FOIL BOARD SETUP TIPS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL PLACEMENT, FOOT PLACEMENT, FOOT STRAPS
Just how to set up your foil board to be well stabilized for maximum performance.
Aloha close friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue Planet Browse. Today. I'm mosting likely to talk about setting up your foil gear. It's a inquiry we get a lot: How do I establish the foil, where to put it, where to put foot bands, how to position your feet on the board, what type of board to get. I'm additionally mosting likely to talk about what sort of equipment to use as a beginner.
And also as a more advanced foiler and for various sports- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. Then I have a wing foil board and also a prone full board. I'm mosting likely to talk about the boards, use the foils used. And afterwards I'm also going to discuss foot positioning, just how to find out where to place your feet and just how to affix a foot strap to your board.
So this video clip is mosting likely to be a bit much longer. We have a lot of info on our web site and also on YouTube too. So down listed below in the summary, I'll place a lot of links to other video clips as well as web links that will assist you additionally along the way. The last video I published was an meeting with Kane De Wilde as well as he has a great deal of truly excellent insight on foil arrangements and more.
And also he stated, he constantly suches as to try great deals of various arrangements as well as determine what works as well as really feel it out. And that makes a great deal of sense to me. The more. You can evaluate points the a lot more, just how things interact and also exactly how to optimize your setup and also having a good configuration, particularly the foil working well with your ability and also just how you utilize it is very vital.
So having a great foil set up as well as the right board and afterwards a good wing, all those things together will automatically simply make you better immediately. So these days I primarily into wing hindering. This is the board I use one of the most right here is my my 4 six by 78 litre wing foil board. What I speak about right here today relates to all 4 sporting activities, consisting of vulnerable surf hindering, wing foiling, and standup foiling.
I started foiling about 5 years ago. As well as if you look back through the YouTube background of videos, you'll see, I first started on an 8'0 Defend foil board that I simply put a Tuttle box into which worked well to begin on and also find out on.
And after that after that I would certainly constructed a specialized foil board. That was a 7'6. As well as rather quickly I seemed like it was also huge and the tail was dragging and more. I chopped off the tail simply to see what took place as well as made it right into a 6'11, and then that functioned truly well. As well as I identified, yeah, having that much shorter swing weight as well as the much shorter board actually aids when you're foiling up on foil.
And then I have actually been progressing gradually, been examining smaller and smaller boards. As well as now what I use for wing foiling is a four six, which is quite tiny. And for prone browse hindering I utilize a comparable length board. This one below is a 3'10. I utilize this mostly for exercising my dock Starts, which I'm not very good at yet, however servicing that, attempting to dock begin as well as pump.
And then for standup hindering, I use this board here. It's a five 8 by 114 liter board for standing up dropping. I simply require much more stability.
The wing master board is fantastic for wing flooding, yet it's not steady sufficient for me to stand paddle on maybe a lighter weight. A paddler with actually good equilibrium might be able to stand up paddle on this. Yet generally speaking, this board is going to be too small for lots of people to stand paddle for long. So something similar to this, the 5'8 Actually good. Stand-up foil board likewise works well as a wing foil board since wing filing, you have the wit lift of the wing. So you do not require rather as much stability as you do for standup and jumping while you're defending getting going and wing foiling as well as standup foiling.
I advise getting a larger, secure board. So in our variety, we have the 6 '11 and also the 7'6 Easy Foiler versions. Those are really great boards for discovering exactly how to Stand paddle foil and also wing foil. And after that as you get better and you fit standing up and also you can perhaps switch your feet around and also do all the essentials on a bigger board, after that you prepare to go some to something smaller sized, possibly something similar to this five, eight Carver foil board, or for a little advanced for, and these Wingmaster boards are outstanding. This is not going to be your very first Wingfoil board, it's going take a bigger board to very first discover the basics on, and after that you can function your way down to a tiny board like this. For me, it was lots of boards in between. And also, obviously I have as a brand and I created these boards. I do a whole lot of R & D as well as made a great deal of boards gradually functioning my means down.
Most likely similar to a few inches in a few litres at once. So I didn't start on a big board as well as ended up on this immediately. There's a lot of action in between. And also you don't have to take that lots of steps, however I would certainly state in between a newbie board and the really advanced board, there need to be at the very least 2 or 3 boards.
