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  • čas přidán 30. 09. 2017
  • Wind measured about 3 knots just right before went out. After about 20 mins the wind start to pick up a little.
    Kite: Ozone R1V2 17m (17m lines)
    Foil: Taaroa Sword 2

Komentáře • 69

  • @filippoi.4138
    @filippoi.4138 Před 3 lety +10

    extreme for newbies: 40 knots and 3mt waves
    extreme for expert kiters: 3 knots and flat water

  • @METAL_SOLAR
    @METAL_SOLAR Před 7 měsíci +1

    VERY difficult to pull this off ... well done!
    Also, an excellent physics lesson on the difference between apparent and true wind velocity ... 🤓

  • @hierwirdgefragt5228
    @hierwirdgefragt5228 Před 6 lety +26

    Impressive water relaunchability. Both the pilot and the kite seem to be good ;-)

  • @hamishptwc7253
    @hamishptwc7253 Před 6 lety +43

    this is insane, now you can go kiteboarding any day of the week! when will any work get done now?

  • @christophercollins3851
    @christophercollins3851 Před 6 lety +10

    Great video!! I'm impressed with your patience and skill! Need to learn to foil soon, I also live in mostly light wind area. Keep up the videos!

    • @danleowkite4511
      @danleowkite4511  Před 6 lety

      You will need the lightest kite you can get for light wind

  • @BrettWae
    @BrettWae Před 5 lety +4

    @3:45 when you backloop the kite to start, hear the board gush through the water as you get up and then silence. So nice to experience first hand.

  • @denniz122
    @denniz122 Před 6 lety +3

    Very impressive! And ur going pretty quick too!

  • @mylesthompson4976
    @mylesthompson4976 Před 6 lety +11

    Wow... thats pretty fricken awesome! Recently I've been thinking about getting a foil kite for the really light days, and I must say I'm much more convinced now heh.

    • @danleowkite4511
      @danleowkite4511  Před 6 lety

      In 2010, Gunnar Biniasch also foiled in 3 knots of wind czcams.com/video/fb68bZjXUbE/video.html . With the right kite (foil kites), you can do it below 5 knots. However above 5 knots will be easier to foil for almost any light wind kite (include LEI).

    • @mylesthompson4976
      @mylesthompson4976 Před 6 lety +2

      Oh wow yeah, and he's pulling back rolls and such too. The lowest I've gone is 7-8 knots with a 12 meter inflatable and a pretty fat foil and that was pushing it haha.

    • @MrGGalindo
      @MrGGalindo Před 5 lety

      Hey Miles, Just saw your comment from a year ago ; ). I very tempted to get a foil kite and sell my big cloud.

  • @Ripstop_pilot
    @Ripstop_pilot Před 6 lety +7

    5-6kts minimum. And the kite might behave a little better if you depower it at launch to keep it from stalling.

  • @marymarcone9495
    @marymarcone9495 Před 3 lety +2

    Indeed, the wind speed seems to be slow (see the video from 4'25" to 4"35"). No more comments. Awesome!

    • @OrlandoMulder
      @OrlandoMulder Před 3 lety

      That’s not the wind speed 🤦‍♂️😐

  • @MWVideography
    @MWVideography Před 6 lety +2

    Sweet! Gotta sand those wings down a bit to prevent that whistling sound though 👌

  • @onurkitesurfer215
    @onurkitesurfer215 Před 6 lety +1

    very good video

  • @Danyo123456
    @Danyo123456 Před 2 lety

    Really impressive. I would like to see how to go downwind @3knt of wind again :D

  • @kniefi
    @kniefi Před 6 lety +8

    holy shit! you reached very impressive speeds, considering how little wind there was!
    I am always afraid of dropping the kite, due to a messed up turn and there being no apparent wind anymore...
    happened once and had to take a huge swim back...
    nice that you got the kite out of the water again in the beginning^^
    what could have been a very frustrating start and end of the kite day turned into a fantastic journey in almost no real wind

    • @danleow
      @danleow Před 6 lety +3

      I had to create extra energy by pumping the board on water start in light wind.

