| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
westender
Joined: 02 Aug 2007
Posts: 1288
Location: Portland / Gorge
|
 Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:50 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
SWC, they are holding the wing in new positions now other than overhead. Behind the back for straight downwind and one tip up and one tip down just like a WS sail. Never seen things change so fast in one year!  |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
gorky
Joined: 07 Aug 2003
Posts: 23
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:27 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Saw what looked like a teenager yesterday repeatedly jumping his winged foil about 20 feet up and landing most of them....looks like the new derivative of surfing, windsurfing, kiting, foiling |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
biffmalibu
Joined: 30 May 2008
Posts: 556
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Bond1
Joined: 25 Apr 2000
Posts: 168
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Descendants of the Wind Weapon |
|
|
| biffmalibu wrote: | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qutaAX8DMY |
The problem with the wind weapon is that it didn't fly worth a damn. Here was this equipment that sailed poorly but was designed to fly like a bird when you jumped which was the big payoff. Only it didn't fly like a bird. We were jumping twice as high with conventional gear and landing. The wind weapon either landed awkwardly or exploded on landing, or exploded in the air!
It turns out he needed to get rid of the connection between the wing and the board. Who knew?
I guess he also needed to add a foil. The foil plus the wing is the ticket. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
westender
Joined: 02 Aug 2007
Posts: 1288
Location: Portland / Gorge
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Saw some guys this afternoon getting rides with their paddles |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cgoudie1
Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 2599
Location: Killer Sturgeon Cove
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Indeed, some pretty good rides!
-Craig
| westender wrote: | | Saw some guys this afternoon getting rides with their paddles |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mac
Joined: 07 Mar 1999
Posts: 17747
Location: Berkeley, California
|
| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| The progress made with foils and the wing things over the past 5 years is just amazing. Gear heads rock! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
westender
Joined: 02 Aug 2007
Posts: 1288
Location: Portland / Gorge
|
| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Some of the advanced wing foilers are using a harness for ripping upwind.
| swchandler wrote: | So you folks are talking about folks using boards, foils and hand held wings. In my earlier post, I didn't recognize that. I thought, without some form of power to drive you, it's impossible to move upwind. I missed the idea of hand held wings. They must be getting quite popular.
Regarding any negativity, it wasn't on my mind. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
Search
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Register
