FOIL BOARD SETUP IDEAS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL POSITIONING, FOOT POSITIONING, FOOT STRAPS
How to set up your foil board to be well balanced for optimal efficiency.
Aloha friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue Earth Browse. Today. I'm mosting likely to talk about setting up your foil equipment. It's a concern we obtain a whole lot: Exactly how do I set up the foil, where to place it, where to put foot straps, how to place your feet on the board, what sort of board to obtain. I'm likewise mosting likely to talk about what sort of gear to make use of as a novice.
And as a advanced foiler and for different sporting activities- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. After that I have a wing foil board and a prone full board. I'm mosting likely to discuss the boards, utilize the foils made use of. And after that I'm additionally going to talk about foot positioning, how to identify where to place your feet and also how to connect a foot band to your board.
So this video clip is going to be a little bit longer. We have a great deal of information on our web site and also on YouTube. So down below in the description, I'll put a lot of links to other videos and also web links that will aid you better along the road. The last video clip I published was an meeting with Kane De Wilde and also he has a great deal of actually excellent understanding on foil setups and so forth.
And also he stated, he constantly suches as to attempt lots of different setups and determine what jobs and also actually feel it out. And that makes a great deal of feeling to me. The even more. You can test points the much more, exactly how points interact and exactly how to optimize your setup as well as having a good setup, especially the foil functioning well with your skill as well as exactly how you utilize it is extremely essential.
Having a good foil established up and the ideal board and also after that a excellent wing, all those points with each other will immediately just make you better right away. So nowadays I mostly into wing foiling. This is the board I use the most right here is my my four 6 by 78 litre wing foil board. What I discuss right here today puts on all 4 sporting activities, including susceptible surf foiling, wing hindering, and also standup hindering.
So I began hindering regarding 5 years back. And also if you look back with the YouTube background of videos, you'll see, I first began on an 8'0 Defend foil board that I just put a Tuttle box right into and that worked well to start on and also discover on.
And then after that I 'd developed a dedicated foil board. That was a 7'6. As well as quite quickly I felt like it was also huge as well as the tail was dragging and so on. I cut off the tail just to see what occurred and also made it into a 6'11, as well as then that worked really well. And I determined, yeah, having that much shorter swing weight and also the shorter board actually aids when you're hindering up on foil.
And afterwards I've been proceeding progressively, been testing smaller and also smaller boards. As well as now what I make use of for wing foiling is a 4 six, which is quite tiny. And for prone browse hindering I make use of a comparable size board. This set right here is a 3'10. I utilize this primarily for exercising my dock Begins, which I'm not excellent at yet, however servicing that, attempting to dock beginning as well as pump.
And then for standup hindering, I use this board right here. It's a five 8 by 114 litre board for standing falling. I simply need a lot more security.
The wing master board is excellent for wing flooding, however it's not steady enough for me to stand paddle on maybe a lighter weight. A paddler with actually good equilibrium could be able to stand paddle on this. Generally talking, this board is going to be as well little for many individuals to stand up paddle for long. So something similar to this, the 5'8 Really nice. Stand-up foil board additionally functions well as a wing foil board because wing filing, you have the wit lift of the wing. So you do not need rather as much security as you do for standup and jumping while you're defending starting and wing hindering and standup foiling.
I recommend obtaining a larger, stable board. In our array, we have the 6 '11 and the 7'6 Easy Foiler versions. Those are truly excellent boards for discovering just how to Stand paddle foil and also wing foil. And afterwards as you improve and also you fit standing up and also you can perhaps change your feet around and do all the essentials on a larger board, after that you prepare to go some to something smaller sized, perhaps something such as this 5, eight Carver foil board, or for a little bit more advanced for, and these Wingmaster boards are amazing. But this is not mosting likely to be your initial Wingfoil board, it's going take a larger board to first learn the basics on, and afterwards you can function your method down to a small board similar to this. For me, it was numerous boards in between. And also, obviously I own as a brand as well as I created these boards. So I do a lot of R & D and also made a lot of boards gradually working my way down.
Most likely much like a few inches in a few liters at once. So I really did not start on a big board as well as wound up on this right away. There's a lot of steps in between. And also you do not need to take that numerous actions, but I would certainly claim between a beginner board as well as the really innovative board, there ought to be at the very least 2 or three boards.
To get to that point where you can create a truly small board. Do not think you can just begin wing filing on a little small prone board. This is it's feasible. I've seen people do it prior to that are super talented athletes and already excellent filers. I've seen individuals discover just how to wing full on prone.
