FOIL BOARD SETUP POINTERS- FOIL BOARDS, FOILS, FOIL PLACEMENT, FOOT PLACEMENT, FOOT STRAPS
How to set up your foil board to be well balanced for maximum performance.
Aloha buddies! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue Planet Surf. Today. I'm going to discuss establishing your foil equipment. It's a inquiry we obtain a great deal: Just how do I establish the foil, where to put it, where to place foot bands, exactly how to put your feet on the board, what kind of board to get. I'm additionally mosting likely to discuss what type of equipment to utilize as a novice.
And 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 vulnerable full board. I'm mosting likely to speak about the boards, utilize the foils made use of. And after that I'm also going to discuss foot positioning, just how to find out where to put your feet and also how to attach a foot strap to your board.
This video clip is going to be a little bit longer. We have a lot of details on our internet site and also on YouTube. So down listed below in the description, I'll put a lot of web links to other videos and links that will assist you additionally in the process. The last video I uploaded was an interview with Kane De Wilde and also he has a lot of truly excellent insight on foil arrangements and so on.
As well as he stated, he always suches as to try great deals of different setups and also figure out what works and also really feel it out. And that makes a great deal of sense to me. The even more. You can test things the a lot more, just how things interact and just how to optimize your arrangement and having a good setup, particularly the foil functioning well with your ability and exactly how you utilize it is super crucial.
Having a good foil established up and also the appropriate board and also after that a good wing, all those things with each other will immediately simply make you much better right away. These days I primarily right into wing hindering. This is the board I make use of the most here is my my 4 6 by 78 liter wing foil board. What I discuss here today relates to all four sports, including prone surf foiling, wing foiling, and also standup hindering.
I began hindering concerning 5 years ago. As well as if you recall with the YouTube background of video clips, you'll see, I first started on an 8'0 Defend foil board that I just put a Tuttle box right into which worked well to begin on and discover on.
And after that afterwards I would certainly developed a devoted foil board. That was a 7'6. And also pretty soon I seemed like it was as well big as well as the tail was dragging and so on. So I chopped off the tail simply to see what occurred and made it into a 6'11, and after that that worked actually well. And I identified, yeah, having that much shorter swing weight as well as the shorter board really aids when you're hindering up on foil.
And then I have actually been proceeding gradually, been testing smaller and smaller sized boards. As well as now what I utilize for wing foiling is a 4 6, which is quite little. And also for vulnerable surf foiling I utilize a similar length board. This here is a 3'10. I utilize this mostly for practicing my dock Begins, which I'm not great at yet, yet working with that, attempting to dock begin and pump.
And afterwards for standup foiling, I use this board here. It's a five eight by 114 liter board for standing dropping. I simply require much more security.
The wing master board is fantastic for wing flooding, yet it's not steady enough for me to stand paddle on perhaps a lighter weight. A paddler with really good equilibrium might be able to stand up paddle on this. Generally speaking, this board is going to be also little for many individuals to stand up paddle for long. So something similar to this, the 5'8 Really nice. Stand-up foil board also functions 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 quite as much security as you do for standup and bouncing while you're standing up for getting began and wing hindering and standup hindering.
I advise getting a bigger, secure board. In our array, we have the 6 '11 and the 7'6 Easy Foiler designs. Those are actually good boards for learning just how to Stand up paddle foil and wing foil. And afterwards as you get better and you fit standing and also you can possibly switch your feet around and do all the fundamentals on a bigger board, then you're ready to go some to something smaller sized, possibly something such as this five, eight Carver foil board, or for a bit advanced for, and these Wingmaster boards are remarkable. However this is not going to be your initial Wingfoil board, it's going take a bigger board to initial discover the essentials on, and then you can work your method down to a small board similar to this. For me, it was many boards in between. As well as, clearly I have as a brand name and also I developed these boards. I do a whole lot of R & D and also made a lot of boards gradually functioning my way down.
Probably just like a few inches in a couple of litres at a time. So I didn't start on a big board and also wound up on this right now. There's a lot of steps in between. And you do not have to take that lots of steps, however I would certainly say in between a novice board and also the extremely advanced board, there need to be at the very least 2 or three boards.
To reach that factor where you can compose a really tiny board. So don't assume you can just begin wing declaring on a little small susceptible board. This is it's feasible. I've seen people do it before that are incredibly talented professional athletes and already excellent filers. I've seen people find out exactly how to wing full on vulnerable.
The boards, but if you're an average Joe don't also try it. It's going to be way too hard to try to find out on it, little board. And also for me it wing for the important things I liked to have a bit much more quantity. So I'm, my weight is 195 extra pounds. I'm 6'2" as well as 195 pounds which is roughly 90 kilos.
That equates right into 90 liters of quantity to float me. So the very first 90 litres of volume will drift my body weight. And afterwards of course you also need to add in the weight of the foil as well as the board itself. And and also generally if you desire it to float you, you need to have equivalent amount of flotation protection to your body weight. The volume truly depends on your body weight. And afterwards for a novice, I advise obtaining a board that has sufficient quantity 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 weighing foiling for standup hindering, you could get something even a little bit larger. Perhaps for me, I would select like 140, 150 liters as well as enough size and also size as well as security to be able to send a paddle on and also learn on. And after that as you get better with the harmonizing and catching waves and getting up on the foil, then you can relocate smaller and also the foil does add security to the board.
Having a foil board is mosting likely to be a lot more secure than a normal standup paddleboard, however it's a certain kind of equilibrium that you need to obtain utilized to it. Doesn't. Just instantly make balancing easy. It's simply a bit delay, so it decreases the movement of the board a little because foil underneath.
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 make use of quite a tiny foil now for wing foiling, specifically like for waves as well as things like that, attempting to go much faster. This is an accessibility high facet facet for us.
