FOIL BOARD SETUP SUGGESTIONS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL POSITIONING, FOOT POSITIONING, FOOT STRAPS
Just how to set up your foil board to be well balanced for optimal efficiency.
Aloha pals! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue World Browse. Today. I'm going to talk about establishing your foil equipment. It's a inquiry we get a great deal: Exactly how do I establish the foil, where to position it, where to place foot straps, just how to position your feet on the board, what kind of board to get. I'm additionally mosting likely to talk about what type of gear to use as a beginner.
And also as a more advanced foiler and for different sporting activities- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. Then I have a wing foil board and also a vulnerable full board. I'm mosting likely to speak about the boards, use the foils utilized. And afterwards I'm additionally going to speak about foot positioning, exactly how to find out where to position your feet and also just how to attach a foot band to your board.
So this video clip is going to be a little longer. We have a whole lot of details on our website and on YouTube. Down below in the summary, I'll put a lot of web links to other videos and also links that will aid you better along the means. The last video I published was an meeting with Kane De Wilde and also he has a great deal of truly good insight on foil configurations and more.
As well as he stated, he constantly likes to try great deals of different arrangements and also determine what jobs and also actually feel it out. Which makes a great deal of feeling to me. The more. You can check things the much more, exactly how things work together as well as exactly how to enhance your configuration and having a great setup, especially the foil working well with your skill and just how you use it is incredibly vital.
So having a great foil established and also the appropriate board and then a great wing, all those things together will instantly just make you much better right away. So these days I mainly right into wing foiling. This is the board I utilize the most here is my my four 6 by 78 liter wing foil board. What I speak about right here today relates to all 4 sports, consisting of susceptible surf foiling, wing hindering, as well as standup foiling.
So I started hindering concerning five years ago. And if you look back through the YouTube history of videos, you'll see, I first began on an 8'0 Defend foil board that I just put a Tuttle box right into which worked well to start on and also learn on.
And afterwards afterwards I would certainly built a specialized foil board. That was a 7'6. And also quite soon I seemed like it was too huge and also the tail was dragging and so on. So I cut off the tail just to see what occurred as well as made it into a 6'11, and afterwards that worked really well. As well as I found out, yeah, having that shorter swing weight and the much shorter board actually helps when you're foiling up on foil.
And afterwards I've been advancing progressively, been evaluating smaller sized and also smaller boards. And also now what I make use of for wing foiling is a four six, which is rather tiny. And for prone surf hindering I utilize a comparable length board. This right here is a 3'10. I use this primarily for exercising my dock Begins, which I'm not great at yet, but dealing with that, trying to dock start as well as pump.
And then for standup hindering, I use this board right here. It's a 5 eight by 114 liter board for standing up falling. I just need extra security.
The wing master board is excellent for wing flooding, yet it's not secure sufficient for me to stand paddle on perhaps a lighter weight. A paddler with actually excellent balance might be able to stand up paddle on this. Typically speaking, this board is going to be as well little for the majority of individuals to stand up paddle for long. So something like this, the 5'8 Really great. Stand-up foil board likewise functions well as a wing foil board because wing declaring, you have the wit lift of the wing. You don't require fairly as much stability as you do for standup as well as jumping while you're standing up for getting started and wing hindering and also standup foiling.
I suggest obtaining a bigger, stable board. In our array, we have the 6 '11 and also the 7'6 Easy Foiler designs. Those are actually good boards for finding out exactly how to Stand paddle foil and wing foil. And then as you improve and also you're comfortable standing up and you can maybe change your feet around and also do all the essentials on a larger board, then you prepare to go some to something smaller sized, maybe something similar to this 5, 8 Carver foil board, or for a bit advanced for, as well as these Wingmaster boards are remarkable. Yet this is not going to be your very first Wingfoil board, it's going take a bigger board to very first learn the fundamentals on, and after that you can work your means to a tiny board similar to this. For me, it was several boards in between. As well as, certainly I own as a brand and also I made these boards. So I do a lot of R & D as well as made a great deal of boards gradually functioning my means down.
Most likely just like a few inches in a few liters at a time. So I really did not begin on a big board and also ended up on this today. There's a great deal of steps in between. And also you do not have to take that many steps, yet I would certainly say in between a newbie board and the extremely advanced board, there ought to be at the very least two or three boards.
To reach that point where you can write a really small board. Don't assume you can just start wing filing on a little small vulnerable board. This is it's feasible. I've seen people do it before that are super talented athletes as well as already very good filers. I have actually seen individuals discover exactly how to wing complete on susceptible.
