History of the Hydrofoil

Well like many things extreme, Hydrofoiling originated in Europe and was developed in the USA.
On the web site of the United States Hydrofoil Association there is a section dedicated to the history of the foil and it's development.

http://www.hydrofoil.org/history.html

Fabulous link Chris, you should also create a topic on the french side of the forum.
Really good link. It has been existing for a much longer time I thought !!

Here is another link.
Most pertaining to the sitdown hydrofoil, but still pretty cool

http://airjunky.com/history