FOIL BOARD CONFIGURATION IDEAS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL PLACEMENT, FOOT PLACEMENT, FOOT STRAPS
Exactly how to set up your foil board to be well stabilized for optimum efficiency.
Aloha good friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue World Surf. Today. I'm going to speak about setting up your foil gear. It's a inquiry we obtain a whole lot: How do I set up the foil, where to place it, where to put foot bands, just how to position your feet on the board, what sort of board to get. I'm likewise going to speak about what type of equipment to utilize as a novice.
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 a vulnerable full 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 exactly how to affix a foot band to your board.
So this video clip is mosting likely to be a little longer. We have a lot of info on our web site as well as on YouTube. Down below in the summary, I'll put a great deal of links to various other video clips and also links that will aid you additionally along the method. The last video I posted was an interview with Kane De Wilde and also he has a lot of really excellent insight on foil setups and so forth.
And he said, he always suches as to attempt great deals of various arrangements and find out what jobs as well as really feel it out. And that makes a lot of feeling to me. The even more. You can test things the extra, exactly how points interact and also exactly how to enhance your setup as well as having a good arrangement, especially the foil working well with your ability as well as exactly how you use it is incredibly vital.
So having a good foil established as well as the appropriate board and after that a excellent wing, all those things together will instantly simply make you better as soon as possible. These days I primarily right into wing foiling. This is the board I use the most below is my my 4 6 by 78 liter wing foil board. What I speak about here today applies to all 4 sporting activities, including susceptible browse hindering, wing foiling, as well as standup foiling.
So I began hindering about 5 years ago. As well as if you look back through the YouTube background of video clips, you'll see, I initially started on an 8'0 Defend foil board that I simply put a Tuttle box right into and that worked well to start on as well as find out on.
And after that after that I would certainly developed a dedicated foil board. That was a 7'6. And also quite quickly I seemed like it was as well big and also the tail was dragging and so forth. I cut off the tail simply to see what happened as well as made it into a 6'11, as well as then that worked actually well. And I identified, yeah, having that much shorter swing weight as well as the much shorter board really assists when you're hindering up on foil.
And then I have actually been advancing progressively, been testing smaller as well as smaller sized boards. As well as now what I utilize for wing foiling is a 4 six, which is quite little. As well as for vulnerable browse foiling I use a comparable length board. This one here is a 3'10. I utilize this mainly for practicing my dock Starts, which I'm not great at yet, but dealing with that, trying to dock begin and also pump.
And then for standup foiling, I use this board below. It's a five 8 by 114 liter board for standing up falling. I simply require extra stability.
The wing master board is terrific for wing flooding, yet it's not stable sufficient for me to stand up paddle on maybe a lighter weight. A paddler with truly great balance might be able to stand up paddle on this. But normally speaking, this board is mosting likely to be as well small for most people to stand up paddle for long. So something such as this, the 5'8 Really great. Stand-up foil board also works well as a wing foil board due to the fact that wing filing, you have the wit lift of the wing. You don't need rather as much stability as you do for standup as well as jumping while you're standing up for getting started and also wing hindering and standup hindering.
I suggest getting a larger, secure board. So in our range, we have the 6 '11 and the 7'6 Easy Foiler models. Those are truly great boards for finding out how to Stand paddle foil as well as wing foil. And after that as you improve and also you fit standing up and also you can maybe switch your feet around as well as do all the fundamentals on a larger board, after that you prepare to go some to something smaller, possibly something such as this five, 8 Carver foil board, or for a little more advanced for, and also these Wingmaster boards are amazing. 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 after that you can function your method down to a tiny board like this. For me, it was many boards in between. As well as, certainly I possess as a brand name and also I developed these boards. So I do a great deal of R & D and also made a lot of boards slowly working my method down.
Probably much like a few inches in a few litres each time. So I really did not start on a big board and also wound up on this today. There's a lot of steps in between. As well as you don't have to take that many steps, but I would state in between a beginner board and also the very advanced board, there ought to go to the very least two or 3 boards.
To get to that factor where you can write a really little board. So don't think you can just begin wing declaring on a little small vulnerable board. This is it's possible. I have actually seen individuals do it before that are very skilled professional athletes as well as currently very good filers. I've seen individuals learn how to wing complete on susceptible.
