FOIL BOARD ARRANGEMENT TIPS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL PLACEMENT, FOOT PLACEMENT, FOOT STRAPS
Exactly how to establish your foil board to be well balanced for optimal performance.
Aloha close friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue Earth Browse. Today. I'm going to speak about establishing your foil equipment. It's a concern we obtain a great deal: How do I set up the foil, where to position it, where to put foot bands, how to put your feet on the board, what sort of board to get. I'm also going to talk about what sort of gear to make use of as a novice.
And as a advanced foiler as well as for various sports- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. I have a wing foil board as well as a vulnerable full board. I'm mosting likely to discuss the boards, use the foils made use of. And afterwards I'm likewise mosting likely to talk about foot positioning, how to find out where to place your feet and also just how to attach a foot strap to your board.
So this video is mosting likely to be a little bit longer. We have a lot of information on our site and on YouTube too. Down listed below in the description, I'll put a lot of links to various other video clips and also links that will certainly help you further along the means. The last video I uploaded was an interview with Kane De Wilde as well as he has a lot of truly good insight on foil arrangements and so on.
And he claimed, he constantly suches as to try lots of various arrangements and find out what works and also truly feel it out. Which makes a great deal of feeling to me. The more. You can evaluate things the a lot more, just how things collaborate as well as how to optimize your setup and also having a excellent configuration, especially the foil functioning well with your ability and just how you utilize it is super essential.
Having a excellent foil established up as well as the appropriate board and also then a great wing, all those things together will instantly just make you better right away. So nowadays I primarily right into wing foiling. This is the surfboard hydrofoil board I use one of the most right here is my my 4 six by 78 litre wing foil board. What I talk about here today puts on all four sporting activities, consisting of prone surf foiling, wing hindering, as well as standup foiling.
So I started hindering concerning 5 years ago. As well as if you recall with the YouTube history of videos, you'll see, I first began on an 8'0 Defend foil board that I simply placed a Tuttle box right into and that worked well to start on as well as find out on.
And then afterwards I would certainly developed a committed foil board. That was a 7'6. And also quite quickly I seemed like it was as well large and also the tail was dragging and so forth. I cut off the tail just to see what took place as well as made it right into a 6'11, as well as then that worked truly well. And also I figured out, yeah, having that much shorter swing weight and the shorter board actually assists when you're foiling up on foil.
And then I have actually been progressing gradually, been checking smaller sized as well as smaller boards. And currently what I use for wing foiling is a 4 six, which is quite little. As well as for susceptible surf hindering I make use of a similar length board. This one right here is a 3'10. I utilize this mainly for exercising my dock Starts, which I'm not excellent at yet, however working with that, trying to dock start as well as pump.
And after that for standup hindering, I utilize this board here. It's a 5 eight by 114 liter board for standing up dropping. I just need more security.
The wing master board is excellent for wing flooding, yet it's not steady sufficient for me to stand up paddle on possibly a lighter weight. A paddler with really good balance could be able to stand up paddle on this. Typically talking, this board is going to be too small for most people to stand up paddle for long. Something like this, the 5'8 Truly wonderful. Stand-up foil board additionally works well as a wing foil board because wing filing, you have the wit lift of the wing. You do not require quite as much security as you do for standup and also jumping while you're standing up for obtaining began as well as wing foiling as well as standup foiling.
I suggest obtaining a bigger, stable board. In our array, we have the 6 '11 and the 7'6 Easy Foiler models. Those are truly great boards for learning just how to Stand up paddle foil as well as wing foil. And afterwards as you get better and you're comfortable standing up as well as you can possibly switch your feet around and do all the basics on a larger board, then you're ready to go some to something smaller sized, maybe something similar to this five, 8 Carver foil board, or for a little bit advanced for, and these Wingmaster boards are amazing. Yet this is not going to be your very first Wingfoil board, it's going take a bigger board to very first learn the basics on, and then you can function your method to a tiny board like this. For me, it was many boards in between. As well as, clearly I have as a brand and I created these boards. I do a whole lot of R & D and made a great deal of boards slowly functioning my way down.
Possibly just like a few inches in a few litres each time. I really did not start on a huge board and finished up on this best away. There's a great deal of action in between. And also you don't need to take that several steps, however I would state between a newbie board as well as the very sophisticated board, there ought to be at least two or 3 boards.
