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High Speed Crashes

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Created by OceanBlue64 > 9 months ago, 11 Feb 2008
OceanBlue64
VIC, 980 posts
11 Feb 2008 10:05PM
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Maybe one day I will go fast enough to do this....


CJW
NSW, 1731 posts
11 Feb 2008 10:15PM
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Yeah that's gotta hurt :o

monster
TAS, 495 posts
12 Feb 2008 12:11AM
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it wont be long o-b 64 dump your go and try something smaller i had trouble getting in the straps on my go but could get in the straps easy on the carve and now i dont like the carve arfter getting 105 salom board , just comit to that harness and enjoy the ride ,

WINDY MILLER
WA, 3183 posts
11 Feb 2008 10:51PM
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nice way to snap your mast at 1.00.....hope he didn't get any splinters

mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
11 Feb 2008 11:27PM
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OceanBlue64 said...

Maybe one day I will go fast enough to do this....





OceanBlue64 that one day isnt that far away maybe not as fast as the crew in vid but it will happen that's the fun of it.
You notice most came unstuck when the fins let go (cavitation) They had good fins, but lost traction. I think Hardie indicated a while back, dont ever skimp on the fins, these are one of the most important items. You buy cheep ones and "over the handle bars " will happen often and pizzzz you off.

elmo
WA, 8898 posts
12 Feb 2008 12:59AM
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Been there

Done that

Seen the video evidence

OceanBlue64
VIC, 980 posts
12 Feb 2008 9:53AM
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monster said...

it wont be long o-b 64 dump your go and try something smaller i had trouble getting in the straps on my go but could get in the straps easy on the carve and now i dont like the carve arfter getting 105 salom board , just comit to that harness and enjoy the ride ,


Cant dump the GO yet..still have to nail beach and water starts, but I can get in footstraps and hook in harness easily now.

jp747
1553 posts
12 Feb 2008 12:05PM
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comes with the sport and is always fun

monster
TAS, 495 posts
12 Feb 2008 4:54PM
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OceanBlue64 said...

monster said...

it wont be long o-b 64 dump your go and try something smaller i had trouble getting in the straps on my go but could get in the straps easy on the carve and now i dont like the carve arfter getting 105 salom board , just comit to that harness and enjoy the ride ,


Cant dump the GO yet..still have to nail beach and water starts, but I can get in footstraps and hook in harness easily now.


beach starting any go is fun unless your built like a giraffe and if you get a smaller board i garauntee your waterstarts will improve , if your in the straps and harness
your there

hardie
WA, 4133 posts
12 Feb 2008 3:23PM
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When you start crashing at over 30 knots, and 35 knots plus, it aint a lot of fun really, and as you get older, recovery takes a lot longer, I hate crashing at speed.

Know your limitations, have good gear, set up well, practice and build up to higher speeds (Not that you can pull a 40 out at will anyway), and a good fin is essential.

Poida
WA, 1922 posts
12 Feb 2008 3:30PM
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dont you hate the harness fling around the front, I still manage it at least once a sail, least its not at that speed anyway

hardie
WA, 4133 posts
12 Feb 2008 4:06PM
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Poida said...

dont you hate the harness fling around the front,


hate it badly with a passion

While it's ahppening always in slow-motion (How come?) often have time to think about what's gonna break this time

Bender
WA, 2236 posts
12 Feb 2008 4:35PM
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hardie said...

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Poida said...

dont you hate the harness fling around the front,


It helps having an expert in your team the great flying ELMO, you get to see how its done quite often. It looks great when its done properly

sflack
VIC, 574 posts
13 Feb 2008 11:52AM
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hardie said...

Poida said...

dont you hate the harness fling around the front,


hate it badly with a passion

While it's ahppening always in slow-motion (How come?) often have time to think about what's gonna break this time




Yeah generally its my body....

elmo
WA, 8898 posts
13 Feb 2008 10:56AM
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My personal favorite is the catapult which launches you with such velocity that you just know you are going to have a good swim back to your kit.

