FOIL BOARD CONFIGURATION POINTERS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL PLACEMENT, FOOT PLACEMENT, FOOT STRAPS
Exactly how to establish your foil board to be well stabilized for optimal performance.
Aloha close friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue Planet Surf. Today. I'm mosting likely to talk about establishing your foil equipment. It's a concern we obtain a great deal: Just how do I set up the foil, where to put it, where to put foot straps, just how to position your feet on the board, what kind of board to get. I'm also going to talk about what kind of equipment to make use of as a novice.
And also as a advanced foiler as well as for various sporting activities- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. I have a wing foil board as well as a prone complete board. I'm going to discuss the boards, utilize the foils used. And then I'm likewise going to discuss foot placement, just how to figure out where to put your feet as well as just how to connect a foot strap to your board.
This video clip is going to be a little bit much longer. We have a lot of details on our website and also on YouTube too. Down below in the summary, I'll place a whole lot of links to various other videos as well as web links that will certainly assist you further along the way. The last video I published was an interview with Kane De Wilde and also he has a great deal of truly great insight on foil configurations and so forth.
As well as he claimed, he always likes to attempt great deals of different arrangements as well as figure out what works and really feel it out. Which makes a lot of sense to me. The more. You can check things the a lot more, how points work together and exactly how to optimize your arrangement as well as having a good configuration, especially the foil functioning well with your skill and how you use it is very important.
So having a excellent foil established as well as the appropriate board and afterwards a excellent wing, all those things together will instantly just make you better right now. These days I mainly right into wing foiling. This is the board I make use of one of the most here is my my 4 6 by 78 liter wing foil board. What I discuss below today applies to all four sporting activities, including susceptible browse foiling, wing foiling, and standup hindering.
I started hindering concerning 5 years ago. And if you look back with the YouTube background of video clips, you'll see, I initially started on an 8'0 Defend foil board that I just put a Tuttle box right into which worked well to start on and also find out on.
And then afterwards I would certainly developed a specialized foil board. That was a 7'6. As well as quite soon I felt like it was as well large and also the tail was dragging and more. I sliced off the tail just to see what happened and made it right into a 6'11, and also then that worked actually well. And I found out, yeah, having that shorter swing weight as well as the shorter board really helps when you're foiling up on foil.
And afterwards I've been proceeding gradually, been evaluating smaller and also smaller boards. And also now what I make use of for wing foiling is a four 6, which is rather tiny. As well as for vulnerable surf hindering I utilize a comparable size board. This one here is a 3'10. I use this mainly for practicing my dock Begins, which I'm not excellent at yet, however servicing that, trying to dock beginning as well as pump.
And afterwards for standup foiling, I utilize this board here. It's a 5 eight by 114 litre board for standing dropping. I simply require a lot more stability.
The wing master board is excellent for wing flooding, yet it's not secure sufficient surf foil board for me to stand paddle on possibly a lighter weight. A paddler with actually good equilibrium may be able to stand up paddle on this. Yet generally talking, this board is mosting likely to be as well tiny for most people to stand up paddle for long. So something such as this, the 5'8 Actually nice. Stand-up foil board additionally works well as a wing foil board since wing declaring, you have the wit lift of the wing. So you don't require rather as much stability as you provide for standup as well as bouncing while you're defending starting and wing hindering and standup foiling.
I advise obtaining a larger, secure board. In our array, we have the 6 '11 and the 7'6 Easy Foiler versions. Those are actually excellent boards for learning how to Stand up paddle foil as well as wing foil. And then as you get better and you fit standing up and you can maybe change your feet around and do all the basics on a larger board, after that you're ready to go some to something smaller sized, possibly something similar to this 5, 8 Carver foil board, or for a bit advanced for, as well as these Wingmaster boards are amazing. Yet this is not mosting likely to be your first Wingfoil board, it's going take a larger board to first find out the essentials on, and then you can function your method to a tiny board similar to this. For me, it was several boards in between. And, clearly I possess as a brand name as well as I created these boards. I do a lot of R & D and made a lot of boards slowly functioning my method down.
Possibly much like a couple of inches in a few litres each time. I didn't start on a big board and also finished up on this right away. There's a lot of steps in between. And also you don't need to take that many actions, yet I would certainly claim between a newbie board and the very advanced board, there need to be at the very least 2 or three boards.
To get to that point where you can create a truly tiny board. So do not think you can just begin wing declaring on a little tiny susceptible board. This is it's feasible. I have actually seen individuals do it before that are super talented athletes as well as currently excellent filers. I have actually seen people learn just how to wing complete on prone.
The boards, however if you're an average Joe don't also attempt it. It's mosting likely to be way as well hard to try to find out on it, small board. And also for me it wing for things I suched as to have a little bit more quantity. I'm, my weight is 195 pounds. I'm 6'2" and 195 extra pounds which is about 90 kilograms.
