UmmHarry wrote:
Did someone mention foil a while ago.... that it was active and not passive?
Is it, in your opinion, active on its own?
Or only with the application of a rider's, shall we say, directed "active" input?
I guess in that sense, its passive.
Standup riders have it all over us in an active sense. So do skateboarders.
For example, squeeze a water melon seed between your fingers. If you squeeze the thinner end then the water melon seed will fly from your fingers at a great speed. If you squeeze the thicker side, it will still fly, but slightly less distance.
But hold it in the palm of your hand, and it does nothing.
When you skate, you can have two totally passive elements (like the skateboard in your hand AND natural ground which we will assume is level) and yet you can generate forward propulsion depending on what you can do with your body..and body alone. 1 element out of 3.
So too can standups..but they get the added bonus of a moving wave..easier again. 2 out of 3 (body + wave)
Kneeriders however, to me are more one 'solid' mass that is relatively concentrated in the one (static) place. No room for acrobatics to generate activity. 1 out of 3 (but this time its the wave)
Totally different to the other two.
Meaning that we may well rely more on our equipment than others do, because we only have one element of actual forward momentum..and it is something over which, we have the least control.
It is up to our equipment therefore, to enable greater utilisation of the dynamics of a wave so that our momentum is optimised.
so
If wave + mass = movement
maybe
wave + mass + foil (can) = more
hart
besides, a lump of uranium doesn't do much when its left in the ground huh?