FOIL BOARD CONFIGURATION POINTERS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL POSITIONING, FOOT POSITIONING, FOOT STRAPS
Exactly how to establish your foil board to be well balanced for optimum efficiency.
Aloha good friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue Planet Browse. Today. I'm mosting likely to speak about establishing your foil equipment. It's a concern we get a whole lot: How do I set up the foil, where to position it, where to place foot bands, exactly how to place your feet on the board, what sort of board to get. I'm also mosting likely to speak about what type of equipment to utilize as a novice.
And also as a more advanced foiler and for various sporting activities- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. After that I have a wing foil board and also a susceptible full board. I'm mosting likely to speak about the boards, utilize the foils used. And afterwards I'm also going to talk about foot positioning, how to figure out where to place your feet and just how to attach a foot band to your board.
So this video is mosting likely to be a bit longer. We have a great deal of information on our internet site as well as on YouTube. So down listed below in the description, I'll put a great deal of links to various other videos and web links that will certainly assist you even more along the way. The last video I published was an interview with Kane De Wilde as well as he has a lot of truly great insight on foil arrangements and more.
And he claimed, he constantly likes to try great deals of different configurations and also determine what jobs as well as truly feel it out. Which makes a great deal of sense to me. The even more. You can evaluate points the much more, just how points collaborate as well as how to maximize your setup as well as having a great configuration, particularly the foil working well with your ability and also just how you use it is super crucial.
So having a good foil established as well as the right board and then a great wing, all those things together will immediately simply make you much better today. These days I primarily right into wing hindering. This is the board I utilize one of the most below is my my four six by 78 litre wing foil board. What I discuss right here today relates to all 4 sporting activities, consisting of prone surf foiling, wing hindering, as well as standup foiling.
I began hindering about five years earlier. And also if you recall via the YouTube history of videos, you'll see, I initially started on an 8'0 Stand up for foil board that I simply placed a Tuttle box right into which worked well to begin on as well as find out on.
And afterwards after that I 'd constructed a specialized foil board. That was a 7'6. And pretty soon I seemed like it was too huge and the tail was dragging and so on. So I cut off the tail simply to see what took place and also made it right into a 6'11, and afterwards that worked really well. As well as I determined, yeah, having that shorter swing weight and also the much shorter board really assists when you're hindering up on foil.
And then I have actually been advancing gradually, been checking smaller as well as smaller sized boards. And now what I make use of for wing hindering is a 4 six, which is rather tiny. And also for susceptible surf foiling I make use of a comparable length board. This below is a 3'10. I utilize this primarily for practicing my dock Begins, which I'm not very good at yet, but servicing that, trying to dock beginning as well as pump.
And then for standup hindering, I utilize this board right here. It's a 5 8 by 114 liter board for standing dropping. I simply require more security.
The wing master board is excellent for wing flooding, but it's not stable enough for me to stand paddle on perhaps a lighter weight. A paddler with really good equilibrium could be able to stand paddle on this. Usually talking, this board is going to be as well little for many people to stand up paddle for long. So something such as this, the 5'8 Truly good. Stand-up foil board likewise functions well as a wing foil board since wing declaring, you have the wit lift of the wing. So you do not require fairly as much security as you provide for standup and bouncing while you're defending getting started and also wing foiling as well as standup foiling.
I advise getting a bigger, steady board. So in our range, we have the 6 '11 as well as the 7'6 Easy Foiler versions. Those are really good boards for finding out how to Stand paddle foil and wing foil. And then as you get better and also you fit standing as well as you can perhaps switch your feet around and do all the essentials on a bigger board, then you're ready to go some to something smaller sized, possibly something such as this five, eight Carver foil board, or for a little bit advanced for, as well as these Wingmaster boards are remarkable. Yet this is not mosting likely to be your very first Wingfoil board, it's going take a larger board to initial learn the essentials on, and then you can work your way down to a little board similar to this. For me, it was several boards in between. And, undoubtedly I have as a brand name as well as I designed these boards. So I do a great deal of R & D as well as made a great deal of boards slowly working my means down.
Possibly much like a couple of inches in a few liters at once. So I really did not start on a big board and ended up on this as soon as possible. There's a great deal of action in between. And you don't need to take that numerous steps, but I would certainly state between a novice board and the really advanced board, there should be at least two or three boards.
