FOIL BOARD ARRANGEMENT TIPS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL PLACEMENT, FOOT POSITIONING, FOOT STRAPS
Just how to set up your foil board to be well balanced for optimum efficiency.
Aloha friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue Earth Surf. Today. I'm going to speak about setting up your foil gear. It's a inquiry we get a lot: Exactly how do I establish the foil, where to place it, where to place foot bands, exactly how to place your feet on the board, what kind of board to get. I'm additionally mosting likely to speak about what kind of equipment to use as a novice.
And also as a more advanced foiler and for different sporting activities- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. I have a wing foil board as well as a vulnerable full board. I'm going to discuss the boards, make use of the foils made use of. And after that I'm also mosting likely to discuss foot positioning, how to determine where to put your feet and also how to attach a foot band to your board.
So this video is going to be a little much longer. We have a lot of details on our website as well as on YouTube also. So down below in the summary, I'll place a great deal of web links to other video clips and also links that will certainly assist you additionally along the road. The last video clip I posted was an interview with Kane De Wilde and also he has a lot of truly excellent understanding on foil setups and so on.
And also he said, he always likes to attempt great deals of different arrangements as well as figure out what jobs and also actually feel it out. Which makes a great deal of feeling to me. The more. You can test things the more, exactly how things interact and also just how to maximize your configuration and also having a great arrangement, specifically the foil working well with your skill as well as just how you utilize it is super vital.
So having a excellent foil set up and the best board and then a excellent wing, all those things together will immediately just make you better immediately. So nowadays I mainly right into wing foiling. This is the board I use one of the most here is my my four six by 78 litre wing foil board. What I talk about below today applies to all four sporting activities, consisting of prone browse foiling, wing foiling, and also standup hindering.
So I began hindering about five years back. As well as if you recall via the YouTube background of videos, you'll see, I first started on an 8'0 Stand up for foil board that I simply put a Tuttle box right into which functioned well to start on and learn on.
And then after that I 'd developed a dedicated foil board. That was a 7'6. As well as rather quickly I seemed like it was too large and the tail was dragging and so forth. So I chopped off the tail just to see what occurred and made it into a 6'11, and afterwards that worked really well. As well as I figured out, yeah, having that shorter swing weight as well as the much shorter board truly assists when you're hindering up on foil.
And after that I've been proceeding progressively, been testing smaller as well as smaller boards. As well as now what I make use of for wing hindering is a 4 six, which is quite little. And for prone surf hindering I make use of a comparable length board. This one below is a 3'10. I utilize this primarily for exercising my dock Begins, which I'm not very good at yet, however working with that, trying to dock start and pump.
And after that for standup foiling, I utilize this board right here. It's a 5 8 by 114 liter board for standing dropping. I simply need much more stability.
The wing master board is excellent for wing flooding, however it's not stable sufficient for me to stand up paddle on perhaps a lighter weight. A paddler with actually great equilibrium could be able to stand up paddle on this. However typically talking, this board is going to be as well tiny for lots of people to stand paddle for long. Something like this, the 5'8 Really good. Stand-up foil board likewise functions well as a wing foil board due to the fact that wing declaring, you have the wit lift of the wing. You don't need quite as much stability as you do for standup and jumping while you're standing up for obtaining began and also wing foiling and also standup hindering.
I recommend obtaining a bigger, stable board. So in our range, we have the 6 '11 and also the 7'6 Easy Foiler versions. Those are really good boards for discovering how to Stand paddle foil as well as wing foil. And after that as you improve and also you're comfortable standing and you can perhaps switch your feet around and do all the fundamentals on a bigger board, after that you're ready to go some to something smaller sized, possibly something similar to this 5, eight Carver foil board, or for a little more advanced for, as well as these Wingmaster boards are awesome. Yet this is not going to be your very first Wingfoil board, it's going take a larger board to initial learn the fundamentals on, and then you can function your method down to a little board such as this. For me, it was many boards in between. And also, certainly I own as a brand and also I developed these boards. I do a whole lot of R & D as well as made a great deal of boards slowly working my way down.
