Flyboy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 3:41 am5th session on the T1 today. Perfect conditions: 15 - 17 knots with decent swell, powered up with a 5m Peak4. Feels very stable underfoot now - no different than my regular foil. Foiled for a couple of hours carving multiple linked turns without falling once - this would be unusual on my regular foil, so in a way the T1 seems more forgiving (once you are balanced on it) than a regular foil. Big exception remains foot switches which I am still struggling with. I would say I was getting about 40% on them, which is really not satisfactory. It's weirdly challenging, even though I am riding the same board (3'6" Dwarfcraft). It's the one situation where the lack of a fuse and stabilizer seems to be a problem ... have to keep working on it.
Oyvind also seems to have to make a fast recovery at times after switching feet, and uses the manoeuvrability of the foil to do that. Might be worth foilers practising getting in and out of recovery positions on the T1 without switching feet, so that they are ready to react after switching feet?Flyboy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 4:34 pmI reckon I just need some of Oyvind is on.
Yes, I learned to foot switch by pressing down on the front foot and bringing the back foot forward while the front of the board is rising back up. This doesn't seem to work with the T1. Moving the feet very quickly with minimal change to the trim of the board seems to be necessary. This is what I am working on. Oyvind, who is super skilled, accomplishes this very easily ... on a board so tiny that there's no real room to actually "move" his feet.
Not sure what you mean by this? There's no recovery possible - when you screw up the foot switch , the fall is instant! On my regular foil I am able to balance my weight so that even with a less than optimal foot switch I'm able to balance the foil & ride out of it.ronnie wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 4:45 pmOyvind also seems to have to make a fast recovery at times after switching feet, and uses the manoeuvrability of the foil to do that. Might be worth foilers practising getting in and out of recovery positions on the T1 without switching feet, so that they are ready to react after switching feet?Flyboy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 4:34 pmI reckon I just need some of Oyvind is on.
Yes, I learned to foot switch by pressing down on the front foot and bringing the back foot forward while the front of the board is rising back up. This doesn't seem to work with the T1. Moving the feet very quickly with minimal change to the trim of the board seems to be necessary. This is what I am working on. Oyvind, who is super skilled, accomplishes this very easily ... on a board so tiny that there's no real room to actually "move" his feet.