71 – Why We Swim Your browser does not support the audio element, which is required to listen to this podcast. Please consider downloading either Chrome or Safari. Recorded on Friday 10th April, 2020, with Harry Knight, Ru Hill, Will Forster, and Teale BeckenbachINTRODUCTION:This was our first COVID-19 Lockdown podcast which we recorded remotely from our various houses. We all spoke about our current situations and how we’re passing time while we’re all at home. Will has been splashing in his pool, Ru has been dodging the law, while Harry has been making Jerky and Teale has been leading the live stretch and strength classes on the Surf Simply Instagram… View this post on Instagram Instagram Live Sessions!?? ?? Teale and Andre have been missing the water as much as you, so to keep the blood flowing and mind moving they are going Live with exercises and movements that will help you keep strong till the time comes that we can hop on our boards and get in the water! ?? ?? Join in with us every Tuesday and Thursday at 9AM CSTA post shared by Surf Simply (@surfsimply) on Apr 6, 2020 at 3:29pm PDT Surf Simply’s Coronavirus Situation Update:With the current worldwide pandemic, Surf Simply has had to shut it’s doors. Ru walks us through how we’re planning to keep the business afloat, and at the same time support our staff through this crisis.He mentioned the Earthquake that hit Nosara in 2012 as well as the Solar Storm of 1859 as potential issues that we’ve been thinking about, as well as this Guardian Article. Ru also suggested checking out Episode 63 of this Podcast as well as his AT-MEX talk about how Surf Simply is set up. INTERVIEW: Author Bonnie Tsui Teale and Harry were able to talk to Surf Simply regular Bonnie Tsui about the imminent release of her new book, Why We Swim. We last spoke to Bonnie in Episode 61 when she first mentioned that she was working on this book.Bonnie mentioned writing an article for the New York Times in 2014 that provided some inspiration for the book. We also spoke about Icelandic fisherman Guðlaugur Friðþórsson who survived for 6 hours in arctic waters in 1984. MAIN FEATURE: Will on potential for hydrodynamic advances in surfboard design.Will took another dive into his great love of motorsport by looking at some of the aerodynamics of formula 1 race cars and thinking about what might be incorporated into surfboard design. Harry and Will both mentioned Ricardo Rossi from Red Fluid Dynamics. You can see in this image the high pressure of the boundary layer at the front of the board. View this post on Instagram this picture shows the computed water pressure from the CFD simulations we recently performed for @sequoia_surfboards to analyze the performance of the Carlos and Toro models in planing/take off conditions. From the pressure maps you can see how the Carlos has more suction/less lift in the tail compared to the Toro, with the pressure minimum located towards the end of the board near the central fin, providing greater hold during take off and higher responsiveness in powerful surf. Water pressure and lift is higher in the tail of the Toro, with the minimum located close to the front fins. This gives the board more stability after taking off and while initiating your turn in medium size waves #surfing #surfboards #design #cfd #openfoam #simulation #research #innovation #technology #science #hydrodynamics #fluiddynamicsA post shared by @ redfluiddynamics on Mar 26, 2019 at 7:35am PDT You can see in this video the use of Diffusers on the tail of surfboards. Will and Harry made several references to the difference between older F1 cars and more modern cars with all their aerodynamic packages. In this image you see a 1955 Mercedes W196 next to a 2013 Mercedes W04 WHAT TO WATCH:Ru’s video pick is Nice to Know Ya His podcast suggestions wereMaking Sense with Sam HarrisRecode Decode (particularly discussions with Chamath Palihapitiya and Gary Vaynerchuk)The Skeptic’s Guide to the UniverseHe’s also now posting clips on his instagram stories @simplyruhill Teale’s video pick was Electric Wave: A Next Generation Surf Film featuring Stephanie Gilmore, Coco Ho and Leah DawsonShe mentioned that she’s been practicing her Spanish by listening to “Hoy Hablamos” but that she’s been spending most of her time reading. Her current recommendations are “An Unkindness of Magicians” by Kat Howard and am currently reading “The Companions” by R.A. Salvatore Will chose Nathan Florence’s recent Q&A video As well as this recent edit from NEED essentials and Torren MartynHis podcast of choice was “Your Mom’s House” with Christina Pazsitzky and Tom SeguraRu brought up this clip of the Cuomo brothers on CNN Harry suggested checking out Season 2 of Weird Waves:As well as Season 2 of both “Stephen Fry’s 7 Deadly Sins” and “13 Minutes to the Moon” and mentioned that he’s reading “The Starless Sea” by Erin Morgenstern That’s all for this episode folks, email us at podcast@surfsimply.com Why not try listening to one of our other Podcasts? 71 – Why We Swim 70 – Martin Dunn, The Godfather Of Surf Coaching 69 – The Morning After The Century Before 68 – How To Film Yourself & the EOS 2.0 67 – Of The Woods And Sea Head back to the Podcast Homepage to checkout the latest from the our podcast.