To reach that factor where you can compose a truly tiny board. So do not assume you can simply begin wing filing on a little small prone board. This is it's feasible. I've seen people do it before that are extremely gifted professional athletes as well as already great filers. I have actually seen people find out exactly how to wing complete on vulnerable.
The boards, but if you're an average Joe don't even try it. It's going to be way as well tough to attempt 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 quantity. I'm, my weight is 195 extra pounds. I'm 6'2" and 195 extra pounds which is approximately 90 kgs.
That equates into 90 litres of quantity to float me. The very first 90 liters of volume will certainly float my body weight. And after that naturally you likewise have to add in the weight of the foil and the board itself. As well as as well as basically if you want it to drift you, you need to have equivalent amount of flotation protection to your body weight. So the volume actually depends on your body weight. And after that for a beginner, I advise getting a board that has adequate volume to drift your body weight, plus possibly 20%. So for me perhaps as a novice, I would certainly make use of a young boy that goes to the very least about 120 litres, maybe much more that will be good to float me.
For considering foiling for standup foiling, you might get something also a bit larger. Maybe for me, I would select like 140, 150 liters as well as adequate size as well as size and also security to be able to send out a paddle on and learn on. And then as you get better with the harmonizing and capturing waves and also getting up on the foil, then you can move smaller sized and the foil does add security to the board.
Having a foil board is mosting likely to be more secure than a regular standup paddleboard, but it's a certain sort of equilibrium that you have to get made use of to it. Does not. Just automatically make stabilizing simple. It's simply a little bit delay, so it decreases the movement of the board a little because foil below.
It resembles 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 fairly a little foil now for wing hindering, particularly like for waves as well as things like that, attempting to go much faster. This is an gain access to high element facet for us.
The Axis 810, a wing span or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And the projected surface is 1022 square centimeters, that has to do with 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. Likewise I have a 760, which is a little a lot more surfy, which is also a really nice but for beginning on, When I began, I made use of a actually big foil, the 2000 square centimeter foil. So when you're starting something like the Carver foil, We have the group strategy at Carver for is a great forum for understanding.
It's 2000 square centimeters. It's stable turns up at reduced speeds and also flies out a little lower speed, however it just keeps sliding. If you're doing a shift, if you muck it up a little bit, you have actually got method more time to slide out of the turn as well as stay up on the foil. And also it just raises less complicated and lower rates.
It's this much easier to use a bigger foil when you're starting out. And also as you advance, depending upon the problems you're winging in having a huge foil is simply makes whatever a bit easier. And and it allows you to do even more tricks as well as points like that. So these smaller sized foils are except everybody, yet as you improve, having a smaller sized foil.
And also a thinner account, just enables you to go quicker, do tighter turns, be much more maneuverable as well as going quicker actually helps in the waves because a great deal of times when you catching away from the outside, it's still relocating actually quick and also you need to have the ability to stay on par with that quick relocating swell. And afterwards having a faster, smaller sized wing, will this help you be able to stay up to date 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 since you can just fly a little bit more slowly. It's not a big deal. And after that it simply gives you even 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. When you're starting out, definitely get a bigger size foil something, 2000 square centimeters.
Or we also have 1,800 square centimeters, large size, something like that. And then in terms of mass size, I like to utilize a 90 centimeter mast. I've attempted much longer mass which's having a truly long mass behaves for downwinders it's like that, but it does make the entire point a bit extra tippy on the much shorter mass.
You have to comply with the waves backwards and forwards as the wave goes up, you need to dip your nose backwards and forwards as well as longer. Mass enables you simply to fly straight over to the smaller chops. That's nice, however I have a truly comprehensive video as well as I'll place the web link down below to that on picking the most effective foil for your requirements.
So enjoy that as well. That's some actually good information if you're not exactly sure what kind 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. My car is pretty small, so I have to take the foil off the board and put it back on. Each time I use it.
And for that reason, I got this, the impact motorist, which is a really great tool to have actually makes it very easy to put the foil on and off. As well as for me, yep, I generally just maintain the bolts in the board and also I tightened them down, so they can't glide. So I just loosen up these 4 bolts. You do not intend to leave them in the board loose since it can glide out.
And afterwards if they drop out while you're carrying the board as well as the lawn 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. And also I said, the mass plate that has, that enables you to glide the screw onto it. And after that I like to simply tighten them down. Okay. Bit, get them all in area.