The boards, but if you're an average Joe don't even attempt it. It's mosting likely to be way also difficult to attempt to find out on it, tiny board. And for me it wing for the thing I liked to have a little bit a lot more quantity. I'm, my weight is 195 pounds. I'm 6'2" as well as 195 extra pounds which is roughly 90 kilos.
That translates right into 90 liters of quantity to float me. The first 90 liters of volume will float my body weight. And after that obviously you additionally have to add in the weight of the foil and also the board itself. And as well as basically if you want it to drift you, you require to have equal amount of flotation to your body weight. So the quantity truly depends upon your body weight. And after that for a novice, I recommend obtaining a board that has enough volume to drift 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 considering hindering for standup foiling, you might obtain something even a bit larger. Possibly for me, I would pick like 140, 150 litres and also sufficient size and size as well as stability to be able to send out a paddle on as well as find out on. And afterwards as you improve with the balancing and also catching waves and also getting up on the foil, after that you can move smaller as well as the foil does add security to the board.
Having a foil board is going to be a lot more stable than a regular standup paddleboard, yet it's a particular type of equilibrium that you need to get utilized to it. Doesn't. Simply immediately make balancing simple. It's just a bit delay, so it reduces the movement of the board a little in that foil underneath.
It's like having a keel under your board. So next let's speak about the foils themselves. I have actually been doing this a long period of time. I use fairly a small foil currently for wing foiling, specifically like for waves as well as things like that, trying to go quicker. This is an accessibility high element element for us.
The Axis 810, a wing span or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And also the projected 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. Likewise I have a 760, which is a bit much more surfy, which is likewise a actually wonderful but also for starting on, When I began, I utilized a really 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 steady shows up at reduced rates and flies out a little bit reduced rate, however it simply keeps gliding. If you're doing a transition, if you muck it up a little, you've got means more time to move out of the turn as well as stay up on the foil. And it simply raises much easier and lower rates.
It's this much easier to use a bigger foil when you're starting out. As well as also as you proceed, depending on the conditions you're winging in having a huge foil is simply makes everything a little much easier. And and also it allows you to do even more methods and things like that. These smaller foils are not for everybody, but as you get better, having a smaller foil.
As well as a thinner profile, just enables you to go much faster, do tighter turns, be much more maneuverable and going faster actually assists in the waves since a lot of times when you capturing far from the outside, it's still relocating really fast and you have to have the ability to stay on par with that quick relocating swell. And after that having a quicker, smaller wing, will this assist you be able to stay on top of those waves versus if you're simply riding wind swell or just on a flat water, a Lake or something like that?
Having a bigger wing is nice due to the fact that you can just fly a little bit much more slowly. It's not a big deal. And then it simply provides you more time. To stay on foil, easier to get up on foil as well as lighter winds likewise. There's a lot of advantages of using a bigger foil. So when you're beginning, most definitely get a larger dimension foil something, 2000 square centimeters.
Or we additionally have 1,800 square centimeters, large size, something like that. And afterwards in regards to mass length, I such as to utilize a 90 centimeter pole. I've attempted longer mass and that's having a really lengthy mass behaves for downwinders it's like that, but it does make the entire thing a bit much more tippy on the shorter mass.
You need to follow the waves backwards and forwards as the wave rises, you have to dip your nose up and down and also much longer. Mass permits you simply to fly right over to the smaller sized chops. That behaves, but I have a really thorough video as well as I'll place the link down below to that on selecting the most effective foil for your demands.
Watch that. That's some really excellent details if you're uncertain what kind of flow you're mosting likely to need. And more. So next, I'm going to talk about putting the foot on the board and where to place it. So my automobile is pretty small, so I have to take the foil off the board and also put it back on. Each time I utilize it.
As well as for that reason, I acquired this, the impact driver, which is a actually good device to have truly makes it very easy to place the foil on and off. And for me, yes, I generally simply keep the screws in the board as well as I tightened them down, so they can not glide. So I just relax these four screws. You don't wish to leave them in the board loose because it can move out.
And then if they quit while you're lugging the board as well as the turf or something like that, these are simple to shed. So I constantly ensure these are limited enough, so they can't move out by themselves. And I said, the mass plate that has, that permits you to move the bolt onto it. And then I such as to simply tighten them down. Okay. Bit, obtain them done in area.