To reach that point where you can write a really little board. So don't believe you can just begin wing filing on a little small prone board. This is it's possible. I have actually seen people do it before that are incredibly gifted athletes and already great filers. I've seen people discover how to wing complete on vulnerable.
The boards, yet if you're an average Joe do not even try it. It's going to be way also tough to try to find out on it, small board. As well as for me it wing for the thing I liked to have a little more volume. I'm, my weight is 195 extra pounds. I'm 6'2" and also 195 pounds which is approximately 90 kgs.
To make sure that translates into 90 litres of quantity to float me. So the initial 90 liters of quantity will float my body weight. And afterwards obviously you additionally need to add in the weight of the foil and also the board itself. As well as as well as primarily if you want it to float you, you need to have equivalent quantity of flotation to your body weight. So the volume really depends upon your body weight. And afterwards 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 utilize a child that's at least about 120 liters, possibly more that will certainly be excellent to drift me.
For considering hindering for standup foiling, you might get something even a little larger. Perhaps for me, I would pick like 140, 150 litres and also sufficient width and length as well as security to be able to send out a paddle on and find out on. And afterwards as you improve with the harmonizing and also capturing waves and also getting up on the foil, after that you can relocate smaller as well as the foil does add security to the board.
Having a foil board is mosting likely to be a lot more stable than a regular standup paddleboard, yet it's a specific kind of balance that you need to get used to it. Does not. Simply instantly make balancing simple. It's simply a bit delay, so it slows down the activity of the board a little because foil beneath.
It resembles having a keel under your board. So following let's speak about the foils themselves. I have actually been doing this a long time. I utilize fairly a small foil currently for wing hindering, especially like for waves and things like that, trying to go quicker. 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 surface area 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. Additionally I have a 760, which is a bit a lot more surfy, which is additionally a truly good but for starting on, When I began, I made use of 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 shows up at reduced rates and flies out a little bit reduced rate, yet it simply maintains sliding. If you're doing a transition, if you filth it up a little, you have actually got way more time to glide out of the turn and also keep up on the foil. As well as it simply lifts up easier as well as reduced rates.
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 large foil is simply makes whatever a bit easier. And also as well as it allows you to do more tricks as well as things like that. These smaller foils are not for everybody, but as you get better, having a smaller foil.
And also a thinner account, just permits you to go much faster, do tighter turns, be more manoeuvrable as well as going faster truly assists in the waves due to the fact that a great deal of times when you capturing far from the outside, it's still moving really fast as well as you have to have the ability to stay up to date with that fast relocating swell. And after that having a much faster, smaller sized wing, will this help you have the ability to stay up to date with those waves versus if you're simply riding wind swell or just on a flat water, a Lake or something like that?
Having a larger wing is nice due to the fact that you can simply fly a bit more slowly. It's not a big deal. And after that it just offers 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 starting out, certainly get a bigger size foil something, 2000 square centimeters.
Or we also have 1,800 square centimeters, plus size, something like that. And then in terms of mass size, I such as to utilize a 90 centimeter mast. I've attempted much longer mass and that's having a truly lengthy mass is nice for downwinders it's like that, however it does make the whole thing a bit a lot more tippy on the shorter mass.
You need to comply with the waves backwards and forwards as the wave increases, you have to dip your nose up and down and longer. Mass permits you simply to fly directly over to the smaller chops. That behaves, however I have a really thorough video clip and also I'll place the web link down below to that on choosing the best foil for your requirements.
Watch that. That's some actually good details if you're not exactly sure what sort of circulation you're mosting likely to need. And so forth. Next, I'm going to talk about putting the foot on the board and where to put it. So my auto is rather little, so I need to take the foil off the board as well as placed it back on. Each time I use it.
And also for that reason, I acquired this, the effect chauffeur, which is a truly good device to have truly makes it easy to put the foil on and off. And for me, yep, I generally just maintain the bolts in the board as well as I tightened them down, so they can't move. So I just chill out these 4 bolts. You don't wish to leave them in the board loose due to the fact that it can move out.