That converts into 90 liters of volume to float me. So the very first 90 litres of volume will drift my body weight. And afterwards certainly you likewise have to add in the weight of the foil and also the board itself. And also and also essentially if you desire it to float you, you need to have equivalent amount of flotation to your body weight. So the quantity truly relies on your body weight. And after that for a beginner, I advise obtaining a board that has enough quantity to drift your body weight, plus maybe 20%. So for me maybe as a novice, I would certainly use a young boy that goes to the very least around 120 litres, perhaps a lot more that will be excellent to drift me.
For evaluating hindering for standup hindering, you might obtain something also a little bigger. Perhaps for me, I would certainly pick like 140, 150 liters as well as sufficient width and size and security to be able to send a paddle on and discover on. And afterwards as you get better with the balancing as well as catching waves and also getting up on the foil, then you can move smaller as well as the foil does include stability to the board.
Having a foil board is going to be a lot more steady than a normal standup paddleboard, but it's a certain type of balance that you have to get made use of to it. Doesn't. Just automatically make balancing simple. It's simply a little bit delay, so it decreases the activity of the board a little in that foil beneath.
It resembles having a keel under your board. Next let's talk about the foils themselves. I've been doing this a long period of time. I use fairly a small foil now for wing hindering, particularly like for waves and stuff like that, trying to go faster. This is an access high aspect element for us.
The Axis 810, a wing period or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And also the forecasted surface area is 1022 square centimeters, that's about 158 square inches. So this is fairly a little front wing, yet since it's pretty high element as well as it's really quite, has quite a bit of lift and also a lot of slide.
I really liked this, a front wing. I have a 760, which is a little bit more surfy, which is also a really nice but for starting out on, When I started, I used a really big foil, the 2000 square centimeter foil. So when you're starting something like the Carver foil, We have the team strategy at Carver for is a excellent discussion forum for understanding.
It's 2000 square centimeters. It's steady shows up at reduced rates as well as flies out a little lower speed, yet it just maintains gliding. If you're doing a change, if you filth it up a little, you have actually got means more time to move out of the turn as well as keep up on the foil. And it just raises easier as well as reduced speeds.
So it's this much simpler to use a larger foil when you're starting. As well as also as you proceed, depending on the conditions you're winging in having a large foil is simply makes every little thing a bit easier. And as well as it permits you to do more methods as well as points like that. These smaller foils are not for everybody, but as you get better, having a smaller foil.
As well as a thinner profile, just permits you to go quicker, do tighter turns, be more maneuverable and going much faster really helps in the waves because a lot of times when you catching far from the outdoors, it's still relocating actually quick and you need to be able to stay on top of that quick moving swell. And then having a faster, smaller wing, will this assist you be able to stay on par with those waves versus if you're just riding wind swell or simply on a flat water, a Lake or something like that?
Having a larger wing behaves because you can simply fly a little bit a lot more slowly. It's not a big deal. And afterwards it simply provides you more time. To stay on foil, easier to get up on foil and lighter winds. There's a lot of advantages of using a bigger foil. So when you're starting out, definitely get a larger size foil something, 2000 square centimeters.
Or we additionally have 1,800 square centimeters, large size, something like that. And afterwards in terms of mass size, I like to utilize a 90 centimeter pole. I have actually attempted longer mass which's having a truly lengthy mass is nice for downwinders it resembles that, yet it does make the whole point a little a lot more tippy on the much shorter mass.
You have to comply with the waves backwards and forwards as the wave rises, you need to dip your nose backwards and forwards and much longer. Mass enables you just to fly directly over to the smaller sized chops. That behaves, yet I have a actually detailed video and I'll put the web link down listed below to that on picking the very best foil for your needs.
Watch that. That's some truly good info if you're uncertain what sort of circulation you're going to require. And so forth. So following, I'm mosting likely to discuss placing the foot on the board as well as where to put it. My car is pretty small, so I have to take the foil off the board and put it back on. Every time I utilize it.
As well as for that reason, I acquired this, the effect vehicle driver, which is a truly good tool to have really makes it very easy to put the foil on and off. And for me, yeah, I generally just maintain the bolts in the board and I tightened them down, so they can't slide. So I simply chill out these four screws. You don't intend to leave them in the board loose since it can slide out.
And then if they leave while you're lugging the board and the yard or something like that, these are easy to shed. I always make sure these are tight enough, so they can't slide out by themselves. As well as I stated, the mass plate that has, that permits you to move the screw onto it. And after that I like to simply tighten them down. Okay. Little bit, obtain them done in place.
Once they're all situated, then you can crank them down. You certainly wish to make certain they're limited on there due to the fact that you do not want these screws to relax while you're riding.
Now I got the full on the board. And the following question is just how do you put the foil on the board? And that really, it really relies on the foil itself as well as the board, the size of the board Kindle while thought of a excellent methods. Have a excellent beginning point of where to position your foil. And that's simply, if you lift up the entire setup from the thickest factor of the foil, the think is indicating the first about a third back on the account.
