Awesome! Looks pretty hard. I grew up surfing every day, skating, and skiing/snowboarding. I'm a little wobbly now, at 60 years old. But, you guys look like kids having fun! I've been boating almost every day this summer, one sort or another, as it has been a hot smokey (forest fires everywhere - real dry and hot in the western usa). Most everyone here has those expensive wake surf boats, with water ballasts, and kind of ruin the lake for everyone else. But, I did see someone on a hydrofoil yesterday behind a wake surf boat - maybe I'll give it a try? Looks like you could get away with a pretty small boat (my friend has a 13' boston whaler, with a 45 hp jonson 2 stroke that I think would work great). Thanks for the video!
Thank you for a comment. Hydrofoil needs very little force to be pulled. So yes, even a very small boat will work. There are hydrofoils of different size of course and we tried smaller for the first time (previous video. Check it too). And it was much more difficult to learn. This time (second time) we tried a bigger one (both the board and the foil are bigger). It works on lower speed and you have more time to react. I'm bigger and heavier than my friend, so it is much harder for me to stand up though. I tried foiling on my knees but with no big success.
Awesome! Looks pretty hard. I grew up surfing every day, skating, and skiing/snowboarding. I'm a little wobbly now, at 60 years old. But, you guys look like kids having fun! I've been boating almost every day this summer, one sort or another, as it has been a hot smokey (forest fires everywhere - real dry and hot in the western usa). Most everyone here has those expensive wake surf boats, with water ballasts, and kind of ruin the lake for everyone else. But, I did see someone on a hydrofoil yesterday behind a wake surf boat - maybe I'll give it a try? Looks like you could get away with a pretty small boat (my friend has a 13' boston whaler, with a 45 hp jonson 2 stroke that I think would work great). Thanks for the video!
Thank you for a comment. Hydrofoil needs very little force to be pulled. So yes, even a very small boat will work. There are hydrofoils of different size of course and we tried smaller for the first time (previous video. Check it too). And it was much more difficult to learn. This time (second time) we tried a bigger one (both the board and the foil are bigger). It works on lower speed and you have more time to react. I'm bigger and heavier than my friend, so it is much harder for me to stand up though. I tried foiling on my knees but with no big success.
Thank you for the praise. We're getting a bit fed up with the simple wake board so we're trying new toys!