“The first time I saw this new thing coming I had the catch, and I finally pulled my first
onto our beaches, I said ‘never will I put a real complete tacks over the water! And it
foot on this thing’
was an incredible feeling. It was like a flying
carpet. Until now, I had not understood
But never say never!
the interest of the Foil. The sensation I
like to describe: “imagine riding the best
So I decided to give it a try and tame this virgin field of fresh snow”, well, that’s the
machine, because in the end, I’m someone hydrofoil.
curious. I didn’t learn the best way
possible; by testing technical foils from The wind range where hydrofoiling takes
friends sharpened for the performance. all its interest is 8-14 knots. Where you feel
In every short session (approximately 30 heavy and stuck on the water in Freestyle
mins every time), I understood new things with a 15m kite, you can ride over 20 knots
and I learnt to anticipate the unexpected of speed without any resistance with a foil,
reaction of this huge fin! On my 4th session, just with a 10 metre kite. No more noise,
Antonin Grenier & Hervé Marébasse