FOIL BOARD CONFIGURATION SUGGESTIONS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL POSITIONING, FOOT PLACEMENT, FOOT STRAPS
How to set up your foil board to be well stabilized for optimal performance.
Aloha friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue World Surf. Today. I'm going to speak about establishing your foil gear. It's a concern we get a great deal: Exactly how do I set up the foil, where to place it, where to place foot bands, how to place your feet on the board, what sort of board to obtain. I'm likewise going to talk about what sort of equipment to use as a beginner.
And as a more advanced foiler and for various sporting activities- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. Then I have a wing foil board as well as a prone full board. I'm going to talk about the boards, make use of the foils utilized. And afterwards I'm likewise mosting likely to talk about foot placement, just how to identify where to place your feet and exactly how to attach a foot strap to your board.
This video clip is going to be a little bit much longer. We have a great deal of details on our internet site as well as on YouTube. So down listed below in the description, I'll place a great deal of web links to other video clips and web links that will certainly assist you even more along the road. The last video clip I posted was an meeting with Kane De Wilde and he has a great deal of truly great insight on foil setups and so forth.
As well as he claimed, he constantly suches as to try great deals of various arrangements as well as find out what jobs and truly feel it out. And that makes a great deal of sense to me. The more. You can test points the extra, how points interact and also just how to maximize your setup as well as having a great setup, particularly the foil working well with your skill and exactly how you utilize it is incredibly important.
Having a excellent foil established up and also the best board as well as then a great wing, all those things with each other will instantly just make you better right away. These days I primarily right into wing foiling. This is the board I use one of the most right here is my my four six by 78 liter wing foil board. What I discuss here today puts on all 4 sports, including vulnerable browse foiling, wing foiling, and also standup hindering.
So I started hindering regarding 5 years earlier. And if you recall via the YouTube history of videos, you'll see, I initially began on an 8'0 Stand up for foil board that I just put a Tuttle box into and that functioned well to start on and learn on.
And then afterwards I 'd developed a devoted foil board. That was a 7'6. And pretty quickly I seemed like it was too big and also the tail was dragging and so forth. I cut off the tail simply to see what occurred and made it right into a 6'11, and also then that worked really well. As well as I found out, yeah, having that much shorter swing weight and also the much shorter board actually aids when you're hindering up on foil.
And afterwards I have actually been advancing progressively, been checking smaller as well as smaller sized boards. And also now what I utilize for wing hindering is a 4 six, which is rather tiny. And also for prone surf hindering I use a comparable size board. This right here is a 3'10. I use this mainly for exercising my dock Starts, which I'm not excellent at yet, but working with that, attempting to dock begin and also pump.
And after that for standup hindering, I use this board right here. It's a five 8 by 114 liter board for standing falling. I just need a lot more stability.
The wing master board is wonderful for wing flooding, however it's not stable sufficient for me to stand paddle on possibly a lighter weight. A paddler with actually good balance could be able to stand paddle on this. Typically speaking, this board is going to be too little for the majority of individuals to stand up paddle for long. So something similar to this, the 5'8 Actually wonderful. Stand-up foil board likewise works well as a wing foil board due to the fact that wing declaring, you have the wit lift of the wing. You don't need rather as much stability as you do for standup and bouncing while you're standing up for obtaining began and wing hindering and also standup foiling.
I suggest getting a bigger, steady board. So in our array, we have the 6 '11 as well as the 7'6 Easy Foiler models. Those are truly excellent boards for finding out just how to Stand paddle foil as well as wing foil. And afterwards as you get better as well as you're comfortable standing and also you can possibly 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, perhaps something such as this 5, eight Carver foil board, or for a little more advanced for, and also these Wingmaster boards are incredible. This is not going to be your very first Wingfoil board, it's going take a larger board to very first find out the fundamentals on, and after that you can work your method down to a small board like this. For me, it was lots of boards in between. As well as, undoubtedly I possess as a brand name as well as I designed these boards. So I do a lot of R & D as well as made a lot of boards gradually working my method down.
Possibly much like a couple of inches in a few litres at a time. So I didn't start on a big board and ended up on this today. There's a great deal of action in between. And also you do not have to take that lots of actions, however I would state in between a newbie board and the really innovative board, there need to be at least 2 or 3 boards.
