Sorry if posted here before (did a search and couldn't see it).

Unless the rules exclude it, may not be long before someone modifies a design for downwinders.




More photos here.
www.damienleroy.com/site/index.php?option=com_morfeoshow&task=view&gallery=27&Itemid=80

Not posted before but has been dicussed with pics and vid of another guy doing it.

He's gunna need a longer paddle..

DJ

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DavidJohn said..

Not posted before but has been dicussed with pics and vid of another guy doing it.

He's gunna need a longer paddle..

DJ

This is why we all need extendable paddles.

Was he tow started or did he use his own paddle power?.....I am curious. Hard to imagine he extended his extendable paddle as he built up speed?

Oh........I see whereas I instantly thought "cool bananas" here's an on to it dude paddling into a wave and then using the power of the ocean to do the foil thing........maybe not

Its not as complex as it seems.
This guy paddled into waves at Curl Curl Beach in Sydney.

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Even on small waves there's enough power within the wave to lift a surfer. The bigger the area of the foil the easier it lifts.

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Balance is the key.

So how does one put a foil on the bottom of a board?
How would one even know how to construct the foil itself?

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GizzieNZ said...
So how does one put a foil on the bottom of a board?
How would one even know how to construct the foil itself?

You can buy them.. They've been around for years.. Waterskiing.. Tow surfing.. Windsurfing.. My local windsurfing/sup shop has one.

DJ

okay....but still having conceptual problems as how to attach to board.....leash plugs......or mayb just Hero surfboard mounts ?
We not talking about drilling holes through board I hope :)

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GizzieNZ said...
okay....but still having conceptual problems as how to attach to board.....leash plugs......or mayb just Hero surfboard mounts ?
We not talking about drilling holes through board I hope :)

Yes.. Drilling he's through the board.. Plus heaps of reinforcement .
DJ

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My local windsurfing/sup shop has one.

I'm ringing him tomorrow, but I'm not bolting it to my beloved Starby Pro..... :)

I think I can get a 10 foot mana.....might have a hint of a crease in the nose but otherwise wide and floaty

but mayb if it is a working and doable concept someone could do a purpose designed foil board......am thinking foil attached to central stringer (or stringers?