The boards, but if you're an average Joe do not also try it. It's going to be way also tough to try to find out on it, tiny board. As well as for me it wing for the thing I suched as to have a little much more volume. I'm, my weight is 195 pounds. I'm 6'2" as well as 195 pounds which is approximately 90 kilos.
To make sure that translates into 90 liters of quantity to drift me. The very first 90 liters of quantity will certainly drift my body weight. And after that obviously you additionally need to include the weight of the foil and the board itself. And also and essentially if you desire it to float you, you require to have equal amount of flotation to your body weight. The volume really depends on your body weight. And then for a novice, I recommend obtaining a board that has adequate volume to float your body weight, plus possibly 20%. So for me maybe as a beginner, I would certainly use a young boy that goes to the very least about 120 liters, maybe extra that will certainly be good to drift me.
For weighing hindering for standup hindering, you might get something also a little bit bigger. Possibly for me, I would certainly pick like 140, 150 liters and also adequate size as well as length as well as stability to be able to send a paddle on as well as learn on. And then as you get better with the harmonizing as well as capturing waves and also getting up on the foil, after that you can move smaller and also the foil does include stability to the board.
Having a foil board is mosting likely to be more steady than a normal standup paddleboard, but it's a certain sort of equilibrium that you have to obtain utilized to it. Doesn't. Just immediately make stabilizing simple. It's simply a bit hold-up, so it decreases the activity of the board a little bit in that foil beneath.
It's like having a keel under your board. So following allow's talk about the foils themselves. I've been doing this a very long time. I make use of fairly a little foil currently for wing hindering, especially like for waves and stuff like that, attempting to go faster. This is an accessibility high aspect element for us.
The Axis 810, a wing period or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And also the projected area is 1022 square centimeters, that's about 158 square inches. So this is rather a little front wing, however because it's pretty high aspect and also it's in fact fairly, has a fair bit of lift as well as a lot of slide.
So I actually 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 plan at Carver for is a fantastic online forum for understanding.
It's 2000 square centimeters. It's secure shows up at reduced rates and flies out a little bit reduced speed, however it simply maintains moving. If you're doing a shift, if you muck it up a bit, you've obtained means even more time to move out of the turn and stay up on the foil. As well as it simply lifts up simpler and also reduced rates.
So it's this much simpler to use a larger foil when you're starting. And also even as you proceed, depending on the conditions you're winging in having a big foil is simply makes everything a bit easier. As well as as well as it enables you to do even more methods as well as points like that. These smaller foils are not for everybody, but as you get better, having a smaller foil.
And a thinner profile, just enables you to go faster, do tighter turns, be much more manoeuvrable and also going quicker truly helps in the waves because a lot of times when you catching far from the outside, it's still moving really rapid and you need to have the ability to stay up to date with that fast moving swell. And afterwards having a much faster, smaller wing, will this help you be able to stay up to date with those waves versus if you're simply riding wind swell or simply on a level water, a Lake or something like that?
Having a bigger wing is nice because you can just fly a little much more gradually. It's not a big deal. And afterwards it simply gives you even more time. To remain on foil, easier to get up on foil and lighter winds also. There's a lot of advantages of using a bigger foil. So when you're starting out, definitely obtain a larger size foil something, 2000 square centimeters.
Or we likewise have 1,800 square centimeters, large size, something like that. And after that in terms of mass length, I like to utilize a 90 centimeter pole. I've tried much longer mass which's having a really long mass behaves for downwinders it resembles that, but it does make the whole point a bit a lot more tippy on the much shorter mass.
You have to adhere to the waves backwards and forwards as the wave rises, you have to dip your nose backwards and forwards as well as longer. Mass enables you just to fly straight over to the smaller sized chops. That behaves, however I have a really in-depth video as well as I'll place the link down listed below to that on picking the very best foil for your needs.
So enjoy that as well. That's some really good info if you're uncertain what sort of circulation you're mosting likely to require. 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 quite little, so I need to take the foil off the board and put it back on. Every time I use it.
As well as for that reason, I got this, the effect chauffeur, which is a truly nice device to have truly makes it easy to place the foil on and off. And also for me, yeah, I typically simply maintain the screws in the board and also I tightened them down, so they can not move. I just loosen up these four bolts. You do not wish to leave them in the board loose because it can move out.
And then if they quit while you're lugging the board as well as the grass or something like that, these are easy to lose. So I always ensure these are tight enough, so they can't slide out by themselves. And I said, the mass plate that has, that enables you to slide the bolt onto it. And afterwards I such as to simply tighten them down. Okay. Bit, get them done in location.
