FOIL BOARD CONFIGURATION POINTERS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL POSITIONING, FOOT PLACEMENT, FOOT STRAPS
How to establish your foil board to be well balanced for optimal efficiency.
Aloha close friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue World Surf. Today. I'm mosting likely to talk about setting up your foil gear. It's a question we get a whole lot: How do I set up the foil, where to position it, where to place foot straps, how to position your feet on the board, what kind of board to get. I'm also mosting likely to discuss what type of gear to utilize as a beginner.
And also as a more advanced foiler as well as for different sports- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. After that I have a wing foil board and also a susceptible full board. I'm going to talk about the boards, make use of the foils utilized. And then I'm additionally mosting likely to speak about foot placement, how to find out where to place your feet and exactly how to connect a foot strap to your board.
This video is going to be a little bit much longer. We have a lot of information on our website and on YouTube. So down listed below in the summary, I'll place a lot of web links to other videos and also web links that will certainly assist you even more along the way. The last video I published was an meeting with Kane De Wilde and he has a lot of truly good understanding on foil configurations and so forth.
And also he said, he always suches as to try great deals of different setups as well as determine what works as well as actually feel it out. And that makes a great deal of feeling to me. The more. You can examine points the a lot more, how points interact and also how to enhance your setup as well as having a good arrangement, especially the foil working well with your skill and also how you use it is incredibly essential.
Having a good foil set up as well as the ideal board as well as then a great wing, all those things together will immediately simply make you much better right away. So these days I primarily right into wing foiling. This is the board I make use of the most below is my my 4 six by 78 liter wing foil board. What I speak about right here today applies to all 4 sports, consisting of vulnerable surf hindering, wing foiling, as well as standup hindering.
So I started foiling about 5 years ago. As well as if you recall through the YouTube background of videos, you'll see, I first started on an 8'0 Defend foil board that I simply placed a Tuttle box right into which functioned well to start on and also learn on.
And then afterwards I 'd built a specialized foil board. That was a 7'6. And also rather soon I felt like it was too big and also the tail was dragging and more. I sliced off the tail simply to see what took place and also made it right into a 6'11, and also then that worked really well. As well as I figured out, yeah, having that shorter swing weight as well as the much shorter board really helps when you're foiling up on foil.
And afterwards I have actually been advancing considerably, been checking smaller sized and smaller boards. And also now what I make use of for wing hindering is a 4 six, which is rather little. And for susceptible surf foiling I utilize a comparable size board. This set here is a 3'10. I utilize this mainly for exercising my dock Begins, which I'm not very good at yet, however dealing with that, trying to dock beginning as well as pump.
And after that for standup foiling, I use this board here. It's a 5 8 by 114 liter board for standing dropping. I just need more stability.
The wing master board is fantastic for wing flooding, however it's not steady enough for me to stand up paddle on possibly a lighter weight. A paddler with actually excellent equilibrium could be able to stand paddle on this. Yet typically speaking, this board is mosting likely to be as well tiny for many people to stand paddle for long. Something like this, the 5'8 Truly good. Stand-up foil board likewise works well as a wing foil board due to the fact that wing filing, you have the wit lift of the wing. So you do not need rather as much stability as you provide for standup and also jumping while you're defending starting as well as wing hindering as well as standup hindering.
I suggest getting a bigger, secure board. In our variety, we have the 6 '11 and also the 7'6 Easy Foiler designs. Those are actually excellent boards for learning exactly how to Stand up paddle foil and also wing foil. And then as you improve and also you're comfortable standing up and also you can perhaps change your feet around and do all the essentials on a larger board, then you're ready to go some to something smaller, possibly something such as this 5, eight Carver foil board, or for a bit more advanced for, as well as these Wingmaster boards are incredible. However this is not going to be your very first Wingfoil board, it's going take a bigger board to first learn the fundamentals on, and after that you can work your method to a little board similar to this. For me, it was numerous boards in between. As well as, clearly I have as a brand and also I designed these boards. So I do a great deal of R & D as well as made a great deal of boards slowly functioning my means down.
Most likely just like a few inches in a few liters at once. So I didn't begin on a big board and ended up on this immediately. There's a lot of action in between. And you do not need to take that several steps, but I would state between a newbie board and the very sophisticated board, there ought to go to least 2 or 3 boards.
