hydrofoil with monofin

[purple squid]

I've been experimenting with a hydrofoil with a monofin. I hold and control the foil with my hands with my arms fully forward extended (the foil is about 3/4 of a pool lane width, wider than a hammerhead). Using the board I get more power into the monofin (and stress on the feet). Swimming under water I have the foil "up-side-down". Foil photos: http://www.fastacraft.com/moulded_foils.html, and this probably performs similarly and differently than the "waterwing" http://www.janploeg.nl/english/waterwing.html.

Has anyone else tried a hydrofoil with their monofin?

 

[trux]

Great!!! Could you post some photos (or better videos) of your setup in action? I definitely think that there is a lot of room for improvements at current monofins and freediving fins. In the past I started couple of threads about it. There are also plenty of patents and ideas around, but unfortunately, for perfectioning a new system you need a lot of time, skills, material, money, ... - I am simply afraid that until a large manufacturers start investing into the research (similarly as they do for scuba fins and other equipment), the progress will be very slow.

I listed some of the inventions I found in the thread [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/showthread.php?t=67558"]Collection of Weird Fins[/ame], and if you post your photos (here or directly there), I'd love to see your monofin + hydrofoil there too.

I have great respect for all inventors and "improvers" like you. Keep up the good work!