And after that if they drop out while you're bring the board and the turf 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 claimed, the mass plate that has, that permits you to slide the screw onto it. And afterwards I like to just tighten them down. Okay. Little bit, obtain them all in place.
Once they're all located, after that you can crank them down. You certainly want to see to it they're limited on there because you don't want these screws to relax while you're riding.
Now I got the full on the board. And also the following concern is exactly how do you put the foil on the board? Which actually, it truly depends upon the foil itself and the board, the dimension of the board Kindle while generated a excellent techniques. Have a excellent starting point of where to place your foil. Which's just, if you lift up the whole arrangement from the thickest point of the foil, the think is pointing to the very first regarding a third back on the profile.
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 point, your board must be pretty much degree. So if your board is level. That suggests the center of mass of your entire system is straight beneath the center of lift of the foil.
So then let's claim this, you forecast that to right here then beyond of the board, if you look at that same factor on the deck, This ought to be basically 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 also far back, then you need to lean a lot 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 likewise the center of gravity of the whole system, it'll simply feel way extra well balanced. The weight of the system as well as the center volume all cancel that actually helps. And 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 truly great starting point on where your foil will certainly work best and also where you can stand and catch the wave and also in the ideal location, or remove and put your feet in the appropriate area.
Primarily where the volume as well as the weight of the board as well as the weight of the whole system. Every little thing is nicely cancelled. Kay. Following let'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 project the facility of list of the front flow in between your feet, it's going to be more or less between your feet.
And some people have their back foot better forward, however then they likewise 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. So you constantly want to locate that equilibrium. If your stance is also much forward, you're going to always have aching a sore back leg.
Create you're constantly leaning back at greater speeds to just control the foil you're mosting likely to or pumping and so on. As well as it's mosting likely to place a whole lot more strain 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 tiny hip activities added to regulate the height of the foil. To ensure that's actually crucial to have the center of lift of the foil beneath the board bounce between your 2 feet. And also preferably before you put foot straps on your board, You intend to identify without foot bands where your feet are, generally perhaps take some video with a GoPro or something like that to identify where do I place my feet on the board. When you starting, I don't recommend using foot straps. Our boards have this little arch bar below that's right over the mask to make sure that it provides you a great, tactile feel for where your back foot is. And after that the front foot, usually I oriented with this logo design of the blue earth logo design a little front or back as well as.
You do desire the weight to be either both feet right over the facility line, or if you're. The front foot is a bit off to the side. Your back foot ought to additionally be equally off to the side. Whether you're on the center line or slightly off center, you just want to make sure that your body weight is over the hydrofoil board center line of the board.
Otherwise you're mosting likely to tilt the board and also with a wing, sometimes you can escape both feet being off to one side when you're powered, but after that as soon as you let go of the power as well as you're just on the foil, then the board. Intending to tip over, like if you, both of you feed off as well far off the side, it won't fly well without the power of the wing.
Same thing. If you're chatting 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. Yet as soon as you let that rope go, you need to have your claim your weight centered right over the middle of the board as well as over the center of the foil.
Or else you're going to tip over. So it's finest to begin riding your board without foot straps, figuring out the placement where you put the feet, and afterwards when you recognize where to place your feet, another good way to shift 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 attach to the board and also kind of wedge your feet versus it. Which's helpful without having your feet in the bands or having to glide your feet into bands and so on. So the foot hooks are a excellent step in between no straps and also going straight to bands. And after that when you want to begin utilizing straps, preferably I would state make use of the front strap just in the beginning, obtain comfortable with the front strap.
And then when you're comfortable with that said. You can add a back strap. As well as generally if you intend to leap, if you're wing, smacking, as well as you want to leap, you need 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 the screws. And then I tighten them pull back, not too tight, however just so they can slide around in the box.
Put them at the end of the box. Simply tighten them know a bit, very 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 review exactly how to connect these. Steps to the board. This is our blue world luxurious foot store.
It's like a neoprene covered foot band. They behave and also padded. They have Velcro adjustability. They're nice and stiff. And you want your straps to stand by them selves. The feet can slide in easily. Several of them actually lightweight, thin bands can fall down. And then it's truly difficult to get your foot in.
You have to locate the band and also shake your feet in. I like to use straps