To get to that point where you can compose a truly tiny board. So don't believe you can simply start wing declaring on a little small vulnerable board. This is it's feasible. I've seen individuals do it prior to that are incredibly talented professional athletes and already great filers. I've seen individuals find out exactly how to wing full on susceptible.
The boards, but if you're an average Joe do not also try it. It's mosting likely to be way also tough to try to discover on it, small board. And also for me it wing for the thing I liked to have a bit more quantity. I'm, my weight is 195 pounds. I'm 6'2" and also 195 pounds which is roughly 90 kilograms.
That translates right into 90 litres of quantity to drift me. The very first 90 litres of volume will float my body weight. And then naturally you additionally need to include the weight of the foil as well as the board itself. And also and basically if you want it to drift you, you need to have equal amount of flotation protection to your body weight. So the volume really depends upon your body weight. And then for a newbie, I advise getting a board that has adequate quantity to drift your body weight, plus perhaps 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 considering foiling for standup foiling, you could obtain something also a bit larger. Possibly for me, I would choose like 140, 150 litres and also enough width and also size and security to be able to send out a paddle on and find out on. And then as you get better with the balancing and capturing waves as well as getting up on the foil, then you can relocate smaller sized as well as the foil does add stability to the board.
Having a foil board is mosting likely to be a lot more steady than a normal standup paddleboard, yet it's a specific type of balance that you have to get made use of to it. Doesn't. Simply immediately make balancing very easy. It's simply a bit delay, so it slows down the motion of the board a little in that foil underneath.
It resembles having a keel under your board. Next let's talk about the foils themselves. I have actually been doing this a very long time. I utilize rather a small foil now for wing hindering, especially like for waves and also stuff like that, trying to go quicker. This is an accessibility high element aspect for us.
The Axis 810, a wing span or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And also the forecasted surface area is 1022 square centimeters, that's about 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. Also I have a 760, which is a bit much more surfy, which is also a truly good but also for starting out on, When I started, I made use of a truly huge foil, the 2000 square centimeter foil. So when you're starting something like the Carver foil, We have the team strategy at Carver for is a fantastic discussion forum for knowing.
It's 2000 square centimeters. It's steady turns up at low speeds and flies out a little bit lower rate, however it just maintains sliding. If you're doing a transition, if you muck it up a bit, you've got means even more time to slide out of the turn and also stay up on the foil. And also it just lifts up much easier as well as lower rates.
So it's this much simpler to make use of a bigger foil when you're starting. And also even as you proceed, depending upon the conditions you're winging in having a big foil is simply makes everything a little simpler. And also and it allows you to do even more techniques and things 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 much faster, do tighter turns, be much more maneuverable and also going much faster truly assists in the waves because a great deal of times when you capturing far from the outdoors, it's still moving really rapid and also you need to be able to stay up to date with that quick moving swell. And after that having a quicker, smaller wing, will this assist you have the ability to stay up to date 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 bigger wing is nice because you can simply fly a little bit a lot more gradually. It's not a big deal. And afterwards it just offers you 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. When you're starting out, definitely get a bigger size foil something, 2000 square centimeters.
Or we additionally have 1,800 square centimeters, large size, something like that. And after that in regards to mass size, I like to use a 90 centimeter mast. I've tried longer mass and that's having a really long mass is nice for downwinders it resembles that, yet it does make the entire thing a little extra tippy on the shorter mass.
You need to comply with the waves backwards and forwards as the wave goes up, you have to dip your nose up and down as well as longer. Mass allows you simply to fly straight over to the smaller chops. That behaves, however I have a really in-depth video clip and I'll put the web link down below to that on picking the very best foil for your demands.
Watch that. That's some really great details if you're uncertain what type of circulation you're mosting likely to need. And so on. So next, I'm mosting likely to talk about putting the foot on the board and also where to put it. So my automobile is pretty little, so I have to take the foil off the board as well as placed it back on. Whenever I utilize it.
And also therefore, I acquired this, the influence vehicle driver, which is a actually nice tool to have really makes it easy to place the foil on and off. As well as for me, yes, I normally simply keep the bolts in the board and I tightened them down, so they can't slide. I just loosen up these four bolts. You don't intend to leave them in the board loose since it can move out.
