Someone tell me if this link works. It’s the GPS data from every SUP foiler in M2O. Not just what dot tracker shows. The actual GPS data extracted.
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I made the doc above.
It’s probably got some errors as the data dotmotion has does not match with the race results perfectly. I also had to infer where the finish line was and trim each gpx using that guess.
I used python to try and extract some stats from the gpx files for each racer I could. Sorry if a name is missing.
Average speed for east, west and central zones, distance.for each zone, total distance, time off foil (<8mph) and some other stuff.
I can try and answer questions.andnif anyone wants.the code lmk. I did all this in a jupyter notebook.
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Great chat with Edo, around 30min in for the foil chat
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Really entertaining episode Erik! Zeke had me laughing out loud more than a couple times. I can’t get over how challenging that M2O sounded. So much props to all the racers.
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How good is Edo at not saying F4 
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yes i thought he did very well, good media training haha
My overwhelming thought is that subtext when describing the foils he experienced was “I want to build a surfy fun foil that is easy to ride slow and accelerates fast with incredible control and range and the ability to win races”. Also describes Axis as fast but harder to ride
On safety/support boats, interesting Edo says that he sees so many situations where they have boat supported downwind channel crossings and people need to rely on the boat, due to cramping, gear failure etc. He didn’t seem particularly sold on the idea of doing the M2O without support boat.
Listening to the chat and reading all the race debriefs of the long grind, another thought: what was probably most noteworthy (other than F4) was that the M2O was held in completely terrible conditions, and Edo still won, and it was a good competition. I thought this was a great outcome for the racing, that the channel remains viable, even in glassy conditions. And with the boat issue solved, it was still a “clean race” in the results reflected the rider’s capabilities well.
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I feel this is a little bait but i will respond anyway. 
Many top riders would argue with this.
Arguably the best DW foiler on the best equipment smashing it doesn’t say anything really. Yes lots of the best finished in the top 30 but the order would quickly change if they all rode the same equipment.
The conditions just made the combination of gear choice and ability even more critical than normal.
There is some great footage of Edo struggling at the start with paddling up, on instagram, and I think its fair to say he nearly didn’t make it.
There is some great footage of Edo struggling at the start with paddling up, on instagram, and I think its fair to say he nearly didn’t make it.
It’s fair to say he absolutely smashed it. He finished so far in front even after a bad start, in very tough conditions.
Yes he smashed it. That is what I said. The clip shows how close he came to not getting up. Don’t think you could cut it any finer is my point. Seen the clip?
Can u post the clip?
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Ya it’s crazy how fast he mowed down the pack after he popped up. Same happened one of the previous years, he had to sit down and gather himself then stood back up and put the hammer down and mowed through everyone again!!! Just an absolute beast!! How good is race season!! 
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I really enjoy it. But I showed it to a bunch of foilers in Hood river. No response. James watch party video’s didn’t even make it to 1k views. I don’t know how they can keep it up if no one is watching.
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I believe a lot of riders sized up foils to make sure they could get started but Edo stuck to his normal tiny Hammerhead giving him a big speed advantage once he managed to get going.
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Yeah one of the older guys ran an Orca 800 to account for the start, but then couldn’t keep up with the longer period swells in the channel and ended up with a DNF.
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I heard this too. The wind was pretty north, so it sounded like the only way to hold the line was to run with the long period fast moving ground-swell
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I saw that in the middle section, Edo was averaging 18.5 knots, more than 1.5 knots faster than anyone else. Several knots faster than most. His speed was pretty amazing comparatively.
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@Chrisrad99 You might enjoy this spreadsheet I posted a few posts back. Has all the speeds and such.
Not a lot of appeal to watching an ultramarathon in the water or land. Just saying.
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Closer to half-marathon times, but the point stands, that’s not a big spectator sport either.
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