Most likely similar to a couple of inches in a couple of liters at once. So I didn't start on a big board as well as wound up on this immediately. There's a great deal of action in between. And you do not need to take that numerous steps, but I would say between a novice board and also the extremely advanced board, there should be at least 2 or 3 boards.
To get to that factor where you can create a really tiny board. Do not assume you can simply begin wing filing on a little tiny prone board. This is it's possible. I have actually seen individuals do it prior to that are incredibly talented athletes as well as currently very good filers. I've seen individuals learn how to wing complete on prone.
The boards, yet if you're an average Joe do not also try it. It's going to be way also hard to try to learn on it, little board. And also for me it wing for things I suched as to have a bit extra volume. So I'm, my weight is 195 extra pounds. I'm 6'2" as well as 195 extra pounds which is about 90 kgs.
That translates into 90 liters of volume to drift me. So the very first 90 liters of quantity will certainly drift my body weight. And afterwards certainly you likewise need to include the weight of the foil and the board itself. And as well as basically if you desire it to float you, you require to have equivalent quantity of flotation protection to your body weight. The quantity truly depends on your body weight. And after that for a newbie, I suggest obtaining a board that has enough quantity to float your body weight, plus possibly 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 hindering for standup foiling, you might get something even a little larger. Maybe for me, I would certainly choose like 140, 150 liters and enough size as well as size as well as stability to be able to send a paddle on as well as find out on. And afterwards as you improve with the harmonizing and also catching waves as well as 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 mosting likely to be more stable than a routine standup paddleboard, however it's a particular type of equilibrium that you have to get utilized to it. Does not. Simply automatically make stabilizing very easy. It's simply a little delay, so it slows down the movement of the board a little bit because foil beneath.
It's like having a keel under your board. So next let's talk about the foils themselves. I have actually been doing this a long period of time. I use rather a small foil currently for wing hindering, particularly like for waves and stuff like that, attempting to go quicker. This is an access high element facet for us.
The Axis 810, a wing span or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And the projected surface is 1022 square centimeters, that has to do with 158 square inches. So this is fairly a little front wing, but due to the fact that it's rather high element as well as it's actually rather, has quite a bit of lift and a lot of slide.
So I truly liked this, a front wing. Likewise I have a 760, which is a little bit much more surfy, which is additionally a actually nice but also for beginning on, When I began, I made use of a really large 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 great online forum for knowing.
It's 2000 square centimeters. It's steady turns up at low rates and also flies out a little bit reduced speed, but it just keeps moving. If you're doing a change, if you filth it up a bit, you have actually got method even more time to slide out of the turn as well as keep up on the foil. And also it just lifts up simpler and also lower speeds.
It's this much easier to use a bigger foil when you're starting out. And also as you progress, depending upon the problems you're flying having a big foil is just makes whatever a bit simpler. As well as as well as it permits you to do even more techniques and points like that. These smaller foils are not for everybody, but as you get better, having a smaller foil.
As well as a thinner profile, simply permits you to go faster, do tighter turns, be more maneuverable and also going much faster actually assists in the waves since a great deal of times when you capturing away from the outdoors, it's still moving really quick and you need to have the ability to stay on par with that quick relocating swell. And after that having a quicker, smaller wing, will this help you have the ability to stay on top of 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 since you can just fly a bit more gradually. It's not a big deal. And after that it simply gives you even more time. To stay on foil, simpler 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 after that in regards to mass size, I like to use a 90 centimeter mast. I've attempted longer mass and that's having a actually long mass is nice for downwinders it's like that, but it does make the entire point a bit more tippy on the much shorter mass.
You have to adhere to the waves up and down as the wave increases, you need to dip your nose backwards and forwards and also much longer. Mass allows you just to fly right over to the smaller sized chops. That's nice, yet I have a actually in-depth video as well as I'll put the link down below to that on selecting the most effective foil for your needs.
Watch that. That's some actually good info if you're uncertain what sort of circulation you're going to require. 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. Whenever I use it.
And because of that, I bought this, the influence driver, which is a really nice device to have really makes it very easy to place the foil on and off. And also for me, yep, I generally simply keep the bolts in the board and I tightened them down, so they can't glide. I just loosen up these four bolts. You don't intend to leave them their explanation in the board loose because it can move out.
