FOIL BOARD ARRANGEMENT SUGGESTIONS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL PLACEMENT, FOOT PLACEMENT, FOOT STRAPS
Just how to set up your foil board to be well stabilized for optimal efficiency.
Aloha friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue Planet Browse. Today. I'm going to discuss setting up your foil equipment. It's a inquiry we obtain a lot: Exactly how do I set up the foil, where to place it, where to place foot straps, how to place your feet on the board, what kind of board to get. I'm likewise mosting likely to discuss what type of equipment to use as a newbie.
And also as a advanced foiler as well as for various sporting activities- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. I have a wing foil board as well as a prone complete board. I'm mosting likely to discuss the boards, make use of the foils used. And after that I'm likewise mosting likely to talk about foot placement, how to determine 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 much longer. We have a lot of info on our website and on YouTube also. So down below in the description, I'll put a great deal of web links to other video clips and links that will assist you even more in the process. The last video I posted was an interview with Kane De Wilde and he has a great deal of truly great understanding on foil configurations and so on.
And he stated, he always suches as to try great deals of different arrangements as well as figure out what works as well as truly feel it out. Which makes a lot of feeling to me. The more. You can test things the more, just how things collaborate and also exactly how to optimize your arrangement and having a excellent setup, specifically the foil working well with your skill and also how you utilize it is incredibly crucial.
So having a excellent foil established and also the right board and then a excellent wing, all those things together will instantly simply make you much better right now. So these days I mostly right into wing foiling. This is the board I use one of the most right here is my my four 6 by 78 liter wing foil board. What I speak about here today relates to all 4 sporting activities, including susceptible browse foiling, wing hindering, as well as standup hindering.
So I began foiling regarding five years earlier. And also if you recall via the YouTube background of videos, you'll see, I first started on an 8'0 Defend foil board that I just placed a Tuttle box into and that functioned well to begin on and also find out on.
And afterwards afterwards I 'd constructed a specialized foil board. That was a 7'6. As well as quite soon I seemed like it was also big and the tail was dragging and so on. I cut off the tail just to see what took place and made it into a 6'11, as well as then that worked actually well. And also I figured out, yeah, having that much shorter swing weight as well as the shorter board really assists when you're foiling up on foil.
And afterwards I've been progressing gradually, been testing smaller and also smaller boards. And currently what I make use of for wing hindering is a 4 6, which is rather little. And for vulnerable surf foiling I utilize a similar size board. This one right here is a 3'10. I utilize this primarily for exercising my dock Starts, which I'm not excellent at yet, but working with that, trying to dock begin and pump.
And afterwards for standup foiling, I use this board right here. It's a five 8 by 114 litre board for standing up dropping. I simply need much more stability.
The wing master board is terrific for wing flooding, but it's not steady enough for me to stand paddle on possibly a lighter weight. A paddler with truly great balance could be able to stand up paddle on this. However typically speaking, this board is mosting likely to be as well little for most people to stand up paddle for long. So something such as this, the 5'8 Truly nice. Stand-up foil board also functions well as a wing foil board since wing filing, you have the wit lift of the wing. You don't need rather as much security as you do for standup as well as bouncing while you're standing up for getting started and also wing hindering and standup foiling.
I suggest getting a bigger, stable board. In our variety, we have the 6 '11 as well as the 7'6 Easy Foiler designs. Those are really excellent boards for learning just how to Stand up paddle foil as well as wing foil. And then as you improve as well as you're comfortable standing and you can maybe switch your feet around and also do all the fundamentals on a bigger board, after that you're ready to go some to something smaller, possibly something similar to this five, 8 Carver foil board, or for a little bit more advanced for, and these Wingmaster boards are amazing. This is not going to be your initial Wingfoil board, it's going take a larger board to very first find out the basics on, and after that you can function your way down to a little board like this. For me, it was many boards in between. As well as, obviously I have as a brand name and I created these boards. I do a whole lot of R & D as well as made a great deal of boards slowly working my way down.
Possibly similar to a few inches in a couple of litres each time. So I didn't start on a big board and also ended up on this as soon as possible. There's a great deal of action in between. And also you do not have to take that several actions, however I would say in between a novice board as well as the really innovative board, there must go to least two or three boards.