To reach that factor where you can write a truly small board. So do not believe you can just start wing declaring on a little tiny prone board. This is it's possible. I have actually seen people do it prior to that are incredibly talented athletes and already very good filers. I have actually seen individuals find out how to wing full on vulnerable.
The boards, however if you're an average Joe don't even try it. It's going to be way as well hard to attempt to discover on it, little board. And also for me it wing for the important things I suched as to have a little a lot more volume. So I'm, my weight is 195 extra pounds. I'm 6'2" as well as 195 extra pounds which is approximately 90 kilograms.
To make sure that equates into 90 litres of volume to drift me. The very first 90 liters of volume will certainly float my body weight. And after that obviously you likewise need to add in the weight of the foil and the board itself. And and also essentially if you want it to float you, you need to have equivalent quantity of flotation protection to your body weight. So the volume actually depends on your body weight. And after that 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 utilize a boy that goes to least about 120 liters, maybe more that will be good to drift me.
For weighing foiling for standup hindering, you might get something even a little bigger. Perhaps for me, I would certainly choose like 140, 150 liters and enough size and size and stability to be able to send a paddle on and find out on. And afterwards as you improve with the balancing and capturing waves as well as getting up on the foil, after that you can move smaller and the foil does include stability to the board.
Having a foil board is going to be a lot more stable than a regular standup paddleboard, yet it's a specific kind of equilibrium that you need to obtain made use of to it. Doesn't. Just automatically make balancing very easy. It's just a little bit delay, so it reduces the movement of the board a bit in that foil below.
It's like having a keel under your board. Next let's talk about the foils themselves. I've been doing this a very long time. I use rather a tiny foil now for wing foiling, especially like for waves as well as stuff like that, trying to go quicker. This is an access high aspect aspect for us.
The Axis 810, a wing span or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And also the predicted area is 1022 square centimeters, that has to do with 158 square inches. So this is fairly a little front wing, but due to the fact that it's rather high facet and also it's really quite, has quite a bit of lift and also a great deal of glide.
So I really liked this, a front wing. Additionally I have a 760, which is a little a lot more surfy, which is also a really wonderful but also for starting on, When I began, I used a actually 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 rates and also flies out a bit reduced rate, but it simply keeps moving. If you're doing a transition, if you muck it up a little, you've obtained way more time to slide out of the turn and keep up on the foil. As well as it simply raises easier as well as lower speeds.
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 flying having a big foil is simply makes whatever a little bit simpler. And also and also it allows you to do more techniques as well as points like that. These smaller foils are not for everybody, but as you get better, having a smaller foil.
And also a thinner account, simply permits you to go quicker, do tighter turns, be extra manoeuvrable as well as going quicker actually aids in the waves due to the fact that a lot of times when you capturing far from the outdoors, it's still moving really fast as well as you have to be able to stay on top of that quick relocating swell. And after that having a much faster, smaller sized wing, will this assist you have the ability to keep up with those waves versus if you're simply riding wind swell or just on a level water, a Lake or something like that?
Having a larger wing behaves since you can just fly a little bit much more gradually. It's not a big deal. And then it just 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. So when you're beginning, absolutely get a bigger size foil something, 2000 square centimeters.
Or we also have 1,800 square centimeters, large size, something like that. And afterwards in regards to mass size, I such as to utilize a 90 centimeter pole. I have actually attempted longer mass and that's having a actually lengthy mass behaves for downwinders it resembles that, but it does make the whole point a little more tippy on the shorter mass.
You have to adhere to the waves backwards and forwards as the wave goes up, you have to dip your nose up and down and longer. Mass enables you just to fly straight over to the smaller chops. That's nice, however I have a truly in-depth video clip and also I'll put the web link down listed below to that on selecting the very best foil for your requirements.
Watch that. That's some actually great information if you're not sure what type of circulation you're mosting likely to require. And so on. So next, I'm going to discuss putting the foot on the board and where to put it. So my car is rather tiny, so I need to take the foil off the board as well as put it back on. Whenever I use it.
And because of that, I acquired this, the influence driver, which is a really wonderful tool to have truly makes it simple to place the foil on and off. As well as for me, yep, I normally just keep the screws in the board and I tightened them down, so they can not slide. So I just chill out these four bolts. You don't wish to leave them in the board loose since it can slide out.
And after that if they drop out while you're carrying the board as well as the grass or something like that, these are easy to lose. I always make sure these are tight enough, so they can't slide out by themselves. As well as I said, the mass plate that has, that allows you to slide the bolt onto it. And afterwards I such as to just tighten them down. Okay. Bit, get them done in area.
