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Foil Racing In La Ventana
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:
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Great pictures, great speck-tater sport and must be very exciting to do yourself if the learning curve was not so brutal.
The grass is always greener....
and so, there is always a better spot in Baja
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Jeeezo.....how cool is this. These athletes should be in the Olympics.
So...what happens to the guy who lost his board?
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| Quote: | 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.
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| Quote: | 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.....
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| Quote: | 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.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Last I heard he was heading for Asuncion.
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WOW...he just went by my place. Looks like he's having fun. 
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That's just weird...
[Edited on 3-19-2014 by dtbushpilot]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
That's just weird...
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...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's
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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 thing
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Holy crappola. Hey Vgabndo (Perry) you need one of these. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
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.
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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.
Thanks for the great photos.
[Edited on 3-19-2014 by Pompano]
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