Foilboard
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A foilboard or hydrofoil board is a stand up board with a hydrofoil that extends below the board into the water. The result of this design causes the board to leave the surface of the water at various speeds.
Laird Hamilton, a prominent figure of inventing big wave tow in surfing, discovered the foilboard capability to harness swell energy with the use of a jet ski, pulling the rider into a wave."Mango" Manny Carabello, a prominent big wave tow surfing athlete and instructor from the Hawaiian Island of Maui, is the original leading developer of the hydrofoil boards design for stand-up hydro foil boarding applications. The stand up design allows the rider to glide with the moving wave. Hydrofoil kiteboards allow the rider to achieve the same result with the use of a kite. The hydrofoil eliminates adverse riding effects due to choppy or rough conditions.
As a result of reduced friction, hydrofoils can attain high speeds and lift at lower speeds compared to conventional designs. Foils are used on wind-surfboards through design development from Neil Pryde Maui,inventors of hydrofoil sailing "windsurfing" boards. Using a moderate-sized sail, a foil windboard can achieve speeds over 6 knots then the apparent wind.
