Jukka wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:12 pm
norcom wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:04 pm
Nice! You should try changing the rear straps to a one strap only. Attach the single trap to the middle screw hole and one of the fin bolts. Makes Light winds a little easier as you don't need to ride off the fin constantly. Little more fun to carve and a surfy feeling. But to each their own.
Good tip, I'll try that. This was now right off the shop with default settings.
Sometimes I actually ended up placing rear foot in front ot the rear straps to keep it more level and weight front. But this was just the first try with mostly too little wind even for this...
Nice to see!
It is okay to stand in front of the strap yes - but when you get "dialed in" you will find that pumping the board onto a plane and pushing the fins will make you able to ride in really low wind and blast through lulls and gusty winds - this is where a freerace board like this excel, and it can ride in chop or waves too (unlike a door) so much more versatile.
A freerace board is not a waveboard (they dont start early like doors), but a raceboard tuned "down" a bit with smaller fins and not as wide - so way easier and pleasant to ride, carves just great, and goes upwind like crazy - for the non racer it feels (and is) fast upwind.
Like Norcom says, put one rear strap on instead, if you want to jump and do freestyle - for me at least it works so much better
Great to see you act fast, buy and go out and ride - that is how it is done, respect
Enjoy your new weapon for low wind days - you are in for some awesome experiences now in terms of jumping and going bloody fast in super low winds
Also, if far out and the wind dies, you got volume to sit on the board when drifting ashore, not to be underestimated.
Peter