To get to that factor where you can create a actually little board. Do not assume you read review can just start wing filing on a little small vulnerable board. This is it's possible. I've seen individuals do it before that are extremely skilled athletes and also already great filers. I have actually seen individuals learn exactly how to wing complete on vulnerable.
The boards, yet if you're an average Joe don't also try it. It's mosting likely to be way as well tough to try to discover on it, tiny board. And also for me it wing for the thing I suched as to have a little extra quantity. I'm, my weight is 195 extra pounds. I'm 6'2" as well as 195 pounds which is approximately 90 kilos.
To make sure that translates into 90 liters of volume to drift me. The first 90 litres of quantity will certainly drift my body weight. And then obviously you additionally have to add in the weight of the foil as well as the board itself. As well as as well as primarily if you want it to float you, you require to have equal amount of flotation protection to your body weight. So the quantity truly depends on your body weight. And after that for a novice, I advise obtaining a board that has sufficient quantity to drift your body weight, plus perhaps 20%. So for me perhaps as a newbie, I would use a young boy that's at least about 120 litres, perhaps extra that will certainly be excellent to float me.
For considering foiling for standup hindering, you may obtain something even a little bit larger. Possibly for me, I would pick like 140, 150 litres and also enough width and also size and also stability to be able to send a paddle on and learn on. And after that as you improve with the balancing and also capturing waves and also 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 mosting likely to be extra steady than a regular standup paddleboard, yet it's a certain type of balance that you have to get utilized to it. Doesn't. Just automatically make stabilizing very easy. It's just a little hold-up, so it slows down the movement of the board a little in that foil below.
It's like having a keel under your board. So next allow's discuss the foils themselves. I have actually been doing this a long period of time. I make use of rather a tiny foil now for wing foiling, especially like for waves as well as things like that, trying to go faster. This is an access high facet element for us.
The Axis 810, a wing period or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And also the predicted area is 1022 square centimeters, that's about 158 square inches. So this is quite a tiny front wing, but since it's rather high aspect and also it's really fairly, has quite a bit of lift and also a lot of slide.
So 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 group plan at Carver for is a fantastic forum for knowing.
It's 2000 square centimeters. It's secure shows up at low rates as well as flies out a bit reduced speed, however it simply maintains moving. If you're doing a transition, if you filth it up a little bit, you have actually got way even more time to slide out of the turn as well as stay up on the foil. And it simply lifts up easier and lower speeds.
It's this much easier to use a bigger foil when you're starting out. And also as you advance, depending on the problems you're winging in having a huge foil is just makes everything a little bit less complicated. As well as and also it allows you to do even more techniques and also things 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 much more manoeuvrable and going faster truly aids in the waves since a great deal of times when you catching far from the outside, it's still moving really fast and also you need to be able to keep up with that rapid moving swell. And afterwards having a quicker, 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 simply on a level water, a Lake or something like that?
Having a larger wing behaves because you can just fly a bit extra gradually. It's not a big deal. And after that it simply provides you even more time. To remain on foil, easier to get up on foil and also lighter winds also. 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 additionally have 1,800 square centimeters, plus size, something like that. And then in regards to mass length, I such as to utilize a 90 centimeter mast. I have actually attempted longer mass and that's having a truly long mass behaves for downwinders it's like that, yet it does make the entire thing a little bit extra tippy on the much shorter mass.
You have to comply with the waves up and down as the wave rises, you need to dip your nose up and down as well as much longer. Mass permits you simply to fly straight over to the smaller sized chops. That behaves, however I have a really thorough video and I'll put the web link down below to that on selecting the best foil for your needs.
Watch that. That's some actually good info if you're uncertain 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. My car is pretty small, so I have to take the foil off the board and put it back on. Each time I utilize it.
And also for that reason, I purchased this, the influence motorist, which is a really great tool to have truly makes it very easy to place the foil on and off. And for me, yeah, I typically just maintain the bolts in the board as well as I tightened them down, so they can't glide. I just loosen up these four bolts. You do not want to leave them in the board loose since it can glide out.
