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Created by laurie > 9 months ago, 22 Aug 2011
laurie
NSW, 3904 posts
22 Aug 2011 11:48AM
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Got emailed this..

Quote "This hydrofoil named "seaglider" gives to the rider a real new experience, between sailing, kitesurfing and paragliding ! Flight feeling and upwind efficiency is amazing"

Looks like some sort of submerged boat in the water to act as an anchor? Yikes.



Thoughts?

moons
WA, 349 posts
22 Aug 2011 10:22AM
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I guess you save on the price of a board
Looks fun though

kiteboy dave
QLD, 6525 posts
22 Aug 2011 12:51PM
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Interesting... I wonder how you steer the anchor bit? I mean it doesn't really matter if the 'upwind efficiency is amazing' if you want to go downwind!

GalahOnTheBay
NSW, 4188 posts
22 Aug 2011 1:28PM
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What the?!?!?!

Can you steer the submerged boat bit?

As we know tethering never ends well...

eppo
WA, 9793 posts
22 Aug 2011 11:34AM
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Remember the first kite-ski's - the triangluar, rigid framed kites used...took only 13 more years to get what we have now. This looks fun but lame, but it is the start on what we all know will come... sooner than later.

djdojo
VIC, 1614 posts
22 Aug 2011 2:05PM
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Wow! Real innovation. I agree with Eppo - it looks lame now but this is a major new idea: using tension rather than compression to connect to the source of lateral resistance. This will surely lead to new ideas that are at this stage completely unpredictable.

Still, I'll offer some starters: Think of it like one kite in the air and another in the water. You could equally somehow put the air-kite on autopilot, turn the kiter around and have control lines attached to the anchor-foil thing. Or make it a two-person "vessel" with one person controlling each foil.

When I despair of humanity's capacity for destruction I get some solace from knowing that we've yet to really do more than scratch the surface of our creative potentials.

tatkins
QLD, 344 posts
22 Aug 2011 2:14PM
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Dangly bit in the water looks like a shark attractor to me.

oceanfire
WA, 718 posts
22 Aug 2011 1:55PM
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I dunno, paragliding or kiteboarding, pick one or the other; looks like too much of a compromise of both to be any long term fun.

Big eeeZeee
NSW, 1100 posts
22 Aug 2011 5:38PM
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love to see it in action in 40 odd knots... so much carnage

Always good to see innovation of the sorts

dusta
WA, 2940 posts
22 Aug 2011 3:53PM
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just waiting for waveslave to come and give his 2 cents on the death leash :P

laurie
NSW, 3904 posts
22 Aug 2011 8:10PM
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The inventor (Stephane) is into all sort of stuff .. checkout his other projects.

www.scubster.org

www.rousson.org

.. "Channel Crossing with his pedal powered airship in 8 hours, 34 kilometers...."

Skwinty
WA, 164 posts
22 Aug 2011 6:12PM
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You sure that isnt just some bloke that got tangled in a cray pot?

Elroy Jetson
WA, 706 posts
22 Aug 2011 7:02PM
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I heard Alex Sanz and Kitesports has exclusive rights to import this product into Australia

rousson
1 posts
23 Aug 2011 11:39PM
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Hello all,

thanks for the comments,
I will try to answer all the question about the seaglider

for now, Seaglider is a concept that we try to developp, it s not yet for sale, but hope to sell it soon !

Sorry about my English, I m a French frog..hihi

We might some more news on www.seaglider.fr as soon as possible ( next month I hope with some new tries

stephane

myusernam
QLD, 6160 posts
24 Aug 2011 9:11AM
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rousson said...

Hello all,

thanks for the comments,
I will try to answer all the question about the seaglider

for now, Seaglider is a concept that we try to developp, it s not yet for sale, but hope to sell it soon !