The boards, however if you're an average Joe do not also attempt it. It's going to be way also difficult to try to discover on it, tiny board. As well as for me it wing for the thing I suched as to have a little bit more volume. I'm, my weight is 195 pounds. I'm 6'2" and 195 pounds which is roughly 90 kgs.
To make sure that converts into 90 liters of volume to drift me. The very first 90 litres of volume will float my body weight. And after that obviously you also need to include the weight of the foil as well as the board itself. And and also basically if you want it to float you, you require to have equal amount of flotation protection to your body weight. So the volume truly relies on your body weight. And afterwards for a newbie, I suggest getting a board that has adequate volume to drift your body weight, plus perhaps 20%. For me maybe as a beginner, I would use a boy that's at least about 120 liters, maybe more that will be good to float me.
For evaluating hindering for standup foiling, you may obtain something even a bit larger. Possibly for me, I would certainly pick like 140, 150 litres and also adequate size and length as well as stability to be able to send out a paddle on as well as find out on. And then as you get better with the harmonizing and also catching waves as well as getting up on the foil, after that you can relocate smaller sized and the foil does add security to the board.
Having a foil board is mosting likely to be much more steady than a routine standup paddleboard, but it's a certain sort of balance that you need to obtain utilized to it. Doesn't. Just automatically make balancing very easy. It's just a bit hold-up, so it slows down the movement of the board a bit because foil underneath.
It's like having a keel under your board. Next let's talk about the foils themselves. I have actually been doing this a long period of time. I utilize rather a tiny foil now for wing hindering, particularly like for waves as well as stuff like that, trying to go much faster. This is an gain access to high aspect element for us.
The Axis 810, a wing period or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. As well as the predicted surface area is 1022 square centimeters, that's about 158 square inches. This is quite a small front wing, but because it's pretty high aspect and it's actually quite, has quite a bit of lift and a lot of glide.
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. When you're starting something like the Carver foil, We have the group plan at Carver for is a great forum for learning.
It's 2000 square centimeters. It's secure turns up at low speeds and flies out a little bit reduced rate, yet it simply maintains sliding. If you're doing a change, if you muck it up a little, you've obtained method more time to move out of the turn and also stay up on the foil. As well as it just raises much easier and also reduced speeds.
It's this much easier to use a bigger foil when you're starting out. And also even as you progress, depending upon the problems you're flying having a large foil is just makes whatever a little bit less complicated. As well as and also it permits you to do more tricks and also things like that. So these smaller foils are not for everyone, yet as you improve, having a smaller foil.
As well as a thinner profile, simply enables you to go faster, do tighter turns, be extra maneuverable as well as going much faster truly assists in the waves due to the fact that a lot of times when you capturing far from the outdoors, it's still moving truly fast as well as you have to have the ability to stay on par with that rapid moving swell. And then having a much faster, smaller wing, will this aid you be able to stay up to date with those waves versus if you're just riding wind swell or just on a flat water, a Lake or something like that?
Having a bigger wing behaves because you can simply fly a bit much more gradually. It's not a big deal. And afterwards it just 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, most definitely get a bigger size foil something, 2000 square centimeters.
Or we also have 1,800 square centimeters, plus size, something like that. And afterwards in regards to mass length, I like to utilize a 90 centimeter mast. I've tried much longer mass which's having a really lengthy mass behaves for downwinders it's like that, yet it does make the whole thing a little bit a lot more tippy on the much shorter mass.
You need to follow the waves up and down as the wave goes up, you need to dip your nose backwards and forwards and much longer. Mass allows you simply to fly right over to the smaller chops. That's nice, yet I have a really comprehensive video and I'll place the link down listed below to that on selecting the best foil for your demands.
Watch that. That's some truly good details if you're unsure what sort of circulation you're going to need. And so forth. Next, I'm going to talk about putting the foot on the board and where to put it. So my cars and truck is rather tiny, so I need to take the foil off the board and also put it back on. Each time I use it.
As well as because of that, I purchased this, the impact driver, which is a truly nice tool to have actually makes it simple to place the foil on and off. And for me, yes, I generally simply keep the screws in the board and also I tightened them down, so they can not slide. I just loosen up these four bolts. You do not intend to leave them in the board loose because it can glide out.
And afterwards if they drop out while you're lugging the board as well as the lawn or something like that, these are simple to lose. I always make sure these are tight enough, so they can't slide out by themselves. And I stated, the mass plate that has, that allows you to glide the screw onto it. And after that I like to simply tighten them down. Okay. Little bit, get them all in area.
Once they're all positioned, then you can crank them down. You certainly wish to ensure they're limited on there because you don't want these screws to chill out while you're riding.