And after that if they quit while you're lugging the board and also the turf or something like that, these are simple to lose. 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 move the bolt onto it. And after that I such as to simply tighten them down. Okay. Little bit, obtain them all in location.
Once they're all located, then you can crank them down. You definitely intend to ensure they're limited on there because you do not desire these screws to relax while you're riding.
So now I got the complete on the board. And the following inquiry is how do you position the foil on the board? And that truly, it actually relies on the foil itself as well as the board, the size of the board Kindle while generated a excellent techniques. Have a good starting factor of where to place your foil. Which's simply, if you raise the entire arrangement from the thickest factor of the foil, the think is pointing to the initial regarding a 3rd back on the profile.
To make sure that's where the center of lift is so that the front wing produces a lift center of lift is right below at the thickest part. So if you raise your configuration from that point, your board needs to be pretty much level. So if your board is level. That implies the center of gravity of your whole system is straight below the center 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. So if your feet are too far onward, you're going to need to place more weight on the back of, on your back foot. If your feet are too far back, after that you need 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 really feel way much more balanced. The weight of the system and the facility volume all cancel that actually helps. And this is pretty much true for all sides boards, that whether it's a big standup foil board or a smaller sized susceptible board that canceling is a truly excellent starting factor on where your foil will function best as well as where you can stand and capture the wave as well as in the best location, or take off and put your feet in the right place.
Essentially where the quantity as well as the weight of the board and also the weight of the entire system. Whatever is well balanced out. Kay. Next 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 project the center of list of the front circulation between your feet, it's going to be more or less between your feet.
And some people have their back foot further onward, yet then they additionally relocated their front foot for their back. So if you have a smaller sized position or larger stance, if you place your back foot even more back, you require to put your front foot better ahead. You always want to find that balance. If your stance is as well much forward, you're going to constantly have aching a aching back leg.
Cause you're always leaning back at higher rates to just control the foil you're mosting likely to or pumping and more. And it's going to put 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 little hip motions contributed to control the elevation of the foil. To ensure that's actually crucial to have the facility of lift of the foil below the board bounce between your 2 feet. And preferably prior to you place foot straps on your board, You intend to determine without foot bands where your feet are, normally perhaps 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 don't recommend utilizing foot bands. Our boards have this little arch bar here that's right over the mask so that it gives you a nice, tactile feel for where your back foot is. And after that the front foot, usually I oriented with this logo of the blue world logo a little bit front or back and.
You do desire 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 needs 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 center line of the board.
Otherwise you're going to turn the board and also with a wing, often 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 and also you're simply on the foil, then the board. Wishing to tip over, like if you, both of you feed off as well away the side, it won't fly well without the power of the wing.
Same point. If you're speaking 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. However as quickly as you let that rope go, you need to have your say 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 topple. So it's ideal to start riding your board without foot straps, identifying the placement where you placed the feet, and afterwards once you know where to place your feet, another excellent way to shift to foot bands is utilizing foot hooks. We have these Eva foot hooks. I'll put the web link down to video for that too.
Those ones you can affix to the board and also sort of wedge your feet against it. And that's handy without having your feet in the straps or needing to slide your feet right into bands and more. So the foot hooks are a good action in between no straps as well as going straight to straps. And afterwards when you intend to start using straps, ideally I would certainly state make use of the front strap just at first, obtain comfy with the front band.
And after that once you're comfortable with that. You can include a back band. And basically if you want to leap, if you're wing, flailing, and also you intend 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 up the screws. And then I tighten them pull back, not also tight, yet just so they can glide around in package.
Put them at the end of the box. Just tighten them know a bit, exact 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. Steps to the board. This is our blue planet deluxe foot shop.
It resembles a neoprene covered foot band. They're nice and padded. They have Velcro adjustability. So they're nice and tight. And you desire your bands to stand by them selves. The feet can slide in easily. Some of them truly lightweight, thin bands can fall down. And afterwards it's actually tough to obtain your foot in.
You have to discover the band and wiggle your feet in. So I such as to utilize straps that have more