It's Laird Hamilton's take on surfing modernism: riding a SUP fitted with a foil and filmed by a drone. If he could get it all happening in a wavepool we could say hello to our golden future right now.
And in the new year those foiled SuPs .....there coming to beach near you
TerminalFriday, 16 Dec 2016 at 10:08am
Made me laugh and sad simultaneously. Seriously though, I think they'll disappear pretty quickly after a swimmer/surfer loses a limb or worse from being run over by one
Rabbits68Thursday, 15 Dec 2016 at 12:12pm
That was wicked! Love the stuff Liard gets up to.
I reckon the punters around the Ballina shire will be thinking seriously about placing an order....
frogThursday, 15 Dec 2016 at 12:51pm
Very interesting in its potential to turn closeouts, seabreeze windswell and generally crappy waves into fun spreading out crowds. It would never beat quality waves but there is so much beach and swell available if you did not have to hunt out quality banks and reefs (drive miles, fuss about being in the right place at the right time so much) to have fun that it could be a great innovation with widespread impact. Watching on youtoob they seem to be able to catch unbroken waves and even open ocean chop on reasonably short boards. How "normal" surfers handle it is the next question and can you do it without a paddle etc. Laird and Kai are not average guys.
I would like to see more of the actual takeoff where the swell is not close to breaking at all. I've seen a few vids where it seems possible to get up and planning well before any peak / wall has formed but mostly they show them up and riding and miss this bit out.
indo-dreamingThursday, 15 Dec 2016 at 6:39pm
It's kinda cool, the glide and flow.
But id be shit scared being in the line up with a guy riding a foil especially as a sup, imagine paddling back and there is some kook out of control on one of these things comping towards you.
udoThursday, 15 Dec 2016 at 7:33pm
Lombok Strait ?
LegropeThursday, 15 Dec 2016 at 9:23pm
Would be fun with no one around to hurt. Aren't these things as sharp as samurai swords? I'm concerned with regular SUP's running people down so regularly. Nasty in the hands of a regular SUP rider. Although they'd be handy for slicing through schools of tailor for an easy feed.
udoThursday, 15 Dec 2016 at 9:39pm
The front of the foil on some are razor sharp theres a vid out there of slicing paper on one.
ryderFriday, 16 Dec 2016 at 10:30am
These things would be good for places like Nazarre and Jaws? Basically friction free drops and eliminating all the wind chop up the face. How would they handle the speed though? But I tell ya what, come off the wrong way and that blade would slice a deep wound in any part of your body, even an artery.
surfonkeithFriday, 16 Dec 2016 at 10:39am
There goes board design.
All about foil design....might as well attach a ironing board to the foil.
saltmanFriday, 16 Dec 2016 at 11:01am
I am not watching that until he does it
at night time
on fire while doing a shoey !
tonybarberFriday, 16 Dec 2016 at 12:27pm
Got to give it to him, Laird. If there is anyone who could do it, he can. He might be onto something here since the SUP will allow time to get going. Would have to blunt the foil.
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Just the all round waterman isn't he
With straps on no less
And in the new year those foiled SuPs .....there coming to beach near you
Made me laugh and sad simultaneously. Seriously though, I think they'll disappear pretty quickly after a swimmer/surfer loses a limb or worse from being run over by one
That was wicked! Love the stuff Liard gets up to.
I reckon the punters around the Ballina shire will be thinking seriously about placing an order....
Very interesting in its potential to turn closeouts, seabreeze windswell and generally crappy waves into fun spreading out crowds. It would never beat quality waves but there is so much beach and swell available if you did not have to hunt out quality banks and reefs (drive miles, fuss about being in the right place at the right time so much) to have fun that it could be a great innovation with widespread impact. Watching on youtoob they seem to be able to catch unbroken waves and even open ocean chop on reasonably short boards. How "normal" surfers handle it is the next question and can you do it without a paddle etc. Laird and Kai are not average guys.
I would like to see more of the actual takeoff where the swell is not close to breaking at all. I've seen a few vids where it seems possible to get up and planning well before any peak / wall has formed but mostly they show them up and riding and miss this bit out.
It's kinda cool, the glide and flow.
But id be shit scared being in the line up with a guy riding a foil especially as a sup, imagine paddling back and there is some kook out of control on one of these things comping towards you.
Lombok Strait ?
Would be fun with no one around to hurt. Aren't these things as sharp as samurai swords? I'm concerned with regular SUP's running people down so regularly. Nasty in the hands of a regular SUP rider. Although they'd be handy for slicing through schools of tailor for an easy feed.
The front of the foil on some are razor sharp theres a vid out there of slicing paper on one.
These things would be good for places like Nazarre and Jaws? Basically friction free drops and eliminating all the wind chop up the face. How would they handle the speed though? But I tell ya what, come off the wrong way and that blade would slice a deep wound in any part of your body, even an artery.
There goes board design.
All about foil design....might as well attach a ironing board to the foil.
I am not watching that until he does it
at night time
on fire while doing a shoey !
Got to give it to him, Laird. If there is anyone who could do it, he can. He might be onto something here since the SUP will allow time to get going. Would have to blunt the foil.