A bit of help to hammer those tacks!
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:04 pm
Can I tap the collective wisdom on hydrofoil tacks?
I am getting about 2 out of 10 successful foiling tacks (without foot switch, thus heelside-to-toeside).
I fail the others 99% of the time because I do not have enough pull from the kite after I have changed direction: no pull and the foil stalls.
My question is: how (and if) do you loop the kite during tacks?
If I try to loop the kite, I end up usually doing a foiling 360° (sometimes they succeed and they are cool), but I wonder if there is a technique to use a loop to maintain steady pull during the tack, or at least to have prompt power as soon as I need it.
I even though of doing a front loop as soon as I have my body turned and in toeside position... never tried though!
Thanks all!
P.s.
Funny, I just saw a thread about the 100 tacks challenge... guess I need more than learning to loop to get as proficient as some seem to be!
I am getting about 2 out of 10 successful foiling tacks (without foot switch, thus heelside-to-toeside).
I fail the others 99% of the time because I do not have enough pull from the kite after I have changed direction: no pull and the foil stalls.
My question is: how (and if) do you loop the kite during tacks?
If I try to loop the kite, I end up usually doing a foiling 360° (sometimes they succeed and they are cool), but I wonder if there is a technique to use a loop to maintain steady pull during the tack, or at least to have prompt power as soon as I need it.
I even though of doing a front loop as soon as I have my body turned and in toeside position... never tried though!
Thanks all!
P.s.
Funny, I just saw a thread about the 100 tacks challenge... guess I need more than learning to loop to get as proficient as some seem to be!