FOIL BOARD CONFIGURATION SUGGESTIONS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL PLACEMENT, FOOT POSITIONING, FOOT STRAPS
Exactly how to establish your foil board to be well stabilized for optimum performance.
Aloha pals! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue Planet Surf. Today. I'm going to speak about establishing your foil equipment. It's a concern we get a great deal: Just how do I set up the foil, where to place it, where to place foot bands, how to put your feet on the board, what sort of board to obtain. I'm also going to discuss what sort of equipment to utilize as a beginner.
And also as a advanced foiler and also for different sports- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. I have a wing foil board and a prone complete board. I'm mosting likely to speak about the boards, make use of the foils made use of. And then I'm additionally going to talk about foot placement, exactly how to determine where to put your feet and also how to attach a foot strap to your board.
So this video is mosting likely to be a bit much longer. We have a great deal of details on our site and on YouTube as well. Down 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 better along the way. The last video clip I posted was an meeting with Kane De Wilde as well as he has a lot of actually good understanding on foil setups and so on.
And also he stated, he constantly likes to try great deals of different setups as well as determine what works and also truly feel it out. And that makes a lot of sense to me. The even more. You can test things the much more, how things collaborate and exactly how to optimize your configuration and also having a excellent arrangement, especially the foil working well with your skill and just how you use it is incredibly important.
So having a good foil set up and the best board and after that a excellent wing, all those things together will instantly simply make you much better immediately. So these days I mainly right into wing foiling. This is the board I make use of the most below is my my four six by 78 liter wing foil board. What I speak about below today relates to all 4 sporting activities, consisting of prone surf hindering, wing foiling, as well as standup hindering.
I started foiling about 5 years earlier. As well as if you recall via the YouTube history of video clips, you'll see, I initially began on an 8'0 Stand up for foil board that I simply placed a Tuttle box right into which worked well to start on and also learn on.
And after that afterwards I would certainly constructed a specialized foil board. That was a 7'6. As well as pretty quickly I felt like it was also huge and the tail was dragging and so forth. I sliced off the tail just to see what took place and also made it into a 6'11, and also then that worked truly well. And I figured out, yeah, having that shorter swing weight and the much shorter board really helps when you're hindering up on foil.
And then I have actually been advancing progressively, been testing smaller sized and smaller boards. As well as currently what I utilize for wing hindering is a 4 six, which is pretty tiny. And also for vulnerable surf foiling I use a comparable size board. This one here is a 3'10. I utilize this mainly for practicing my dock Starts, which I'm not very good at yet, however working with that, trying to dock start and pump.
And then for standup foiling, I utilize this board here. It's a five 8 by 114 liter board for standing up falling. I simply require extra stability.
The wing master board is great for wing flooding, but it's not stable sufficient for me to stand paddle on possibly a lighter weight. A paddler with actually great balance might be able to stand paddle on this. However typically speaking, this board is going to be as well small for the majority of people to stand paddle for long. So something such as this, the 5'8 Truly nice. Stand-up foil board additionally works well as a wing foil board because wing declaring, you have the wit lift of the wing. So you do not require fairly as much stability as you do for standup as well as bouncing while you're defending getting going and also wing hindering as well as standup foiling.
I suggest getting a larger, steady board. In our variety, we have the 6 '11 as well as the 7'6 Easy Foiler designs. Those are truly excellent boards for discovering just how to Stand up paddle foil and wing foil. And afterwards as you get better and also you fit standing and also you can possibly switch your feet around and do all the fundamentals on a bigger board, after that you prepare to go some to something smaller, maybe something such as this five, eight Carver foil board, or for a little more advanced for, as well as these Wingmaster boards are awesome. This is not going to be your very first Wingfoil board, it's going take a larger board to very first discover the fundamentals on, and also then you can function your method down to a tiny board like this. For me, it was lots of boards in between. And, certainly I possess as a brand as well as I designed these boards. I do a lot of R & D as well as made a lot of boards gradually working my means down.
Possibly similar to a few inches in a couple of liters at once. I really did not begin on a big board and ended up on this right away. There's a lot of action in between. And also you don't need to take that several actions, but I would certainly say between a novice board and also the very innovative board, there should go to the very least two or 3 boards.
