This week kite foil races are being held in La Ventana. The world's top riders are competing. Here's a few fotos of yesterday's action:
Leo - 3-18-2014 at 12:53 PM
Great pictures, great speck-tater sport and must be very exciting to do yourself if the learning curve was not so brutal.DENNIS - 3-18-2014 at 01:55 PM
Jeeezo.....how cool is this. These athletes should be in the Olympics.
So...what happens to the guy who lost his board?vandenberg - 3-18-2014 at 03:09 PM
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Originally posted by DENNIS
Jeeezo.....how cool is this. These athletes should be in the Olympics.
So...what happens to the guy who lost his board?
Last I heard he was heading for Asuncion.
RnR - 3-18-2014 at 05:34 PM
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Originally posted by DENNIS
Jeeezo.....how cool is this. These athletes should be in the Olympics.
So...what happens to the guy who lost his board?
He hopes that he doesn't land on it when he comes down.....monoloco - 3-18-2014 at 06:00 PM
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Originally posted by DENNIS
Jeeezo.....how cool is this. These athletes should be in the Olympics.
So...what happens to the guy who lost his board?
Some of those guys (and girls) were getting 50' of air,
when they lose the board they just float down, that kite is basically a parachute.DENNIS - 3-18-2014 at 06:39 PM
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Originally posted by vandenberg
Last I heard he was heading for Asuncion.
WOW...he just went by my place. Looks like he's having fun. dtbushpilot - 3-18-2014 at 06:43 PM
That's just weird...
[Edited on 3-19-2014 by dtbushpilot]micah202 - 3-18-2014 at 10:53 PM
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That's just weird...
...actually DT,it's the bleeding-edge of a pretty cool sport!
...was thinking of these guys when you folk were complaining about the nasty big Norte'sdtbushpilot - 3-18-2014 at 11:00 PM
I took a few kite board lessons, had enough trouble with the board, probably would have even more trouble if the board had a big thing sticking out
the bottom of it. Probably need to learn one thing before progressing to the next thingBarbareno - 3-19-2014 at 04:14 AM
Holy crappola. Hey Vgabndo (Perry) you need one of these. DENNIS - 3-19-2014 at 07:17 AM
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a big thing sticking out the bottom of it.
Laird Hamilton, the BIG wave surfer, has been using a foil like these on his surfboard. Amazing speed.Pompano - 3-19-2014 at 09:24 AM
You gotta love creative minds...and the wind sports seem to attract a lot of them! Yaa-Hoooo as our northern neighbors say.
As we all know, hydrofoils are not exactly a new design. They have been used on engine driven watercraft both large and small, sailboats,
human-powered boats (kayaks & canoes), windsurfers, wakeboards, and waterskis.
The first hydrofoil boat dates back to 1906 designed and built by the Italian Inventor, Enrico Forlanini (1948-1930). The foil design was made from
the classic "Ladder" type construction which has multiple struts coming down with multiple wings between them. It had a 60 hp engine driving two
counter-rotating air props and during testing, the craft reached a top speed of 42.5 mph. Pretty impressive for 1906!
I've used hydrofoils on all my small fishing boat outboards for a long time...I think the first one was called a 'Flying wing'. It got you out of the
hole much faster and improved fuel efficiency and ride.
Easy to see how and why these great new foil/kite boards can give you the thrill of your life. Now all I need is a time-machine and I'm good to go.