So currently I got the complete on the board. And also the next inquiry is how do you place the foil on the board? And that actually, it actually depends on the foil itself and the board, the dimension of the board Kindle while developed a great approaches. Have a excellent beginning point of where to put your foil. Which's just, if you raise the entire setup from the thickest factor of the foil, the think is indicating the initial concerning a 3rd back on the profile.
To make sure that's where the center of lift is to ensure that the front wing creates a lift facility of lift is right here at the thickest part. So if you raise your arrangement from that factor, your board must be practically level. So if your board is level. That indicates the center of mass of your whole system is straight beneath the center of lift of the foil.
So then let's state this, you forecast that to below then on the other side of the board, if you look at that same point on the deck, This ought to be practically in between your feet. So if your feet are too much ahead, you're going to need to put more weight on the back of, on your back foot. If your feet are as well far back, after that you have to lean a lot more on your front foot.
So ideally you wish to have your feet just as balanced to ensure that the center of lift is right in between your feet. And after that if it's additionally the center of gravity of the entire system, it'll simply feel way much more balanced. The weight of the system as well as the facility quantity all balance out that truly aids. And also this is practically true for all sides boards, that whether it's a huge standup foil board or a smaller sized vulnerable board that balancing out is a actually excellent beginning point on where your foil will certainly function best as well as where you can stand and capture the wave and also in the right area, or take off and place your feet in the ideal location.
Essentially where the quantity and the weight of the board and the weight of the entire system. Every little thing is perfectly cancelled. Kay. Next let's discuss your foot placement. My feet are about equally balanced out between the front and the back of the center of lifts. If you forecast the facility of list of the front circulation between your feet, it's going to be essentially between your feet.
As well as some people have their back foot better forward, yet after that 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. You always want to find that balance. If your stance is also much ahead, you're going to constantly have sore a sore back leg.
Create you're constantly leaning back at higher speeds to just control the foil you're mosting likely to or pumping and so forth. And it's mosting likely to put a lot more strain 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 small hip movements added to manage the height of the foil. To make sure that's really essential to have the facility of lift of the foil underneath the board bounce in between your two feet. As well as ideally prior to you place foot bands on your board, You intend to identify without foot bands where your feet are, normally maybe take some video with a GoPro or something like that to determine where do I place my feet on the board. When you beginning, I do not suggest utilizing foot straps. Our boards have this little arch bar here that's right over the mask so that it gives you a nice, responsive feel for where your back foot is. And afterwards the front foot, usually I oriented with this logo of heaven planet logo a bit front or back and.
You do desire the weight to be either both feet right over the facility line, or if you're. The front foot is a little off to the side. Your back foot needs to also be similarly off to the side. So whether you're on the center line or slightly off facility, you simply want to see to it 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, sometimes you can get away with both feet being off to one side when you're powered, but then as quickly as you let go of the power and also you're simply on the foil, then the board. Intending to topple, like if you, both of you feed off as well away the side, it won't fly well without the power of the wing.
Same point. If you're chatting behind the boat, you can escape leaning on the side, one side, having your weight on one side, cause you leaning against 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.
Or else you're going to tip over. So it's finest to begin riding your board without foot straps, finding out the placement where you placed the feet, and afterwards once you understand where to put your feet, one more excellent way to shift to foot straps is using foot hooks. We have these Eva foot hooks. I'll place the link down to video clip for that also.
Those ones you can attach to the board and also type of wedge your feet against it. Which's helpful without having your feet in the straps or having to glide your feet into bands and so forth. So the foot hooks are a great step in between no bands and going straight to how does a hydrofoil work straps. And then when you want to begin making use of bands, preferably I would claim make use of the front strap just at first, get comfortable with the front band.
And then when you're comfortable with that. You can include a back band. And also primarily if you want to jump, if you're wing, flailing, and you want to leap, 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 up the screws. And afterwards I tighten them back down, not too tight, yet just so they can move around in package.
Put them at the end of the box. Just tighten them in on a little, exact same in the back, take the foil off. Okay. So it's pretty important to keep these little screws limited in the board so they can not glide out. Okay. So next I'm going to look at exactly how to attach these. Steps to the board. This is our blue world luxurious foot shop.
It's like a neoprene covered foot strap. They behave and also cushioned. They have Velcro adjustability. So they're nice and tight. And also you want your straps to stand up by them selves. So the feet can slide in easily. Several of them actually lightweight, thin bands can collapse. And then it's really tough to obtain your foot in.
You need to discover the strap and also wiggle your feet in. I like to use straps that have more padding they're softer, easier on your feet. Easier to slide in and out