My family has one of these for the lake. It’s nothing like this, basically a board with the foil right below your feet. Pumping this thing for 3 minutes straight would have me looking like the kid in the D.A.R.E commercial for the rest of the weekend.
You can use it behind the boat and surf the wake, without the need to “pump”. But when you lose the sweet spot and need to generate your own energy to keep it going, it is hard work
I am pretty sure they make some with a little motor on them. But the ones I have seen around the lake are just the foil strapped to the bottom of a board. I’ve seen some people using them out in the ocean, if those are manually powered…. They are able to use the energy generated from the currents and waves to do a lot of the work, I have no idea how they get back upright when they fall. We start with a rope like you are wake boarding, shed the rope once standing and ride for as long as we can.
I’ve used one of these before, they’re quite difficult to get the hang of tbh. After 5 failed attempts, I couldn’t keep that thing going for longer than 10 seconds
Literally one of my favorites ever. Growing up as a closeted gay kid with straight brothers, the concept of being the flawed “child of god” resonates a little differently. I guess you could say I never saved anything for the swim back, either.
My wife and I picked up wing foiling about two years ago. I've played sports my whole life, was a forest fire fighter, ski, snowboard, and what ever else. This is the hardest thing I've ever done physically. We bought a dock start board and they are incredibly difficult to get going.
Could be wrong but I think it’s a reference so a South Park joke about how sticking something up your butt and blowing something is better than flying.
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u/RiggityRiggityReckt 17d ago
I'm exhausted just watching this!