Pushing the Limits of DW Racing

[starman]

Downwinding taken to the next level;

http://www.supconnect.com/news/event-aims-to-push-limits-of-downwind-racing

Nice having the support of the Navy!

[Area 10]

90 knot gusts? A boat rescue is going to be pretty hazardous in wind that strong - you'd need a pretty good rescue procedure, great equipment and a skilled crew.

I would have thought that 90 knots would part you from your board faster than Donald Trump can say "comb-over".

Nice to see Europe leading the way in downwinding for once though.

[coldsup]

Look forward to seeing the whole vid as there isn't much in the way of glides there but the swell looks epic! Wonder if they got the foil going well.

[burchas]

^Yes, bad edit.

They were focusing on showing how rough the conditions were rather than showing
Epic downwinding.

Usually I feel jealous when seeing riders in these conditions. I almost felt sorry for them
this time around, epic conditions no glides.

[coldsup]

Yeah....the editing was done by folks who don't SUP so they didn't really know what SUP folks look for in these vids......whole thing should be out within a couple of weeks.

[dns]

Interesting. Yeah it is a bad edit, but it was interesting to note both DW boards and short SUP's with foils were participating.

I think that the next M2O is going to be SUPER interesting if they let foils and 14' boards compete against one another.