Hi,
As shown in this video ( straps can help beginners pump the board. Can I use foot hooks instead?
Besides, How exactly should I waterstart with straps or hooks on a high volume board? Thank you.
Straps and Hooks
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Re: Straps and Hooks
You dont.... (waterstart on a big volume board)
You climb on the board, and use the wing to support you to stand up, and then get into the straps.
Meaning, not much sense using hooks IMO, as the wing does not catapult you like a kite can.
Peter
You climb on the board, and use the wing to support you to stand up, and then get into the straps.
Meaning, not much sense using hooks IMO, as the wing does not catapult you like a kite can.
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Re: Straps and Hooks
You'd need a back hook too but there's not much point. Two straps give a more reliable connection to the board. A strap can be soft but a hook has to be hard. Better to have freedom over your exact foot placement.
Windsurfing waterstart uses the leverage of the long mast to lift you with the boom. There is no leverage like this from a wing.
Don't 100% believe that guy in the video. Many board/foil combinations require the mast to be at a minimum all the way at the back of the box. Also you can pump up on foil without straps, you just can't put up-force into it.
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Re: Straps and Hooks
fluidity wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:37 am
Footstraps on bigger boards are unnecessary, they just get in the way and you don't get a true feel for the board. As for them being easier for pumping it's true but pumping a 100l + board sucks anyway...
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Re: Straps and Hooks
As a beginner you are better off without footstraps.
Robby Naish talks about footstraps for wingfoiling in an recent article.To sum up:
-You do not need them at all unless you are going to jump or surf really hard turns.
-You have to know where your feet go to feel balanced on foil,with lots of precision.If you place the straps just a bit wrong you will be miserable.
-Safety: foils have lots of leverage and as a beginner you will fall many times and very unexpectedly ,chances of ankle injury are big.
Robby Naish talks about footstraps for wingfoiling in an recent article.To sum up:
-You do not need them at all unless you are going to jump or surf really hard turns.
-You have to know where your feet go to feel balanced on foil,with lots of precision.If you place the straps just a bit wrong you will be miserable.
-Safety: foils have lots of leverage and as a beginner you will fall many times and very unexpectedly ,chances of ankle injury are big.
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