But instead of flying through the air like SuperElmo, your harness line say's to your harness hook, "you ain't going anywhere mate". At this time in time you wish you had of bought weaker harness lines.

Your flight path is suddenly changed by 90º and you end up getting flipped over, all that energy which was going to throw you +5m is now trying to embed you in the ocean floor.

The added bonus with this one is after you hit the water your sail flips over the top of you pinning you under the sail whilst still hooked in with a twisted harness line.

Nº 32 in a 101 ways to Elmo yourself

knot board
QLD, 1241 posts
13 Feb 2008 12:27PM
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I once Super-Elmoed with such force that I not only bent the boom but also tore the spreader bar clean off my new harness. Funny thing is that the old harness lines remained intact, perhaps someone could invent sacrificial harness lines?

knot board
QLD, 1241 posts
13 Feb 2008 12:33PM
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Hey Elmo, do you often do the "Running through the Air" dismount?

Usually happens when a fin contacts the bottom while travelling at speed.
Your board and rig instantly slows down while the following events happen in slow motion, matrix style. As your feet are leaving the foots-straps you have time to think about impact and you actually start running in the air before smackdown.

elmo
WA, 8898 posts
13 Feb 2008 12:06PM
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knot board said...

Hey Elmo, do you often do the "Running through the Air" dismount?

Usually happens when a fin contacts the bottom while travelling at speed.
Your board and rig instantly slows down while the following events happen in slow motion, matrix style. As your feet are leaving the foots-straps you have time to think about impact and you actually start running in the air before smackdown.


One of the few dismounts which I haven't managed to achieve to date.

That said........

mathew
QLD, 2177 posts
13 Feb 2008 1:09PM
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knot board said...

I once Super-Elmoed with such force that I now only bend the boom but also tore the spreader bar clean off my new harness. Funny thing is that the old harness lines remained intact, perhaps someone could invent sacrificial harness lines?


been done. Tom Chalko made up some lines that would detach on one arm; when you get launched, it would sacrificially break a replaceable piece. The idea was that you wouldn't get flung directly into the gear.

The problem was that point loading due to gusts and chop, was often higher than most catapults... It was interesting watching him sail, suddenly to have his lines release, then major crash.

Relatedly, one nice idea he had was to be able to easily detach the lines from the downwind side of the sail -> so that when speedsailing, you could remove the harness lines as a source of turbulence of airflow.

Ian K
WA, 4170 posts
13 Feb 2008 5:07PM
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Wouldn't want to recommend the best way to crash, but after forking the nose on my new board with a direct hit by the boom Sam told me "when you're about to catapault stay sheeted in". And that's easier to do if you also stay hooked in. The theory is, which has worked for me so far, is that you then do an involuntary semi forward loop around the front of the rig and miss the nose to leeward. This seems to work better the faster you're going, I've copped more bruises at half speed.

OceanBlue64
VIC, 980 posts
13 Feb 2008 9:34PM
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I cant say I have had any real high speed crashes yet but I have found that as I shoot over the nose, still hooked in and holding onto the boom, my shins tend to smash into the top of the mast. I have matching lumps and bruises on both legs lol.
Oh an I have a couple of indentations in the sail. Thank god the sail has xply panels.

Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
13 Feb 2008 11:40PM
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that vid only needs to be dug up a couple more times and it will have reached Erick Eck status

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
16 Feb 2008 5:37PM
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elmo said...

My personal favorite is the catapult which launches you with such velocity that you just know you are going to have a good swim back to your kit.

But instead of flying through the air like SuperElmo, your harness line say's to your harness hook, "you ain't going anywhere mate". At this time in time you wish you had of bought weaker harness lines.

Your flight path is suddenly changed by 90º and you end up getting flipped over, all that energy which was going to throw you +5m is now trying to embed you in the ocean floor.

The added bonus with this one is after you hit the water your sail flips over the top of you pinning you under the sail whilst still hooked in with a twisted harness line.

Nº 32 in a 101 ways to Elmo yourself


and you forgot.......once you actually free yourself, get to the surface, and about to suck in a huge lungful of air.....the next wave breaks on you and rolls you and your kit so you don't know which way is up!



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