Once they're all situated, after that you can crank them down. You definitely intend to ensure they're tight on there since you don't desire these bolts to loosen up while you're riding.
So now I obtained the complete on the board. And the following question is just how do you place the foil on the board? Which really, it truly relies on the foil itself as well as the board, the size of the board Kindle while created a great approaches. Have a great beginning point of where to put your foil. And that's just, if you lift up the entire configuration from the thickest factor of the foil, the think is indicating the very first about a third back on the account.
So that's where the center of lift is so that the front wing develops a lift center of lift is right below at the thickest component. So if you raise your setup from that point, your board should be practically level. So if your board is level. That indicates the center of mass of your whole system is straight underneath 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 as well far onward, you're mosting likely to have to put even more weight on the back of, on your back foot. If your feet are as well far back, then you have to lean much more 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 after that if it's likewise the center of mass of the whole system, it'll just feel way more balanced. The weight of the system and also the center quantity all cancel that actually assists. And also this is practically true for all sides boards, that whether it's a big standup foil board or a smaller sized susceptible board that balancing out is a actually good beginning factor on where your foil will work best and where you can stand and capture the wave and also in the right location, or take off as well as put your feet in the best area.
Basically where the quantity and also the weight of the board as well as the weight of the entire system. Everything is well balanced out. Kay. Next let's talk about your foot positioning. So my feet have to do with equally cancelled between the front as well as the rear of the center of lifts. If you project the center of list of the front circulation between your feet, it's going to be basically between your feet.
And some people have their back foot further onward, yet then they additionally moved their front foot for their back. So if you have a smaller sized stance or wider stance, if you place your back foot even more back, you require to place your front foot better ahead. You always want to find that balance. If your stance is too much onward, you're going to constantly have sore a aching back leg.
Create you're always leaning back at higher speeds to just manage the foil you're mosting likely to or pumping and so forth. And it's mosting likely to place a great deal 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 small hip activities added to regulate the elevation of the foil. To ensure that's truly vital to have the facility of lift of the foil below the board bounce in between your 2 feet. And preferably before you put foot straps on your board, You want to find out without foot bands where your feet are, usually maybe take some video with a GoPro or something like that to find out where do I place my feet on the board. When you starting, I don't advise utilizing foot bands. Our boards have this little arch bar here that's right over the mask to ensure that it offers you a great, tactile feel for where your back foot is. And after that the front foot, generally I oriented with this logo design of the blue planet logo a little bit front or back and also.
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 also be similarly off sideways. So whether you get on the center line or a little off center, you just intend to make sure that your body weight is over the facility 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 away when you're powered, however after that as quickly as you let go of the power as well as you're just on the foil, after that the board. Wanting to tip over, like if you, both of you feed off too away the side, it won't fly well without the power of the wing.
Exact same thing. If you're talking behind the watercraft, you can escape leaning on the side, one side, having your weight on one side, trigger you leaning against the rope. However as soon as you let that rope go, you need to have your claim your weight focused right over the middle of the board as well as over the center of the foil.
Or else you're going to topple. So it's ideal to begin riding your board without foot bands, finding out the positioning where you placed the feet, and then once you recognize where to put your feet, an additional good way to shift to foot straps is making use of foot hooks. We have these Eva foot hooks. I'll put the link down to video for that.
Those ones you can attach to the board and type of wedge your feet versus it. And that's helpful without having your feet in the bands or needing to move your feet into straps and so forth. The foot hooks are a good step in between no straps and going straight to straps. And then when you want to start making use of bands, preferably I would say utilize the front strap only at first, obtain comfortable with the front strap.
And afterwards when you fit with that. You can include a back band. And also basically if you want to leap, if you're wing, smacking, and also you intend to jump, you have to have foot straps on your board. Okay. So to take the foil off, very same point in reverse, I just placed it upside down. I loosened up the screws. And after that I tighten them pull back, not also limited, yet just so they can slide about in package.
So put them at the end of the box. Simply tighten them in on a bit, 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. So next I'm going to go over exactly how to attach these. Footsteps to the board. This is our blue world luxurious foot shop.
It's like a neoprene covered foot band. They behave and also padded. They have Velcro adjustability. So they're nice and stiff. And you desire your straps to stand up by them selves. So the feet can move in quickly. A few of them actually light-weight, thin bands can fall down. And after that it's truly tough to obtain your foot in.
You need to locate the strap as well as shake your feet in. So I such