Post by fish on Mar 9, 2022 20:49:02 GMT 12
A thread for all things foiling. Comments, tips, links, info or personal stories & achievement's.
The popularity and accessibility of water based foiling sports has gone nuts over the last few years. Have a look at nearly any beach with 10 knts or more breeze and there will be wingers, kiters, windfoilers, foiling dinghies and even 'pump foilers' flying around willy nilly.
1) Windfoilers = windsurfer with a foil instead of a fin
2) Wingfoilers = Inflatable handheld wing, with a small, narrow but thick & high volume board, and a foil (of course)
3) Kitefoilers = A kitesurfer with a very small foil on an equally tiny board, dragged around by incredibly powerful kites
4) Prone surf foiling = Surfboard with foil for surfing lazy green waves at beach breaks
5) Sup foiling = basically the same as prone surf foiling, but with the advent of a simple tool (paddle) to catch waves easier. Better suited to mellower waves
6)Tow foiling = Using a 10Hp outboard and dinghy (or jetski) to foil. Often used to learn surf or SUP foiling, or just for fun, like waterskiing but not in the 1970's...
7) Pump foiling = jumping off a dock or swim platform onto a foil board and using your kinetic energy and pumping of legs and bodyweight to propel the board and yourself around the bay whilst flying above the water
8) Foiling dinghies = Moth, Wasp, A class cat, Nacra. Can hardly be called dinghies, these things are weapons now.
9) Billionaire foiling = A super expensive sport in 70ft monohulls requiring 100's of millions of public money to have a pissing contest to win the right to have a lawyers fight over where and when to race next. Otherwise referred to as the America's Cup.
So who is doing what? What have you tried? What do you want to try?
The popularity and accessibility of water based foiling sports has gone nuts over the last few years. Have a look at nearly any beach with 10 knts or more breeze and there will be wingers, kiters, windfoilers, foiling dinghies and even 'pump foilers' flying around willy nilly.
1) Windfoilers = windsurfer with a foil instead of a fin
2) Wingfoilers = Inflatable handheld wing, with a small, narrow but thick & high volume board, and a foil (of course)
3) Kitefoilers = A kitesurfer with a very small foil on an equally tiny board, dragged around by incredibly powerful kites
4) Prone surf foiling = Surfboard with foil for surfing lazy green waves at beach breaks
5) Sup foiling = basically the same as prone surf foiling, but with the advent of a simple tool (paddle) to catch waves easier. Better suited to mellower waves
6)Tow foiling = Using a 10Hp outboard and dinghy (or jetski) to foil. Often used to learn surf or SUP foiling, or just for fun, like waterskiing but not in the 1970's...
7) Pump foiling = jumping off a dock or swim platform onto a foil board and using your kinetic energy and pumping of legs and bodyweight to propel the board and yourself around the bay whilst flying above the water
8) Foiling dinghies = Moth, Wasp, A class cat, Nacra. Can hardly be called dinghies, these things are weapons now.
9) Billionaire foiling = A super expensive sport in 70ft monohulls requiring 100's of millions of public money to have a pissing contest to win the right to have a lawyers fight over where and when to race next. Otherwise referred to as the America's Cup.
So who is doing what? What have you tried? What do you want to try?