Once they're all situated, then you can crank them down. You most definitely intend to make certain they're tight on there because you do not want these screws to chill out while you're riding.
So now I got the complete on the board. As well as the following concern is just how do you put the foil on the board? And that actually, it truly depends on the foil itself as well as the board, the dimension of the board Kindle while thought of a great methods. Have a good starting factor of where to position your Web Site foil. Which's simply, if you raise the whole arrangement from the thickest factor of the foil, the think is pointing to the very 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 raise your setup from that point, your board ought to be basically degree. If your board is level. That means the center of mass of your whole system is straight below the facility of lift of the foil.
So after that let's state this, you project that to below then on the other side of the board, if you consider that very same point on the deck, This ought to be practically in between your feet. So if your feet are as well 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 have to lean much more on your front foot.
So preferably you wish to have your feet similarly stabilized to make sure that the facility of lift is right between your feet. And after that if it's additionally the center of mass of the entire system, it'll just feel way much more well balanced. The weight of the system and the facility quantity all cancel that actually helps. As well as this is virtually real for all sides boards, that whether it's a large standup foil board or a smaller vulnerable board that canceling is a truly great beginning point on where your foil will certainly function best as well as where you can stand and also catch the wave and also in the ideal place, or take off and also place your feet in the ideal place.
Basically where the quantity and the weight of the board as well as the weight of the whole system. Everything is perfectly balanced out. Kay. Following allow's talk about your foot placement. So my feet have to do with equally cancelled in between the front as well as the back of the center of lifts. If you project the center of list of the front circulation between your feet, it's mosting likely to be essentially between your feet.
And also some individuals have their back foot even more onward, but after that they likewise relocated their front foot for their back. So if you have a smaller sized stance or wider stance, if you place your back foot further back, you need to put your front foot additionally forward. You always want to find that balance. If your stance is as well much onward, you're going to constantly have sore a sore back leg.
Cause you're always leaning back at higher rates to just control the foil you're going to or pumping and more. As well as it's mosting likely to put a lot even more pressure 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 movements included in manage 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. As well as ideally prior to you place foot straps on your board, You wish to find out without foot bands where your feet are, usually maybe take some video clip with a GoPro or something like that to find out where do I place my feet on the board. When you starting, I do not advise utilizing foot bands. Our boards have this little arch bar below that's right over the mask so that it gives you a wonderful, tactile feel for where your back foot is. And after that the front foot, normally I oriented with this logo of heaven earth logo a bit front or back and.
You do want the weight to be either both feet right over the facility line, or if you're. The front foot is a little off sideways. Your back foot must also be equally off to the side. So whether you get on the center line or slightly off facility, you just intend to see to it that your body weight is over the center line of the board.
Otherwise you're mosting likely to tilt the board as well as with a wing, sometimes you can escape both feet being off away when you're powered, yet then as soon as you release the power as well as you're simply on the foil, then the board. Wishing to topple, like if you, both of you feed off as well away the side, it won't fly well without the power of the wing.
Very 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 leaning against the rope. But as quickly as you allow that rope go, you need to have your state your weight focused right over the center of the board as well as over the middle of the foil.
Or else you're mosting likely to topple. So it's ideal to start riding your board without foot bands, finding out the placement where you put the feet, and then once you understand where to put your feet, another good way to transition to foot bands is utilizing foot hooks. We have these Eva foot hooks. I'll put the link down to video for that.
Those ones you can affix to the board and also sort of wedge your feet versus it. And that's useful without having your feet in the bands or having to glide your feet into straps and more. The foot hooks are a good step in between no straps and going straight to straps. And afterwards when you want to begin making use of bands, preferably I would claim use the front strap just initially, obtain comfy with the front band.
And afterwards once you're comfortable with that said. You can add a back band. And essentially if you want to jump, if you're wing, flailing, and you wish 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 afterwards I tighten them back down, not as well tight, however so they can move around in the box.
So place them at the end of the box. Simply tighten them in on 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. Next I'm going to go over how to attach these. Steps to the board. This is our blue earth deluxe foot shop.
It's like a neoprene covered foot strap. They behave as well as cushioned. They have Velcro adjustability. They're nice and stiff. As well as you want your straps to stand up by them selves. The feet can slide in easily. Some of them truly lightweight, slim straps can collapse. And then it's truly difficult to obtain your foot in.
You need to find the band as well as wiggle