To reach that factor where you can create a really little board. So don't think you can just begin wing declaring on a little small susceptible board. This is it's feasible. I have actually seen people do it before that are super gifted athletes and currently great filers. I've seen people learn how to wing full on susceptible.
The boards, yet if you're an average Joe do not also attempt it. It's mosting likely to be way as well tough to attempt to learn on it, small board. As well as for me it what is a hydrofoil wing for the thing I suched as to have a little more quantity. I'm, my weight is 195 extra pounds. I'm 6'2" and 195 pounds which is approximately 90 kilos.
That equates into 90 liters of quantity to drift me. So the first 90 liters of quantity will drift my body weight. And after that of course you additionally have to include the weight of the foil and the board itself. And and also essentially if you want it to drift you, you need to have equal quantity of flotation protection to your body weight. The volume really depends on your body weight. And then for a newbie, I advise obtaining a board that has adequate volume to float your body weight, plus maybe 20%. For me maybe as a beginner, I would use a boy that's at least about 120 liters, maybe more that will be good to float me.
For weighing hindering for standup hindering, you may obtain something also a little bit larger. Maybe for me, I would select like 140, 150 liters and adequate size and also size and also security to be able to send out a paddle on and also discover on. And then as you get better with the balancing and also capturing waves and getting up on the foil, after that you can move smaller and the foil does add stability to the board.
Having a foil board is mosting likely to be extra secure than a normal standup paddleboard, yet it's a certain kind of balance that you have to obtain used to it. Doesn't. Just automatically make balancing easy. It's just a little bit hold-up, so it decreases the activity of the board a little because foil beneath.
It's like 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 tiny foil now for wing hindering, specifically like for waves and also things like that, attempting to go quicker. This is an accessibility high aspect aspect for us.
The Axis 810, a wing span or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And the forecasted surface is 1022 square centimeters, that has to do with 158 square inches. So this is quite a tiny front wing, but since it's rather high element and also it's in fact rather, has a fair bit of lift and a lot of move.
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. 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 low speeds and flies out a little bit reduced speed, yet it simply keeps sliding. If you're doing a change, if you filth it up a little bit, you have actually obtained method even more time to move out of the turn and also stay up on the foil. And also it just raises much easier and lower speeds.
So it's this much less complicated to make use of a bigger foil when you're beginning. As well as even as you advance, depending on the conditions you're flying having a huge foil is simply makes whatever a little much easier. And and it permits you to do more methods as well as points like that. So these smaller foils are not for everyone, however as you improve, having a smaller sized foil.
As well as a thinner account, simply allows you to go much faster, do tighter turns, be a lot more maneuverable as well as going quicker truly aids in the waves because a lot of times when you catching far from the outside, it's still relocating actually rapid as well as you need to be able to stay on top of that fast moving swell. And after that having a faster, smaller sized wing, will this help you have the ability to keep up 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 due to the fact that you can simply fly a bit more slowly. It's not a big deal. And after that it simply provides you more time. To stay on foil, easier to get up on foil and lighter winds. So there's a great deal of advantages of using a larger foil. So when you're starting, definitely get a larger dimension foil something, 2000 square centimeters.
Or we likewise 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 tried much longer mass and that's having a really lengthy mass is nice for downwinders it's like that, yet it does make the whole point a little much more tippy on the much shorter mass.
You have to follow the waves backwards and forwards as the wave increases, you have to dip your nose up and down and much longer. Mass enables you just to fly right over to the smaller chops. That behaves, however I have a truly thorough video and also I'll put the web link down listed below to that on choosing the very best foil for your requirements.
Watch that. That's some truly great information if you're unsure what kind of flow you're mosting likely to require. And so on. 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. Every time I use it.
And also because of that, I bought this, the influence motorist, which is a really good tool to have truly makes it simple to put the foil on and off. And for me, yes, I normally simply maintain the bolts in the board and I tightened them down, so they can not move. So I just loosen up these 4 screws. You don't intend to leave them in the board loose due to the fact that it can glide out.
And then if they quit while you're bring the board and also 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 stated, the mass plate that has, that permits you to glide the bolt onto it. And then I such as to just tighten them down. Okay. Little, obtain them done in area.