  • @mhucke
    @mhucke Před 6 lety +6

    From experience i would say that riding 3x wind speed is pretty normal in Kite Hydrofoiling. 4x is already fast. Assuming very good material setup having 5x Windspeed (really possible?) you would have at least 5 Knots in that video as your GPS states 25 knots riding speed. Starting with a downloop with a 17 Kite with 3-4 knots is definitely possible but as we can see in the video is not easy to hold kite in the sky... but out on the water there was more than 3 knots

    • @danleow
      @danleow Před 6 lety +2

      Michael Hucke Maxime was foiling in 2.5 knots in Korea last year

  • @alenskykiteboarding6292
    @alenskykiteboarding6292 Před rokem +1

    Really impressive drive. Please can you share what is lentgh of the lines?

  • @hsilva92
    @hsilva92 Před 6 lety +2

    Hey man awsome video..I just started foiling 1 to 2 months ago,I have a liquid force rocket foil..I have a 12m north rebel and a 9m airush ultra..I get around 10knots where i am at..i tried taking out my 12m and couldn't even water start got dragged into a non wind channel tunnel and had coast guard come rescue me..its awsome to see this kind of video..I'm thinking of investing in a 12m or 15m soul flysurfer to be able to get out more..after my last incident I was a bit discouraged of heading out there with low winds..any advice?

    • @danleow
      @danleow Před 6 lety

      Hey I am glad you liked the video. For sure foil kites are the ultimate kites in super light wind which is exceptionally great kite combo with foil board. The kite size also depends on your foil wings, usually lower aspect wings will work fine with smaller kites. But if you have higher aspect wings I would suggest using bigger kites.

  • @chopchopbc
    @chopchopbc Před 6 lety +1

    Awesome

  • @Triniboyjesse
    @Triniboyjesse Před 4 lety

    what a dope fucking spot though!

  • @ozancanca9740
    @ozancanca9740 Před 3 lety +1

    You are going 8 times faster than the wind??!

  • @FlyBenBo
    @FlyBenBo Před 4 lety +2

    Noob question probably but why are you always holding the depower line? Are you constantly trimming ?

    • @danleow
      @danleow Před 4 lety

      FlyBenBo because there is where the front lines are and I don’t want to choke the kite by pulling the bar in light wind

    • @MatsBohlinsson
      @MatsBohlinsson Před 3 lety

      @@danleow You mean its better to adjust the trimline instead of moving the bar in light wind?

    • @danleow
      @danleow Před 3 lety

      @@MatsBohlinsson You can do that too but in lighter wind is good to choke the kite down into the power window and restart again from there.

  • @Metroscan1
    @Metroscan1 Před 4 lety

    During his racing there is really at least 5-6 knots. even UL foils cannot hang on 3 knots officialy, they need at least 4 knots for it. Zenit 5knots at least.

    • @danleow
      @danleow Před 4 lety +2

      top guys can foil in 2.5 knots with no problem doing transitions no kidding

  • @grandmasterflash213
    @grandmasterflash213 Před 6 lety +2

    Sweet🤘

  • @user-bh8dh4fy9b
    @user-bh8dh4fy9b Před 6 lety +4

    Cool. What are you using software for making speed indicator?

  • @flockeflocke4481
    @flockeflocke4481 Před 6 lety +11

    yea, 3 knots behind tree cover ;) for sure little wind, but not only 3 knots.

    • @notwhatiwasraised2b
      @notwhatiwasraised2b Před 6 lety +3

      still, just getting up in 3 knots is an impressive ability.

    • @marianonunez8719
      @marianonunez8719 Před 6 lety +2

      The wind came from the water....

