opti2k4 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 7:18 am
And yesterday wasn't a good day, struggling with start and keeping balance. Cable pulls me from the right side of it and if I go to much left I can't correct my heading and fall, if I go to right I lose balance and fall. Then last night I was watching some foiling videos and saw I can steer the board same way like twintip one, pushing forward foot out and back foot in to correct where to board is heading (and vice versa for the other direction) - same like twintip. But I guess I need to be gentle on pressing back foot so don't get launched?
. I thought I can only change direction by leaning forward and backward and I was having issues with that technique (in aspect of board wouldn't change direction when I would lean over the carving edge, not too much, just enough to move center of weight the edge side but I guess it wasn't enough or not meant to be ridden like that while board is still on the water).
Agree with cor, dont try to go with a boat nor a cable.
MUCH more difficult to balance when you dont have a kite.
Regardring turning, well there has been many threads about this, but in short:
You dont turn a foilboard like a surfboard or twintip where you lean over and push the edge.
You turn by "yawing", meaning you twist your body/feet to turn the foil, very much like when you kickturn (tick-tack) a skateboard.
Pushing the edge of your foilboard does not work whatsoever...
Having learned to "yaw", you can turn really narrow, and after you have learned it will feel natural and you end up leaning into the turn just like on a surfboard or twintip.
But for starters you have to mentally think of the tick-tack motion in order to turn - practice doing slalom turns this way, when going halfwind.
Later you can use it for carving all the way around across the wind, where a narrow turn is needed, but really difficult to do and time correctly.
Using a kite, most things gets a lot easier, as you can ride using the kitelines to "lean against" - so A LOT easier to ride halfwind just concentrating on nothing but keeping the board down at the water first, and later focusing solely on keeping a steady foil depth, without thinking about balance whatsoever.
Only front foot rear foot push/balance which is by far the hardest thing on a foilboard, as so sensitive your muscle memory has to learn - YOU can not learn using your mind.
When getting pulled by cable or boat you have to learn both to foil, but also to balance - you dont need to balance when you have a kite to learn against, soooo much easier.
Later you will slowly learn to balance the foilboard, when you go deep downwind, or when you carve and jibe.
Have fun - learning is awesome
Peter