+1Peter_Frank wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:36 amBut I havent found the love yet, it is a too sloppy feel for me somehow, dont like it.
With my stiff body it should be much better for me so I can ride toeside much better, but I still dont like it.
For surfboards it doesnt matter to me - dont really ride toeside much on these, and even when, as in riding a wave, I dont feel limited eventhough I must be yes.
Another alternative if you don't mind being hooked in permanently, is to grind off the hook and use an eyelet instead. That way the leverage is about 5cm closer to your centre.tomtom wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:03 pmFor me its very easy. While riding toeside - from reach course to upwind you must rotate your hip to upwind direction. Kite pull on hook rotate you on exactly oposite direction - so in order to overcome this rotation you must rotate your hips harder. You are get used to overcome this and just push your hips harder. If you change harness to slider you must substract this kite overcoming force from your movement. But to not to have doing this - overcome kite force while rotating hips is very liberating. SO FREE YOUR HIPS and DANCE MORE!!!
That's an option that came with my Dynabar, just bolts on the front.rynhardt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:28 amAnother alternative if you don't mind being hooked in permanently, is to grind off the hook and use an eyelet instead. That way the leverage is about 5cm closer to your centre.tomtom wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:03 pmFor me its very easy. While riding toeside - from reach course to upwind you must rotate your hip to upwind direction. Kite pull on hook rotate you on exactly oposite direction - so in order to overcome this rotation you must rotate your hips harder. You are get used to overcome this and just push your hips harder. If you change harness to slider you must substract this kite overcoming force from your movement. But to not to have doing this - overcome kite force while rotating hips is very liberating. SO FREE YOUR HIPS and DANCE MORE!!!
Less off-centre leverage than a hook, more fixed than a slider setup.
Yes its good compromise, but i tried it back to back vs slider and rotating force while riding toeside its just here. Even slider rotate you, just much less
Is anyone else using a similar system to the Ozone clip in? Looks slick but I am not about to pay $180 for a chickenloop replacement!Foil wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:53 ameasily fixed by using the newish Ozone clip in chicken loop, its brilliant and even works when full of gritty sand, I agree that trying to re set a standard chicken loop would be far too difficult with a powered up kite.deniska wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:40 amI loved the slider while learning to hydrofoil.. really helped with toeside tacks, imho.
Once I progressed to jumping it felt a little weird and with less control.. not a huge deal, actually..
But my biggest issue with it was self launching in powered conditions (so that you go bigger on hydrofoil)
I never figured how to do an LEI tethered launch with the damn thing...
Messing with a chicken loop in low wind conditions is one thing.. resetting it while really powered.. is way more challenging than using the hook, for me...
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