    • @flockeflocke4481
      @flockeflocke4481 Před 6 lety +1

      sure, so he have wind shadow while measuring:
      d12m281ylf13f0.cloudfront.net/images10/wind.jpg

    • @sanderwentink
      @sanderwentink Před 6 lety

      Well it wasn't more then 6 knots anyways, else the kite wouldn't come falling out of the sky. It will stay in Zenith when its 6knots.

  • @franzjimeno8322
    @franzjimeno8322 Před 2 lety

    haha amazing

  • @MrRazvanG
    @MrRazvanG Před 5 lety

    Hi, could you please tell me.what mount you used for the camera? is it a chest mount or a helmet one? thank you

  • @dannyisrael
    @dannyisrael Před 4 lety +1

    whatttt, that kite must be so fast, how can it climb up the wind that fast

    • @danleow
      @danleow Před 4 lety +1

      Danny Israel Foil kites are very efficient much more than tube kites

    • @dannyisrael
      @dannyisrael Před 4 lety

      danleow just got a chrono2. Cannnoootttt wait to use it. Going insane right now.

    • @danleow
      @danleow Před 4 lety

      Danny Israel The Ultralight ChronoV2 version is much better

    • @dannyisrael
      @dannyisrael Před 4 lety

      danleow for relaunch and low wind? Or overall? It seems that way on CZcams but I can’t afford it. I got a chrono2 for $700 CAD, really couldn’t go over that at all

  • @ThomasJoostenme
    @ThomasJoostenme Před 2 lety

    What size kite and which foil

  • @1002wjl
    @1002wjl Před 6 lety +1

    I am a foiler also When I go to the water and there's no wind, I go anyway. The kite wants to fall out of the sky. But when you get up on the foil, something magic happens. It still bewilders me.

    • @danleow
      @danleow Před 6 lety

      Bill Levins really amazing 😉

    • @kniefi
      @kniefi Před 6 lety +2

      One thing you got to watch out for - messing up turns on your foil.
      As a kind of foil newbie, I was used to going out as far as I did on my twintip ( 1 - 1,5miles) often even further
      and let me tell you - swimming back to shore with a totally wet pile of lines and cloth (tried to fold up and roll up as much as possible) while leaning half on your board is no fun!
      took me over a freaking hour of swimming to get back to shore and that was it for the day, washed ashore totally exhausted - lesson learned - although you really should not go out further then you would want to swim back, one does it anyways sometimes...

  • @Greggspies
    @Greggspies Před rokem

    Hope no sharks

  • @drewby4563
    @drewby4563 Před 5 lety

    That looks a right pain in the

  • @petergmelin1179
    @petergmelin1179 Před 6 lety

    Dude, how?????????

  • @MatsBohlinsson
    @MatsBohlinsson Před 3 lety

    Impressive!

  • @pedromarcos1472
    @pedromarcos1472 Před 6 lety +1

    Hi, why did you get the 17m R1V2 and not the 15m, you dont seem to weight much, wouldnt the 15m be better for you even for light winds? thx

    • @danleow
      @danleow Před 6 lety

      Pedro Marcos The 15m would not have enough power to water start

  • @benoitvalerie6544
    @benoitvalerie6544 Před 6 lety +3

    LOL : Speed 20 KT with 3 KT wind it's impossible ! it's fake. But 20 KM/H it's OK.

  • @onurkitesurfer215
    @onurkitesurfer215 Před 6 lety +1

    my first session with foil :
    czcams.com/video/McL5UuENXoI/video.html

  • @robertrecco3191
    @robertrecco3191 Před 5 lety

    Not worth it

  • @bernardvanbiljon8155
    @bernardvanbiljon8155 Před 4 lety

    Yes, 3 knots.
    That piece of shit wind meter you have under measures by at least 10 knots.
    I know this because I have the same one.

  • @harryhirsch9632
    @harryhirsch9632 Před 4 lety

    Du hast keine Ahnung vom Kitefliegen!