19 pm
Forum: Hydrofoil
Topic: Line length, gybing and down-looping
Replies: 23
Views: 7690

Re: Line length, gybing and down-looping

Racers dont point upwind in marginal winds to jibe, they point abit less downwind, maybe to a reach angle if really low. Problem with longer lines and passing the kite overhead are the angles, you often need to point alot higher upwind to do this, and also on the exit you need to point more upwind a...
by Pedro Marcos
Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:01 pm
Forum: Hydrofoil
Topic: flying foot switch - advice needed
Replies: 68
Views: 32476

Re: flying foot switch - advice needed

My last post on this thread was from August 2018. I was injured shortly after that, and I had to take about 4½ months off from kiting. I’ve been back on the water for about a month and a half. Since I’ve been back, I’ve been foiling exclusively with underpowered LEI kites, which is my preference. I...
by Pedro Marcos
Wed Apr 10, 2019 9:07 pm
Forum: Hydrofoil
Topic: riding goofy side
Replies: 17
Views: 2135

Re: riding goofy side

hi wondering if its a known issue of being "anti ambidextrous"? I can gybe and do surface foot switches on my good side but I have no hope of even riding toeside on my goofy side. It certainly feels like my brain just says 'no' to that. When attempting to ride toeside on my goofy side my hips just ...
by Pedro Marcos
Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:34 pm
Forum: Hydrofoil
Topic: Best pumping foil?
Replies: 35
Views: 8095

Re: Best pumping foil?

Rider is towed to 10knots and released. This requirement will skew the results, there is no need to go that fast. I would bet the current record for distance for "normal" foils (not aquaskipper etc) would be the biplane wing that Horue made for this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS9pQStSDtw...
by Pedro Marcos
Sun Apr 07, 2019 10:41 pm
Forum: Hydrofoil
Topic: Air gibes in marginal winds
Replies: 31
Views: 5850

Re: Air gibes in marginal winds

Not sure how much wind you are talking about, but in around 4-5 knots we can go on a 21m kite with the race wings, stall starting the foil kite , you need to be able to start gliding with a single pull of the kite in the powerzone. After you are on the foil if you dont mess up i guess the wind can g...
by Pedro Marcos
Sun Apr 07, 2019 5:38 pm
Forum: Hydrofoil
Topic: Air gibes in marginal winds
Replies: 31
Views: 5850

Re: Air gibes in marginal winds

Race wings can go really low in the wind if you dont lose the speed, this means, you dont fail your manouvers, if you do, you will probably swim. The same low end can be done in a much easy way using a bigger foil, but even like that, speed is your friend, you just dont need such a big kite.
by Pedro Marcos
Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:17 pm
Forum: Hydrofoil
Topic: Air gibes in marginal winds
Replies: 31
Views: 5850

Re: Air gibes in marginal winds

Race jibe, just not pointing so much downwind to have more speed. Speed if friend, its when the speed is gone that you start sinking.
by Pedro Marcos
Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:13 pm
Forum: Hydrofoil
Topic: WtF man. Will I ever learn transitions...?
Replies: 57
Views: 8724

Re: WtF man. Will I ever learn transitions...?

Hey gang I have this dream of cruising around up on the foil doing smooth carving turns, zig zagging through swells and other kiters, big smile on my face and the wind in my hair, the only time my board touches the surface is when I water start at the beginning and come in at the end. Reality, my s...

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