Sorry about my English, I m a French frog..hihi

We might some more news on www.seaglider.fr as soon as possible ( next month I hope with some new tries

stephane




hi stephane,
mate i'd like to give you some honest feedback on your submarine. It sucks. Why would you want to pedal power drag all that fuselage throught the water using up even more of your air. Thats why most other products/ sleds are seld propelled - so you dont use your air. Also you're still getting wet so what are you actually acheiving? Far less bottom time hauling a large frame through the water. Good shark protection maybee, but there are other better alternatives. airship and kite thing might be good tho

e0422713
WA, 975 posts
24 Aug 2011 8:26AM
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it went really well with the 16m lift and 10m of rope with a sand anchor.......

went well until i got out in the deep water >10m

i need a quick release on the anchor rope though....



bjw
QLD, 3691 posts
27 Aug 2011 9:30AM
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Do they have a surf version?

Tony Armstrong
NSW, 341 posts
27 Aug 2011 10:26AM
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If you after hang time, get a hang glider. Outside of controlled airspace you can get to 10,000' and the x-c flight record in Australia is around 500+ km's. Only a personal thought.

Gorgo
VIC, 5127 posts
27 Aug 2011 11:46AM
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SaveTheWhales
WA, 1913 posts
27 Aug 2011 9:52AM
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Sorry to burst the bubble - but what an absolute load of Crap !!

Im seein it for what it is and it does not inspire me to want to get a tiny bit of air with restricted freedom by being tethered to a drag anchor..

if you want airtime go Paragliding
if you want to kitesurf and trick/megaloop/surf go kitesurfing

Adrenalin junkies we are - and being restricted in flight just doesnt cut in in my book

The water jet pack is the buzz if you really lookin for a drag anchor

Back to the drawing board dude

kitepilotoz
QLD, 181 posts
27 Aug 2011 12:17PM
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Frenchy obviously has to much time on his hands!!!
So creative :/

bjw
QLD, 3691 posts
29 Aug 2011 6:03PM
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@ Whales - give the guy a break. It does look fun, and wouldn't it be cool to have more airtime while your kiting?

Although you are right it doesn't make much sense to have an anchor, but then again Suping doesn't make much sense or Land Suping? What is that about? But people still do it.

Also Whales - Jet Packing would be awesome. Why can't we buy those yet?

GalahOnTheBay
NSW, 4188 posts
29 Aug 2011 7:05PM
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SaveTheWhales said...

Sorry to burst the bubble - but what an absolute load of Crap !!




SaveTheWhales
WA, 1913 posts
29 Aug 2011 6:46PM
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Bwaa haa haa - its all funny as

if you want more air time - move to W.A

and sorry in advance to all those swimmers speared by anchors of the same kiters who charge thru marked swim areas allready

onemorehuey
NSW, 158 posts
29 Aug 2011 9:49PM
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Brilliant stuff Mate

Its people like you pushing their ideas and innovations that invented all these great sports in the first place.

There are always a few narrowminded people out there to knock every new itea. Just because its not your idea of fun doesnt mean its not a good thing or may lead to something else good.

When the first kites came out windsurfers laughed them off the beach, now look-

Keep up the good work mate


rousson said...

Hello all,

thanks for the comments,
I will try to answer all the question about the seaglider

for now, Seaglider is a concept that we try to developp, it s not yet for sale, but hope to sell it soon !

Sorry about my English, I m a French frog..hihi

We might some more news on www.seaglider.fr as soon as possible ( next month I hope with some new tries

stephane




dachopper
WA, 1802 posts
1 Sep 2011 3:38PM
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Interesting, I'd like to know if they could make the anchor thing a lot thing smaller and still function though, and how does it go in a swell / waves ?

daggy
WA, 528 posts
3 Sep 2011 5:28PM
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looks brilliant to me!!!!!!!!!
LMFAO
keep experimenting with it and god knows where it will lead you in the future.
how long can you make that leash?
looks like a brilliant bit of fun on light wind days

nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
3 Sep 2011 5:46PM
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Gorgo said...




Man that is extremely clever

I particularly like how it uses the drag on the string to keep it at the correct depth in the water...

Very inspiring

jsnfok
WA, 899 posts
3 Sep 2011 6:27PM
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looks fun for an hour or so, would have to be flat water



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