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Zuckerberg later poked fun at himself about the whole thing last month when he posted a cartoon version of the picture. I was like 'Oh I don't want him to recognize me so you know what I'm gonna do? I'm just gonna put a ton of sunscreen on my face so he won't know who I am,'" Zuckerberg said with a laugh on Instagram in April. "I was foiling around, and then I noticed there was this paparazzi guy following us. Zuckerberg was caught by paparazzi efoiling in Hawaii with his face completely covered in sunscreen in July 2020. It's a very, very durable material, which means that if your head was to strike it, it could be very harmful if you weren't wearing a helmet," said MSLR Co-owner Taylor Coulthard. Experts also recommend wearing impact vests. Although helmets aren't the most stylish getup, they are an important piece of equipment that experts recommend, especially for new foilers. In December 2019, Zuckerberg posted a video of himself efoiling while wearing a bright orange helmet. "It's sort of helped me get into the sport just watching him foil down a huge wave then turn around, go back up wind, up the wave, do a flip off the wave. "I think Kai, he's like magical on a foil, and seeing all the stuff that he does," Zuckerberg said on Instagram in April. Leason said Lenny has been essential to the growth of hydrofoiling as a sport, trailblazing how people use the unfamiliar gear and taking the time to teach new folks about foiling.
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"Trying a new sport in Kauai with one of the best, Kai Lenny," said Zuckerberg, referring to the professional surfer. Zuckerberg first began to post about hydrofoiling in August 2019, when he uploaded two photos of himself on a foilboard being towed by a boat. He probably owns every model that we have," Leason said. "That's our product that he's riding on in the video. That's why he owns numerous boards, including custom-painted and custom-built versions made by Lift Foil, Leason said.
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"It takes a while to custom build these boards, plus you've got your expensive components of lithium ion batteries and carbon fiber."įor Zuckerberg, who is the fifth-richest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately $125 billion, according to Forbes, money is no problem. MSLR sells two efoil boards, the Navigator and the Player, both for $10,000. "The boards are made out of such high-quality materials, said MSLR Founder and Owner Carey Missler. Canadian company MSLR Electric E-Foil, for example, notes that many of its customers are NHL hockey players. Efoils have electric motors that let them reach speeds of 25 miles per hour and typically sell for at least $10,000.Īlthough foiling requires less skill than kite surfing, the steep price limits its potential market to extreme watersport enthusiasts and people with deep wallets. Surf foils include the board and the foil but no motor, requiring users to create momentum with their own bodies, and typically cost about $2,000. There are different kinds of hydrofoil boards. There's an electric-powered version that you can get, but in this video I'm riding a regular foil board and surfing a little wave." Electric boards cost upwards of $10,000
There's a wing under the water that I'm riding that pushes the board into the air," Zuckerberg wrote in a comment on his post.
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The rider uses a handheld bluetooth controller that connects to an electric motor and underwater propeller, or creates momentum manually by pumping their legs up and down, as Zuckerberg does in his Fourth of July post. While surfing requires the power of a wave to get going, and wakeboarding relies on a boat to tow the rider, hydrofoiling uses a winglike structure under the surface of the water to create lift. Though Zuckerberg is mostly known for being the awkward founder of the world's largest social network and one of richest people on the planet, he's also become one of the most visible hydrofoilers out there, bringing more attention to the up-and-coming sport.
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