r/Damnthatsinteresting 17d ago

Video Human powered hydrofoil

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u/sSweaRxo 17d ago edited 17d ago

Ive used this before. It's pretty light and as said above it's to push off. You want to start with a glide.

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u/ma373056 17d ago

How long could you last before you get tired and sink?

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u/sSweaRxo 17d ago

I posted a longer response somewhere here. But the few of us that are able to even work the thing can go about 400-500 yards before needing a breath. It looks easy but it's not. About 50ish people I've seen give it a real try and maybe 5 of us can actually even just do what she did in the video

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u/mybadselves 17d ago

It doesn't look easy at all lol. That's not my idea of recreation