To reach that point where you can write a truly little board. So do not think you can simply start wing filing on a little tiny prone board. This is it's possible. I have actually seen people do it prior to that are incredibly talented professional athletes and also already excellent filers. I have actually seen people learn exactly how to wing full on susceptible.
The boards, yet if you're an average Joe don't even try it. It's mosting likely to be way also hard to attempt to learn on it, small board. And also for me it wing for things I liked to have a bit a lot more quantity. I'm, my weight is 195 extra pounds. I'm 6'2" and 195 extra pounds which is roughly 90 kilos.
That converts right into 90 litres of volume to drift me. So the very first 90 litres of quantity will certainly drift my body weight. And after that certainly you additionally need to add in the weight of the foil as well as the board itself. As well as and generally if you desire it to drift you, you need to have equivalent quantity of flotation to your body weight. The quantity really depends on your body weight. And after that for a newbie, I recommend getting a board that has enough volume to float your body weight, plus possibly 20%. So for me maybe as a beginner, I would certainly utilize a kid that goes to the very least about 120 litres, perhaps more that will certainly be excellent to float me.
For considering foiling for standup hindering, you could get something even a little bigger. Perhaps for me, I would choose like 140, 150 liters and also sufficient size and size as well as security to be able to send a paddle on and find out on. And afterwards as you get better with the balancing as well as catching waves and getting up on the foil, after that you can move smaller and the foil does include security to the board.
Having a foil board is going to be extra stable than a regular standup paddleboard, yet it's a specific type of equilibrium that you have to get utilized to it. Doesn't. Simply immediately make balancing easy. It's simply a bit delay, so it slows down the activity of the board a little bit 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 time. I use quite a small foil now for wing hindering, especially like for waves as well as things like that, attempting to go faster. This is an gain access to high element element for us.
The Axis 810, a wing period or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And also the forecasted area is 1022 square centimeters, that has to do with 158 square inches. So this is fairly a tiny front wing, however due to the fact that it's rather high aspect and it's actually rather, has a fair bit of lift and also a great deal of move.
I really liked this, a front wing. Also I have a 760, which is a little bit extra surfy, which is likewise a truly wonderful but for starting out on, When I started, I used a truly huge 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 stable turns up at low speeds and also flies out a little lower rate, yet it simply keeps moving. If you're doing a transition, if you muck it up a bit, you've obtained method even more time to glide out of the turn and also keep up on the foil. As well as it simply raises much easier and also lower speeds.
It's this much easier to use a bigger foil when you're starting out. As well as even as you proceed, relying on the problems you're flying having a big foil is just makes everything a little bit less complicated. As well as and it enables you to do even more techniques and points like that. So these smaller sized foils are not for everyone, but as you improve, having a smaller sized foil.
And a thinner profile, just enables you to go faster, do tighter turns, be a lot more manoeuvrable and going quicker actually helps in the waves since a great deal of times when you capturing away from the outdoors, it's still relocating truly quick and also you have to be able to stay up to date with that rapid relocating swell. And after that having a quicker, smaller wing, will this assist you have the ability to keep up with those waves versus if you're just riding wind swell or just on a level water, a Lake or something like that?
Having a larger wing behaves because you can simply fly a little a lot more slowly. It's not a big deal. And after that it simply offers you more time. To remain on foil, easier to get up on foil and lighter winds also. So there's a lot of benefits of using a larger 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 after that in regards to mass size, I such as to use a 90 centimeter mast. I have actually attempted much longer mass which's having a truly lengthy mass behaves for downwinders it's like that, however it does make the whole thing a little bit much more tippy on the shorter mass.
You need to follow the waves backwards and forwards as the wave goes up, you need to dip your nose up and down as well as longer. Mass permits you simply to fly directly over to the smaller chops. That's nice, yet I have a actually detailed video as well as I'll place the web link down below to that on selecting the very best foil for your needs.
So view that too. That's some actually good info if you're not sure what type of flow you're going to need. And so forth. So following, I'm going to talk about putting the foot on the board and also where to place it. My car is pretty small, so I have to take the foil off the board and put it back on. Every time I utilize it.