Once they're all positioned, after that you can crank them down. You certainly wish to ensure they're tight on there since you don't desire these screws to chill out while you're riding.
So currently I got the full on the board. And the following question is how do you place the foil on the board? Which actually, it truly relies on the foil itself and the board, the size of the board Kindle while generated a great techniques. Have a great beginning point of where to position your foil. Which's just, if you lift up the whole arrangement from the thickest point of the foil, the think is indicating the initial about 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 raise your configuration from that point, your board needs to be virtually degree. So if your board is level. That indicates the center of mass of your whole system is straight underneath the facility of lift of the foil.
So then allow's claim this, you project that to right here then on the other side of the board, if you check out that same factor on the deck, This ought to be virtually 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, after that you have to lean more on your front foot.
So ideally you intend to have your feet similarly stabilized so that the facility of lift is right in between your feet. And after that if it's additionally the center of gravity of the entire system, it'll simply really feel way much more balanced. The weight of the system and the facility quantity all cancel that really aids. And also this is pretty much real for all sides boards, that whether it's a large standup foil board or a smaller prone board that balancing out is a really good starting point on where your foil will work best and where you can stand and also capture the wave and in the appropriate location, or remove and also place your feet in the right place.
Basically where the volume as well as the weight of the board as well as the weight of the whole system. Every little thing is perfectly cancelled. Kay. Next let's speak 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 in between your feet.
And some people have their back foot further onward, yet after that they additionally 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. You always want to find that balance. If your position is too much ahead, you're mosting likely to constantly have aching a aching back leg.
Trigger you're always leaning back at greater rates to just control the foil you're mosting likely to or pumping and so on. And it's mosting likely to put a whole lot 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 tiny hip motions added to regulate the height of the foil. So that's actually essential to have the facility of lift of the foil beneath the board bounce between your two feet. As well as preferably before you put foot bands on your board, You intend to find out without foot straps where your feet are, usually maybe take some video with a GoPro or something like that to find out where do I put my feet on the board. When you starting out, I do not recommend utilizing foot bands. Our boards have this little arch bar right here that's right over the mask to make sure that it gives you a great, tactile feel for where your back foot is. And after that the front foot, generally I oriented with this logo of heaven planet logo a little bit front or back and.
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 needs to also 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 center line of the board.
Otherwise you're going to turn the board as well as with a wing, sometimes you can escape both feet being off away when you're powered, however then as quickly as you release the power and you're just on the foil, then the board. Intending to topple, 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 point. If you're talking behind the boat, you can escape leaning on the side, one side, having your weight on one side, trigger you leaning against 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.
Otherwise you're mosting likely to topple. So it's best to start riding your board without foot bands, determining the positioning where you put the feet, and after that once you recognize where to place your feet, an additional good way to shift to foot straps is utilizing foot hooks. We have these Eva foot hooks. I'll place the link to video for that as well.
Those ones you can attach to the board and also type of wedge your feet versus it. And that's helpful without having your feet in the bands or having to slide your feet right into straps and more. So the foot hooks are a good action in between no bands as well as going straight to bands. And afterwards when you wish to start using straps, preferably I would say use the front band only in the beginning, get comfortable with the front band.
And afterwards once you fit with that. You can include a back strap. As well as essentially if you wish to jump, if you're wing, smacking, and also you wish to jump, you need to have foot bands on your board. Okay. So to take the foil off, exact same point backwards, I simply placed it upside down. I loosened up the screws. And after that I tighten them pull back, not also tight, yet so they can slide about in the box.
Put them at the end of the box. Just tighten them in on a little, very same in the back, take the foil off. Okay. So it's pretty vital to maintain these little screws limited in the board so they can't move out. Okay. Next I'm going to go over how to attach these. Steps to the board. This is our blue earth luxurious foot store.
It's like a neoprene covered foot band. They're nice as well as padded. They have Velcro adjustability. So they behave and also stiff. As well as you want your bands to stand up by them selves. The feet can slide in easily. Several of them really light-weight, slim straps can fall down. And then it's really difficult to obtain your foot in.
You have to locate the band and also shake your feet in. So I like to utilize bands that have even more extra padding they're softer, simpler on your feet. Less complicated to slide in and out of and also they