This is called the #pumpfoil.
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My friend had kids. They grew up to also learn "boarding".
They've taken it to unbelievable heights.
4 ft X 8 ft board. Couches with 1. 2. 3 people sitting on it. Or using 6 ft. Ladder.
None of this stuff is fastened to the board... so learned experience is what it takes.
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I think it could be done with a specially designed hydrofoil that is very large and very light. Expensive material. It would have to be a special kind of pumpfoil designed for open water starts
Or an electric assist. Or a paddle you have to carry with you slung over your shoulder or else. If you lose it: you're stuck
And with all these caveats, it would still only be possible for very athletic people
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This is called the #pumpfoil. She is #pumpfoiling
You pump up and down with your legs and that motion alone is all that is necessary to translate via a hydrofoil under the water surface (like a wing) to give you lift and forward motion
You need good balance, endurance, and if you stop pumping you lose lift and sink rapidly
EDIT: this is Alina Kornelli. See @bruno 's comment below
EDITEDIT: https://youtube.com/@alinakornelli
Very nice!
I went down the youtube rabbit hole and found this short video that shows one of her early tries (she sinks) and then shows how much better she is four years later
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This is called the #pumpfoil. She is #pumpfoiling
You pump up and down with your legs and that motion alone is all that is necessary to translate via a hydrofoil under the water surface (like a wing) to give you lift and forward motion
You need good balance, endurance, and if you stop pumping you lose lift and sink rapidly
EDIT: this is Alina Kornelli. See @bruno 's comment below
EDITEDIT: https://youtube.com/@alinakornelli
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This is called the #pumpfoil. She is #pumpfoiling
You pump up and down with your legs and that motion alone is all that is necessary to translate via a hydrofoil under the water surface (like a wing) to give you lift and forward motion
You need good balance, endurance, and if you stop pumping you lose lift and sink rapidly
EDIT: this is Alina Kornelli. See @bruno 's comment below
EDITEDIT: https://youtube.com/@alinakornelli
Looks fun
in not so related news:
My stupid brain went here;
If they ever make a "waterworlded" version of little house on the prairie we have the person to play Laura Ingalls during the credits.
I better check my meds I think.
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My friend had kids. They grew up to also learn "boarding".
They've taken it to unbelievable heights.
4 ft X 8 ft board. Couches with 1. 2. 3 people sitting on it. Or using 6 ft. Ladder.
None of this stuff is fastened to the board... so learned experience is what it takes.
@JohnJBurnsIII oh that's awesome
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I think it could be done with a specially designed hydrofoil that is very large and very light. Expensive material. It would have to be a special kind of pumpfoil designed for open water starts
Or an electric assist. Or a paddle you have to carry with you slung over your shoulder or else. If you lose it: you're stuck
And with all these caveats, it would still only be possible for very athletic people
@benroyce @JohnJBurnsIII from watching people launch from a run, I’d say it looks impossible to launch while swimming. But I never searched for counter-proof.
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Only if she does this instead?
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This is called the #pumpfoil. She is #pumpfoiling
You pump up and down with your legs and that motion alone is all that is necessary to translate via a hydrofoil under the water surface (like a wing) to give you lift and forward motion
You need good balance, endurance, and if you stop pumping you lose lift and sink rapidly
EDIT: this is Alina Kornelli. See @bruno 's comment below
EDITEDIT: https://youtube.com/@alinakornelli
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This is called the #pumpfoil. She is #pumpfoiling
You pump up and down with your legs and that motion alone is all that is necessary to translate via a hydrofoil under the water surface (like a wing) to give you lift and forward motion
You need good balance, endurance, and if you stop pumping you lose lift and sink rapidly
EDIT: this is Alina Kornelli. See @bruno 's comment below
EDITEDIT: https://youtube.com/@alinakornelli
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This is called the #pumpfoil. She is #pumpfoiling
You pump up and down with your legs and that motion alone is all that is necessary to translate via a hydrofoil under the water surface (like a wing) to give you lift and forward motion
You need good balance, endurance, and if you stop pumping you lose lift and sink rapidly
EDIT: this is Alina Kornelli. See @bruno 's comment below
EDITEDIT: https://youtube.com/@alinakornelli
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@Kierkegaanks @bruno pumpfoil drones, incoming!
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This is called the #pumpfoil. She is #pumpfoiling
You pump up and down with your legs and that motion alone is all that is necessary to translate via a hydrofoil under the water surface (like a wing) to give you lift and forward motion
You need good balance, endurance, and if you stop pumping you lose lift and sink rapidly
EDIT: this is Alina Kornelli. See @bruno 's comment below
EDITEDIT: https://youtube.com/@alinakornelli
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This is called the #pumpfoil. She is #pumpfoiling
You pump up and down with your legs and that motion alone is all that is necessary to translate via a hydrofoil under the water surface (like a wing) to give you lift and forward motion
You need good balance, endurance, and if you stop pumping you lose lift and sink rapidly
EDIT: this is Alina Kornelli. See @bruno 's comment below
EDITEDIT: https://youtube.com/@alinakornelli
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︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce) looks cool! sehr beeindruckend
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This is called the #pumpfoil. She is #pumpfoiling
You pump up and down with your legs and that motion alone is all that is necessary to translate via a hydrofoil under the water surface (like a wing) to give you lift and forward motion
You need good balance, endurance, and if you stop pumping you lose lift and sink rapidly
EDIT: this is Alina Kornelli. See @bruno 's comment below
EDITEDIT: https://youtube.com/@alinakornelli