And then if they quit while you're carrying the board and also the lawn or something like that, these are very easy to shed. I always make sure these are tight enough, so they can't slide out by themselves. As well as I stated, the mass plate that has, that allows you to move the screw onto it. And after that I like 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 definitely intend to make sure they're limited on there due to the fact that you don't want these bolts to chill out while you're riding.
So currently I obtained the full on the board. And also the next question is exactly how do you put the foil on the board? Which truly, it truly depends on the foil itself and also the board, the size of the board Kindle while thought of a good approaches. Have a great starting point of where to position your foil. Which's simply, if you lift up the whole setup from the thickest point of the foil, the think is indicating the first concerning 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 configuration from that factor, your board must be practically degree. So if your board is level. That indicates the center of mass of your whole system is straight below the center of lift of the foil.
So then let's claim this, you project that to below after that on the other side of the board, if you look at that exact same point on the deck, This need 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 need to lean more on your front foot.
So preferably you want to have your feet equally balanced so that the facility of lift is right in between your feet. And then if it's additionally the center of gravity of the whole system, it'll just feel way extra well balanced. The weight of the system as well as the facility volume all cancel that truly aids. And also this is practically real for all sides boards, that whether it's a huge standup foil board or a smaller sized prone board that balancing out is a really good beginning factor on where your foil will work best as well as where you can stand and capture the wave and in the ideal place, or remove and put your feet in the ideal place.
Primarily where the quantity and the weight of the board as well as the weight of the whole system. Whatever is nicely cancelled. Kay. Following allow's discuss your foot positioning. So my feet are about just as cancelled between the front and also the rear of the facility of lifts. If you project the center of list of the front flow in between your feet, it's mosting likely to be more or less in between your feet.
And also some individuals have their back foot additionally forward, however after that they additionally moved their front foot for their back. So if you have a smaller position or wider stance, if you put your back foot better back, you need to put your front foot further forward. So you constantly wish to locate that equilibrium. If your position is as well far onward, you're going to constantly have aching a sore back leg.
Trigger you're constantly leaning back at higher rates to just control the foil you're going to or pumping and more. And it's mosting likely to put a lot even 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 included in regulate 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 place foot straps on your board, You want to find out without foot straps where your feet are, generally possibly take some video with a GoPro or something like that to find out where do I place my feet on the board. When you starting, I don't recommend making use of foot straps. Our boards have this little arch bar below that's right over the mask so that it offers you a nice, tactile feel for where your back foot is. And after that the front foot, usually I oriented with this logo design of the blue planet logo design a little 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 sideways. Your back foot must additionally be equally off to the side. So whether you're on the center line or a little off center, you just want to make sure that your body weight is over the center line of the board.
Or else you're mosting likely to tilt the board as well as with a wing, often you can escape both feet being off to one side when you're powered, however then as quickly as you release the power and also you're just on the foil, then the board. Intending 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.
Same point. If you're talking behind the boat, you can escape 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 say your weight centered right over the center of the board and over the middle of the foil.
Otherwise you're mosting likely to topple. So it's ideal to begin riding your board without foot straps, determining the placement where you put the feet, and after that once you know where to put your feet, one more great way to transition to foot bands hop over to here 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 as well as kind of wedge your feet against it. Which's helpful without having your feet in the bands or needing to move your feet into bands and so on. The foot hooks are a good step in between no straps and going straight to straps. And after that when you intend to begin making use of bands, preferably I would certainly say utilize the front band just in the beginning, obtain comfy with the front strap.
And then once you fit with that said. You can include a back strap. As well as essentially if you want to leap, if you're wing, smacking, and also you want to jump, 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 up the screws. And afterwards I tighten them back down, not as well limited, yet just so they can move about in the box.
So place them at the end of the box. Simply tighten them know a little 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 world luxurious foot store.
It's like a neoprene covered foot strap. They behave and also padded. They have Velcro adjustability. So they're nice and also stiff. And also you want your straps to stand up by them selves. The feet can slide in easily. Several of them actually lightweight, slim straps can collapse. And then it's actually difficult to obtain your foot in.
You need to discover the band and wiggle your feet in. So I like to utilize bands that have even more extra padding