I've been hydrofoil windsurfing (and have tried wingsurfing/wingfoiling as well).
Hydrofoiling has extended the lower range of wind speeds that I can go fast in. For instance, around 10kts wind I can pump the board and sail to get on the foil and go about 20mph. Pros push this even lower, to about 7kts wind speed.
I can also go upwind much higher and downwind deeper, at speed, than I could with just regular windsurfing on a fin. Control is a bit difficult downwind for me, still, but it's fun.
Paris Olympics in 2024 will have hydrofoil windsurfing. There was also a race this weekend around Lanzarote, which was almost 10hrs of racing and 130 something miles traveled on windsurf foils.
I've been hydrofoil windsurfing (and have tried wingsurfing/wingfoiling as well).
Hydrofoiling has extended the lower range of wind speeds that I can go fast in. For instance, around 10kts wind I can pump the board and sail to get on the foil and go about 20mph. Pros push this even lower, to about 7kts wind speed.
I can also go upwind much higher and downwind deeper, at speed, than I could with just regular windsurfing on a fin. Control is a bit difficult downwind for me, still, but it's fun.
Paris Olympics in 2024 will have hydrofoil windsurfing. There was also a race this weekend around Lanzarote, which was almost 10hrs of racing and 130 something miles traveled on windsurf foils.