I'm sure there is more sensitive instrumentation available today. Perhaps a digital speedo' with memory. Waterproof of course, would be in order. I'm with Bill T on this one just based on personal experience, not based on ever trying to measure anything. Having surfed a fair number of waves, I have never felt that water-hardening-underfoot sensation on a surfboard that you get when going that speed on a waterski.
Maybe that's just the thinness of the ski versus the surfboard? But also having fallen behind a boat at that speed, the sensation is not much like I've ever had falling off a surfboard even on bigger waves. Off a surfboard you tend to skip once? Skiing you skip across the water a lot more.
Check out this video -- a number of guys bounce 3, 4 times before they penetrate, and that's on a slalom course not speed skiiing. As for how fast CAN you go on a surfboard?
Well, on a tow-in board, as fast as the craft pulling you, and then some if you crack the whip. If you were so inclined, you could get pulled into a wave at somewhere around mph, I'd reckon. Who wants to go first? You would need one HECK of a glassy day! Here's a video of a guy waterskiing mph, if you think getting pulled that fast over water is impossible? Howzit Keith, Back in my youg days when I waterskied I was in to speed sking and topped out at 95 MPH since my brother and his brother in law built speed monster inboards that would go over MPH.
I fell more than once and I remember sliding along the top of the water and just dreading when I would slow down and catch a part of my body or any other part and then start tumbling till I would finally stop but I usually went about ft before that would happen.
But in the end that didn't even come near to the great feeling of surfing. Soon you are travelling as fast as the wave. We can use conservation of energy to calculate the approximate speed of a surfer as he hits the bottom of the wave just after take-off:. Where vs is the speed of the surfer at the bottom of the wave, vw is the speed of the wave and h is the wave height.
We are also assuming no significant loss of energy due to friction between the board and the water. You simply cannot generate enough paddling speed to get into the wave before it passes by. You need a jet ski to get the speed you need. To be in enough shape to balance bursts of paddling and occasional breath holding with long lulls of waiting. By signing up you agree to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. The epic biopic about the World Champ and Olympic gold medalist is finally here.
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