I remember my first time on an air chair. It's a surreal experience, for sure. One thing that few people appreciate is the effect of noise on your experience. W

I remember my first time on an air chair. It's a surreal experience, for sure. One thing that few people appreciate is the effect of noise on your experience. With an air chair, you've got the noise of the motor boat in front of you, but you're at the end of a ski rope that is 50-75 feet long, so you've got some distance. When you go up on the foil, it's striking how much less noise there is than when you're on skis or a wakeboard. I remember having a similar feeling the first time I sailed versus riding in a motorboat. The lack of engine noise makes the experience of sailing one of the most relaxing and exhilarating activities at the same time. I can only imagine what it's like on a hydrofoil sailboat. The quote from one of the cat captains at 2:34 sums it up really nicely: "Yes, it's crazy, it's noiseless, fast, and it never ends." I find it interesting that noiseless was the first concrete adjective he used to describe the experience.