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This mornings post evolved from two emails from fellow matters James and Tom
First up a note from James,
"its interesting to hear perspectives from people who have never ridden them :)
i dont expect many people will get it .
just offering my experiences and sharing what im into.
the thing to remember is that we are all surfing .
a bodyboard is somewhat like a military jet
but there is one problem in surfing our speed comes from the waves not the planes engines
so the bodyboarder is constantly looking for the juice becasue w/o a certain amount of power the jet falls out of the sky and has shitty stall speeds compared to say a bi plane or a hang glider.
meanwhile the surfmat is a better glider and actually gets up to the speeds of the jet with alot less wave energy to push it
the ride has a bit of a wild feeling to it cause going
mach 2 in a hang glider is crazy shit.
seriously its like trying to compare flying a wingsuit to a jet fighter no matter how much the jet fighte trys to say its better the wingsuit guy will just shake his head and say you just dont understand"
Great stuff, James nails the mat / glider thing and I'm definitely posting this but I'll need some visuals for the text.
So I open an email from Tom
Yes, Tom it's been too long and yes it's most definitely mat-like
And that's how 23B comes together in the morning.
James and Tom, first round's on me! Thanks
First up a note from James,
"its interesting to hear perspectives from people who have never ridden them :)
i dont expect many people will get it .
just offering my experiences and sharing what im into.
the thing to remember is that we are all surfing .
a bodyboard is somewhat like a military jet
but there is one problem in surfing our speed comes from the waves not the planes engines
so the bodyboarder is constantly looking for the juice becasue w/o a certain amount of power the jet falls out of the sky and has shitty stall speeds compared to say a bi plane or a hang glider.
meanwhile the surfmat is a better glider and actually gets up to the speeds of the jet with alot less wave energy to push it
the ride has a bit of a wild feeling to it cause going
mach 2 in a hang glider is crazy shit.
seriously its like trying to compare flying a wingsuit to a jet fighter no matter how much the jet fighte trys to say its better the wingsuit guy will just shake his head and say you just dont understand"
Great stuff, James nails the mat / glider thing and I'm definitely posting this but I'll need some visuals for the text.
So I open an email from Tom
"Is it just that it's been too long since I've been out on my mat, or
do I really see some mat-like aviation going on here?" Yes, Tom it's been too long and yes it's most definitely mat-like
And that's how 23B comes together in the morning.
James and Tom, first round's on me! Thanks
Comments
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