Once they're all situated, after that you can crank them down. You absolutely wish to see to it they're limited on there since you don't want these bolts to loosen up while you're riding.
Now I got the full on the board. And the following concern is how do you place the foil on the board? Which actually, it actually relies on the foil itself and the board, the size of the board Kindle while generated a great techniques. Have a good starting point of where to place your foil. Which's just, if you lift up the entire configuration from the thickest point of the foil, the think is pointing to the initial concerning a 3rd 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 arrangement from that factor, your board ought to be pretty much degree. If your board is level. That means the center of mass of your entire system is straight beneath the center of lift of the foil.
Then let's say this, you project that to here then on the other side of the board, if you look at that same point on the deck, This should be pretty much in between your feet. So if your feet are too much onward, you're mosting likely to have to put more weight on the back of, on your back foot. If your feet are also far back, then you have to lean extra on your front foot.
So ideally you want to have your feet equally stabilized to ensure that the facility of lift is right in between your feet. And afterwards if it's additionally the center of mass of the entire system, it'll simply feel way more well balanced. The weight of the system as well as the center quantity all balance out that actually assists. As well as this is basically real 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 good beginning factor on where your foil will function best and where you can stand and also capture the wave as well as in the best place, or take off and also put your feet in the ideal area.
Primarily where the quantity and the weight of the board and the weight of the entire system. Every little thing is well cancelled. Kay. Following allow's discuss your foot placement. So my feet are about just as balanced out between the front and also the rear of the center of lifts. If you project the facility of list of the front circulation between your feet, it's mosting likely to be essentially between your feet.
And some individuals have their back foot even more forward, but after that they additionally relocated 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 position is as well much forward, you're mosting likely to always have aching a aching back leg.
Create you're always leaning back at higher speeds to just control the foil you're going to or pumping and so on. And it's mosting likely to put a great deal even more pressure on your back leg. So if your back leg is always aching, Probably you just want to relocate that foot further back on the board so that when you're riding as well as at normal rate, your weight ought to be perfect over the foil and also you should not need to place more weight on one side or the other.
It's a little hip activities added to manage the elevation of the foil. To ensure that's actually essential to have the center of lift of the foil underneath the board bounce in between your 2 feet. And also preferably prior to you put foot straps on your board, You want to determine without foot bands where your feet are, generally possibly take some video clip with a GoPro or something like that to determine where do I place my feet on the board. When you starting, I do not recommend utilizing foot bands. Our boards have this little arch bar below that's right over the mask so that it offers you a good, responsive feel for where your back foot is. And afterwards the front foot, normally I oriented with this logo design of heaven earth logo hydrofoil surf design a little front or back and.
You do desire the weight to be either both feet right over the center line, or if you're. The front foot is a bit off to the side. Your back foot must also be similarly off to the side. So whether you're on the center line or slightly off facility, you simply want to make sure that your body weight mores than the facility line of the board.
Otherwise you're mosting likely 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, but then as soon as you release the power and you're simply on the foil, then the board. Wanting to topple, like if you, both of you feed off too far off the side, it won't fly well without the power of the wing.
Exact same thing. If you're talking behind the boat, you can get away with leaning on the side, one side, having your weight on one side, cause 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.
Or else you're mosting likely to tip over. So it's ideal to start riding your board without foot bands, determining the placement where you put the feet, and after that once you understand where to put your feet, an additional good way to change to foot bands is using foot hooks. We have these Eva foot hooks. I'll put the web link to video for that too.
Those ones you can connect 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 move your feet into straps and so on. So the foot hooks are a great step in between no straps as well as going straight to straps. And after that when you wish to begin making use of bands, ideally I would certainly claim utilize the front strap only in the beginning, get comfortable with the front strap.
And after that as soon as you're comfortable with that said. You can include a back strap. As well as primarily if you wish to leap, if you're wing, flailing, and you intend to jump, you have to have foot bands on your board. Okay. To take the foil off, same thing in reverse, I just put it upside down. I loosened up the screws. And then I tighten them back down, not too tight, yet so they can move around in package.
So place them at the end of the box. Just tighten them know a bit, exact same in the back, take the foil off. Okay. So it's pretty crucial 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. Steps to the board. This is our blue earth luxurious foot shop.
It's like a neoprene covered foot band. They behave as well as padded. They have Velcro adjustability. So they behave as well as tight. And you want your straps to stand by them selves. The feet can slide in easily. Some of them actually light-weight, thin bands can break down. And afterwards it's really tough to obtain