Once they're all located, after that you can crank them down. You most definitely intend to see to it they're tight on there because you don't want these screws to relax while you're riding.
So currently I obtained the complete on the board. As well as the following inquiry is exactly how do you position the foil on the board? Which truly, it actually relies on the foil itself and the board, the size of the board Kindle while came up with a great techniques. Have a excellent beginning factor of where to place your foil. And that's simply, if you lift up the whole setup from the thickest point of he has a good point the foil, the think is pointing to the first regarding 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. If you lift up your setup from that point, your board should be pretty much level. 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.
So after that allow's say this, you project that to right here then beyond of the board, if you check out that same factor on the deck, This ought to be pretty much 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, then you have to lean 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 also the center of mass of the entire system, it'll just feel way more well balanced. The weight of the system and the facility volume all balance out that truly aids. And this is pretty much true for all sides boards, that whether it's a huge standup foil board or a smaller prone board that balancing out is a truly excellent beginning factor on where your foil will certainly function best and also where you can stand as well as catch the wave and in the right location, or take off as well as put your feet in the right area.
Essentially where the quantity and the weight of the board and also the weight of the entire system. Whatever is well balanced out. Kay. Following allow's talk about your foot placement. My feet are about equally balanced out between the front and the back of the center of lifts. If you predict the center of list of the front flow between your feet, it's mosting likely to be more or less between your feet.
And also some people have their back foot further ahead, yet after that they also moved their front foot for their back. So if you have a smaller stance or bigger stance, if you put your back foot additionally back, you need to put your front foot additionally forward. You always want to find that balance. If your position is too much onward, you're going to constantly have aching a aching back leg.
Cause you're always leaning back at higher speeds to simply manage the foil you're mosting likely to or pumping and so forth. And it's mosting likely to place a great deal more strain on your back leg. So if your back leg is constantly sore, Possibly you just wish to move that foot even more back on the board to ensure that when you're riding as well as at regular rate, your weight must be ideal over the foil as well as you should not have to place more weight on one side or the various other.
It's a small hip motions added to control 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. And also ideally prior to you put foot straps on your board, You wish to determine without foot bands where your feet are, generally possibly take some video with a GoPro or something like that to determine where do I place my feet on the board. When you starting, I do not advise making use of foot bands. Our boards have this little arch bar right here that's right over the mask so that it offers you a nice, tactile feel for where your back foot is. And afterwards the front foot, normally I oriented with this logo design of heaven world logo a little front or back as well as.
You do want the weight to be either both feet right over the center line, or if you're. The front foot is a little bit off sideways. Your back foot ought to also 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.
Otherwise you're mosting likely to turn the board and with a wing, often you can escape both feet being off away when you're powered, yet after that as soon as you release the power and also you're simply on the foil, then the board. Wanting 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.
Very same point. If you're speaking behind the watercraft, 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 finest to start riding your board without foot straps, determining the placement where you placed the feet, and then as soon as you know where to put your feet, another good way to change to foot bands is utilizing foot hooks. We have these Eva foot hooks. I'll put the link down to video for that.
Those ones you can connect to the board and also kind of wedge your feet versus it. Which's helpful without having your feet in the straps or needing to glide your feet into bands and more. So the foot hooks are a great step in between no bands and going straight to straps. And then when you intend to begin using straps, ideally I would state make use of the front strap just in the beginning, get comfortable with the front band.
And afterwards once you're comfortable with that. You can include a back strap. And also essentially if you wish to leap, if you're wing, smacking, and also you want to jump, you have to have foot straps on your board. Okay. So to take the foil off, very same thing in reverse, I just placed it upside down. I loosened the screws. And afterwards I tighten them back down, not too tight, but just so they can glide around in the box.
So place them at the end of package. Just tighten them in on a little, 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 slide out. Okay. Next I'm going to go over how to attach these. Footprints to the board. This is our blue earth luxurious foot store.
It resembles a neoprene covered foot strap. They're nice and also cushioned. They have Velcro adjustability. They're nice and stiff. As well as you want your bands to stand by them selves. The feet can slide in easily. Several of them really light-weight, thin bands can fall down. And then it's really hard to obtain your foot in.
You have to find the strap and shake your feet in. So I such as to use straps that