And after that if they quit while you're carrying the board and the turf or something like that, these are very easy to shed. So I constantly ensure these are tight sufficient, so they can not glide out on their own. As well as I stated, the mass plate that has, that allows you to move the bolt onto it. And afterwards I like to just tighten them down. Okay. Bit, obtain them all in location.
Once they're all located, then you can crank them down. You definitely intend to see to it they're tight on there since you don't desire these bolts to loosen up while you're riding.
Now I got the full on the board. And the following inquiry is how do you position the foil on the board? And that truly, it actually depends on the foil itself as well as the board, the dimension of the board Kindle while developed a good methods. Have a good beginning factor of where to place your foil. And that's just, if you raise the whole setup from the thickest factor of the foil, the think is indicating 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. So if you lift up your setup from that point, your board needs to be practically level. So if your board is level. That suggests the center of gravity of your entire system is straight below the facility 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. 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 then if it's also the center of mass of the whole system, it'll just really feel way more well balanced. The weight of the system and also the center volume all balance out that actually assists. As well as this is pretty much real for all sides boards, that whether it's a huge standup foil board or a smaller vulnerable board that balancing out is a actually great starting factor on where your foil will work best and also where you can stand as well as capture the wave as well as in the ideal location, or remove as well as place your feet in the best location.
Primarily where the quantity and the weight of the board and also the weight of the entire system. Everything is well balanced out. Kay. Following let'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 project the center of listing of the front flow between your feet, it's going to be basically in between your feet.
And also some people have their back foot further onward, yet then they likewise 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 always intend to discover that balance. If your position is also far onward, you're going to constantly have aching a aching back leg.
Trigger you're constantly leaning back at higher rates to just regulate the foil you're going to or pumping and so on. And also it's going to put a whole lot more strain on your back leg. So if your back leg is constantly sore, Most likely you simply intend to relocate that foot additionally back on the board to ensure that when you're riding and at normal rate, your weight needs to be ideal over the foil and also you shouldn't need to put even more weight on one side or the various other.
It's a tiny hip activities contributed 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 preferably prior to you put foot straps on your board, You intend to figure out without foot straps where your feet are, usually possibly take some video with a GoPro or something like that to identify where do I put my feet on the board. When you starting, I don't advise using foot straps. Our boards have this little arch bar here that's right over the mask to make sure that it gives you a nice, tactile feel for where your back foot is. And afterwards the front foot, typically I oriented with this logo design of the blue planet logo design a little bit front or back and also.
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 to the side. Your back foot should likewise be just as off to the side. So whether you're on the facility line or slightly off facility, you just wish to make sure that your body weight mores than the facility line of the board.
Or else you're going to tilt the board and with a wing, often you can escape both feet being off away when you're powered, yet then as quickly as you release the power as well as you're simply on the foil, then the board. Intending 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 point. If you're chatting behind the watercraft, you can get away with leaning on the side, one side, having your weight on one side, create you leaning against the rope. But as quickly as you let that rope go, you need to have your say your weight centered right over the center of the board as well as over the center of the foil.
Or else you're going to topple. So it's best to start riding your board without foot bands, determining the placement where you placed the feet, and afterwards when you recognize where to put your feet, an additional excellent way to shift to foot straps is utilizing 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. Which's practical without having your feet in the straps or having to slide your feet right into bands and so on. So the foot hooks are a great step in between no straps as well as going straight to straps. And then when you wish to start making use of straps, ideally I would certainly claim utilize the front strap only at first, get comfortable with the front strap.
And afterwards once you're comfortable with that said. You can include a back strap. And also generally if you intend to jump, if you're wing, flailing, as well as you wish to leap, you have to have foot straps on your board. Okay. So to take the foil off, very same point in reverse, I just put it inverted. I loosened up the screws. And after that I tighten them pull back, not as well tight, yet so they can glide about in package.
So place them at the end of package. Simply tighten them know a bit, same in the back, take the foil off. Okay. So it's pretty vital to keep these little screws tight 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 world deluxe foot store.
It resembles a neoprene covered foot strap. They behave and also cushioned. They have Velcro adjustability. So they behave and also stiff. And also you desire your bands to stand up by them selves. So the feet can move in conveniently. Some of them really light-weight, slim bands can break down. And afterwards it's truly difficult to obtain your foot in.
You need to find the