Balsa Skate
A Wooden Pumping Dream
After seeing a friend's Balsa surfboard I was immediately hooked and had to build my own for pumping. The first sketch outlined a small and flat (no rocker) pumping board that I could easily transport with public transport or put in a travel bag without loosing too much space..
This …
Hydrofoil Design using Free Software
Part 1: Finding the right tools
I have recently started a quest to find the best free software for generating complex shapes like hydrofoils. Having a good level of experience in CATIA and AutoCAD under my belt I believe that scripted CAD file generation is the way to go for hydrofoils. It makes the import of …
Steel Inserts for Moses Mast
Replacing Brass with Stainless Steel Inserts
Many Moses foil owners I have talked to have had problems with ripping out the thread of the brass inserts of their deep tuttle masts. Both of my inserts broke after about 20 sessions and ruined what could have been a nice afternoon on the water.
This picture shows how …
Deep Tuttle to Plate Adapter
675 g of Carbon, Glass and Epoxy
To use a board with a rail system or the foiling power plate with a deep tuttle head foil mast an adapter is needed. Most manufacturers sell them as accessories to their foils but since I had plenty of time while waiting for my foil order to arrive I decided …
JP Magic Ride Repair
Nose Damage due to Catapult
I damaged the nose of my JP Magic Ride 118 in one of the famous 'Föhnstürm(e)' at lake Urner. The damage didn't look that bad at first but the board's surface felt soft at and around the spot on the railing where the boom hit the board indicating delamination. Here …
JP Magic Ride 118 Foil Edition
Replacing a Power Box with a Deep Tuttle Box
Similar to the procedure described in Fanatic Skate 101 I also converted my JP Magic Ride 118 into a foil-ready version. The only notable difference was that the Magic Ride has a reinforced fin-box that is laminated with both lower to the upper deck thus making the removal of it …
First Pump-Foiling Round Trips
Fanatic Aero 2500 Foil with Gong Foil-Surfboard
After several modifications to my setup and a lot more practice I can finally do turns and come back to the dock. In the videos I use the 640 mm fuselage setting with a -0.75° spacer between back wing and fuselage. The maximum pumping distance at this point is limited …
Fanatic Aero Fuselage Shortening
One Fuselage for Two Settings
Most pump-foiling videos use the Fanatic Aero foil with the 'short' 640 mm instead of the 'long' 800 mm fuselage. Since I hadn't progressed much in how far I could pump with the smaller back wing I decided to give it a try and added a second mounting position at …
Fanatic Skate 101 Foil Edition
Replacing a Slot Box with a Deep Tuttle Box
In this post I show you how I made my Fanatic Skate 101 foil-ready. Almost all windsurfing and racing foils come with a deep tuttle head. So the first step was to make a positive of such head. One of the difficulties is that each manufacturer seems to have its …