As well as because of that, I acquired this, the effect motorist, which is a truly nice tool to have actually makes it very easy to place the foil on and off. And for me, yep, I usually just keep the screws in the board as well as I tightened them down, so they can't glide. So I simply chill out these four bolts. You do not wish to leave them in the board loose because it can slide out.
And afterwards if they leave while you're bring the board and the grass or something like that, these are easy to shed. So I always see to it these are limited enough, so they can't glide out by themselves. And also I claimed, the mass plate that has, that allows you to move the screw onto it. And then I like to simply tighten them down. Okay. Bit, get them all in area.
Once they're all located, then you can crank them down. You most definitely intend to make sure they're limited on there due to the fact that you do not want these bolts to loosen up while you're riding.
Now I got the full on the board. And also the next inquiry is just how do you put the foil on the board? And that really, it truly depends upon the foil itself as well as the board, the dimension of the board Kindle while developed a good approaches. Have a excellent starting point of where to position your foil. And that's just, if you raise the entire setup from the thickest point of the foil, the think is pointing to the first concerning 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 raise your arrangement from that factor, your board ought to be virtually level. So if your board is level. That indicates the center of mass of your entire system is straight underneath the center of lift of the foil.
So after that allow's claim this, you project that to here after that on the other side of the board, if you check out that exact same point 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 as well far back, then you have to lean extra 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 additionally the center of gravity of the entire system, it'll simply feel way a lot more well balanced. The weight of the system and the center volume all balance out that really aids. As well as this is practically true for all sides boards, that whether it's a large standup foil board or a smaller hydro foil sized susceptible board that canceling is a truly great starting point on where your foil will work best and where you can stand as well as capture the wave and also in the appropriate location, or take off and also place your feet in the appropriate location.
Primarily where the quantity and also the weight of the board as well as the weight of the entire system. Whatever is perfectly cancelled. Kay. Following let's speak about your foot positioning. 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 flow between your feet, it's going to be basically between your feet.
And also some individuals have their back foot further onward, however after that they additionally 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 too far forward, you're mosting likely to constantly have sore a sore back leg.
Create you're always leaning back at greater rates to just control the foil you're going to or pumping and so on. And it's mosting likely to place a lot even more stress 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 motions 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 ideally before you put foot straps on your board, You wish to identify without foot bands where your feet are, usually maybe take some video with a GoPro or something like that to determine where do I put my feet on the board. When you starting, I do not advise utilizing foot straps. Our boards have this little arch bar below that's right over the mask to make sure that it gives you a good, responsive feel for where your back foot is. And then the front foot, generally I oriented with this logo design of heaven planet logo design a little bit 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 bit off to the side. Your back foot should also be equally off to the side. So whether you're on the facility line or slightly off facility, you just 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, in some cases you can escape both feet being off away when you're powered, however then as quickly as you let go of the power and also you're simply on the foil, after that 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.
Very same point. If you're speaking 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. But as soon as you let that rope go, you need to have your claim your weight centered right over the center of the board as well as over the center of the foil.
Or else you're mosting likely to topple. It's best to start riding your board without foot straps, figuring out the placement where you put the feet, and then once you know where to put your feet, another good way to transition to foot straps is using 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 kind of wedge your feet against it. Which's practical without having your feet in the straps or having to move your feet into bands and so on. So the foot hooks are a good action in between no straps and also going straight to straps. And after that when you wish to start making use of bands, preferably I would certainly say make use of the front band just initially, get comfy with the front strap.
And then once you're comfortable keeping that. You can include a back band. And also basically if you intend to leap, if you're wing, flailing, and also you intend to leap, you need to have foot straps 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 limited, however just so they can glide around in the box.
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. Next I'm going to go over how to attach these. Footprints to the board. This is our blue earth deluxe foot store.
It resembles a neoprene covered foot strap. They're nice as well as padded. They have Velcro adjustability. So they behave as well as tight. As well as you desire your bands to stand by them selves. So the feet can move in quickly. A few of them really light-weight, thin bands can collapse. And afterwards it's truly difficult to obtain your foot in.
You need to find the strap as well as wiggle your feet in.