That's where the center of lift is so that the front wing creates a lift center of lift is right here at the thickest part. So if you lift up your configuration from that factor, your board needs to be virtually degree. So if your board is level. That suggests the center of mass of your entire system is straight below the center of lift of the foil.
So then let's state this, you predict that to right here after that beyond of the board, if you check out that same point on the deck, This ought to be virtually in between your feet. If your feet are too far forward, you're going to have to put more weight on the back of, on your back foot. If your feet are too far back, after that you need to lean extra on your front foot.
Ideally you want to have your feet equally balanced so that the center of lift is right between your feet. And afterwards if it's also the center of gravity of the entire system, it'll simply feel way more balanced. The weight of the system and the center volume all balance out that actually assists. And this is pretty much real for all sides boards, that whether it's a big standup foil board or a smaller sized prone board that balancing out is a truly good beginning factor on where your foil will certainly work best and also where you can stand and also catch the wave and in the appropriate area, or take off as well as put your feet in the best place.
Primarily where the quantity and the weight of the board as well as the weight of the whole system. Everything is nicely balanced out. Kay. Following allow's discuss your foot positioning. My feet are about equally balanced out between the front and the back of the center of lifts. If you predict the facility of checklist of the front circulation in between your feet, it's mosting likely to be essentially between your feet.
As well as some individuals have their back foot further forward, yet then they also moved their front foot for their back. If you have a smaller stance or wider stance, if you put your back foot further back, you need to put your front foot further forward. So you constantly want to discover that equilibrium. If your stance is also far ahead, you're mosting likely to constantly have aching a aching back leg.
Trigger you're constantly leaning back at greater speeds to simply manage the foil you're going to or pumping and so forth. And it's going to place a lot more pressure on your back leg. If your back leg is always sore, Probably you just want to move that foot further back on the board so that when you're riding and at normal speed, your weight should be just right over the foil and you shouldn't have to put more weight on one side or the other.
It's a little hip activities contributed to regulate the height of the foil. That's really important to have the center of lift of the foil underneath the board bounce between your two feet. As well as preferably before you place foot bands on your board, You want to figure out without foot straps where your feet are, typically perhaps take some video with a GoPro or something like that to figure out where do I put my feet on the board. When you starting, I don't suggest using foot straps. Our boards have this little arch bar here that's right over the mask so that it offers you a good, tactile feel for where your back foot is. And afterwards the front foot, generally I oriented with this logo of heaven earth logo design a bit front or back and.
You do want the weight to be either both feet right over the facility line, or if you're. The front foot is a little bit off to the side. Your back foot needs to additionally be similarly off sideways. Whether you're on the center line or slightly off center, you just want to make sure that your body weight is over the center line of the board.
Or else you're going to turn the board as well as with a wing, in some cases you can get away with both feet being off to one side when you're powered, however then as quickly as you let go of the power and you're just on the foil, after that the board. Intending to tip over, like if you, both of you feed off too far off the side, it won't fly well without the power of the wing.
Same point. If you're talking behind the boat, you can escape leaning on the side, one side, having your weight on one side, trigger you raiding the rope. As soon as you let that rope go, you need to have your say your weight centered right over the middle of the board and over the middle of the foil.
Otherwise you're going to topple. It's best to start riding your board without foot straps, figuring out the placement where you put the feet, and then once you know where to put your feet, another good way to transition to foot straps is using foot hooks. We have these Eva foot hooks. I'll put the link down to video for that also.
Those ones you can connect to the board and also type of wedge your feet versus it. And that's helpful without having your feet in the bands or needing to glide your feet right into straps and so on. So the foot hooks are a good action in between no bands and also going straight to bands. And after that when you want to begin using straps, preferably I would say make use of the front band just initially, obtain comfortable with the front strap.
And then when you're comfortable with that said. You can include a back strap. And primarily if you intend to leap, if you're wing, flailing, as well as you want to jump, you need to have foot bands on your board. Okay. So to take the foil off, exact same point in reverse, I simply put it inverted. I loosened the screws. And afterwards I tighten them pull back, not too tight, but just so they can slide about in the box.
So put them at the end of package. Just tighten them know a little bit, very same in the back, take the foil off. Okay. It's pretty important to keep these little bolts tight in the board so they can't slide out. Okay. Next I'm going to go over how to attach these. Footsteps to the board. This is our blue world luxurious foot shop.
It resembles a neoprene covered foot strap. They're nice and cushioned. They have Velcro adjustability. They're nice and stiff. As well as you desire your straps to stand up by them selves. So the feet can move in quickly. A few of them truly lightweight, slim straps can break down. And after that it's truly difficult to get your foot in.
You have to discover the strap and shake your feet in. I like to use straps that have more padding they're softer, easier on your feet.