The Axis 810, a wing period or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. And the predicted surface area is 1022 square centimeters, that has to do with 158 square inches. So this is quite a small front wing, yet since it's rather high element and also it's really fairly, has a fair bit of lift as well as a great deal of move.
I really liked this, a front wing. Likewise I have a 760, which is a little bit much more surfy, which is likewise a really great but for beginning on, When I began, I utilized a really big 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 discussion forum for learning.
It's 2000 square centimeters. It's secure shows up at reduced rates and flies out a bit lower speed, yet it just maintains moving. If you're doing a shift, if you filth it up a little, you've obtained method even more time to move out of the turn as well as keep up on the foil. As well as it simply lifts up much easier and also lower speeds.
So it's this much simpler to utilize a bigger foil when you're starting out. And also as you progress, relying on the conditions you're winging in having a large foil is simply makes everything a little bit simpler. And also as well as it allows you to do more methods and points like that. So these smaller foils are except everyone, yet as you improve, having a smaller foil.
As well as a thinner account, simply enables you to go quicker, do tighter turns, be more maneuverable as well as going quicker actually helps in the waves since a lot of times when you catching away from the outdoors, it's still moving truly quick and you have to be able to stay on top of that fast moving swell. And then having a much faster, smaller sized wing, will this assist you be able to keep up with those waves versus if you're just riding wind swell or just on a flat water, a Lake or something like that?
Having a bigger wing behaves due to the fact that you can simply fly a bit extra gradually. It's not a big deal. And after that it just gives 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. So when you're starting, absolutely obtain a larger size foil something, 2000 square centimeters.
Or we also have 1,800 square centimeters, plus size, something like that. And afterwards in terms of mass size, I such as to utilize a 90 centimeter pole. I have actually attempted much longer mass and that's having a actually long mass is nice for downwinders it's like that, yet it does make the whole point a little more tippy on the shorter mass.
You have to comply with 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 chops. That behaves, but I have a truly thorough video clip as well as I'll put the link down below to that on picking the best foil for your requirements.
So view that too. That's some truly great info if you're not sure what type of flow you're mosting likely to require. And so forth. So next, I'm mosting likely to speak about putting the foot on the board and where to place it. So my auto is quite tiny, so I need to take the foil off the board and placed it back on. Whenever I use it.
As well as for that reason, I acquired this, the impact motorist, which is a truly great tool to have actually makes it easy to put the foil on and off. And for me, yep, I typically just maintain the screws in the board and also I tightened them down, so they can not move. I just loosen up these four bolts. You don't intend to leave them in the board loose since it can slide out.
And then if they quit while you're bring the board and also the grass or something like that, these are very easy to shed. So I constantly ensure these are limited sufficient, so they can't move out by themselves. And also I said, the mass plate that has, that allows you to slide the screw onto it. And afterwards I such as to simply tighten them down. Okay. Little bit, get them all in location.
Once they're all situated, after that you can crank them down. You certainly wish to ensure they're limited on there due to the fact that you do not want these screws to loosen up while you're riding.
Now I got the full on the board. And the next inquiry is how do you place the foil on the board? And that actually, it actually relies on the foil itself and also the board, the dimension of the board Kindle while thought of a good techniques. Have a good starting factor of where to put your foil. And that's simply, if you lift up the whole configuration from the thickest factor of the foil, the think is pointing to the very first about a 3rd 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. If you lift up your setup from that point, your board should be pretty much level. If your board is level. That means the center of mass 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. 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 have to lean much 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 afterwards if it's likewise the center of mass of the entire system, it'll just really feel way more well balanced. The weight of the system as well as the center quantity all cancel that truly helps. And also this is practically real for all sides boards, that whether it's a large standup foil board or a smaller sized vulnerable board that balancing out is a truly great beginning factor on where your foil will certainly function best and also where you can stand and catch the wave as well as in the appropriate location, or remove and also put your feet in the ideal location.
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 balanced out. Kay. Following let's discuss your foot placement. My feet are about equally balanced out between the front and the back of the center of lifts. If you forecast the center of checklist of the front flow in between your feet, it's going to be basically in between your feet.
And some individuals have their back foot even more ahead, yet then they likewise moved their front foot for their back. So if you have a smaller position or larger position, if you place your back foot even more back, you require to put your front foot even more onward. You always want to find that balance. If your stance is also much onward, you're mosting likely to always have aching a sore back leg.
Trigger you're always leaning back at higher speeds to just regulate the foil you're going to or pumping and so on. And also it's mosting likely to place a great deal 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 small hip motions 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. And also ideally prior to you put foot straps on your board, You wish to find out without foot straps where your feet are, usually maybe take some video clip with a GoPro or something like that to determine where do I put my feet on the board. When you beginning, I don't suggest using foot bands. Our boards have this little arch bar below that's right over the mask to ensure that it offers you a good, responsive feel for where your back foot is. And then the front foot, generally I oriented with this logo of the blue earth logo design 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 little off to the side. Your back foot must additionally be similarly off sideways. 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 tilt the board and also with a wing, in some cases you can escape both feet being off away when you're powered, yet then as quickly as you let go of the power as well as you're simply on the foil, after that the board. Wanting 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.
Exact same thing. If you're chatting behind the watercraft, you can escape leaning on the side, one side, having your weight on one side, cause you leaning against the rope. Yet as quickly as you let that rope go, you require to have your say your weight focused right over the middle of the board and over the center of the foil.
Or else you're going to topple. So it's ideal to start riding your board without foot bands, finding out the placement where you placed the feet, and after that once you recognize where to place your feet, an additional excellent way to shift 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 attach to the board and sort of wedge your feet against it. Which's handy without having your feet in the straps 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 start making use of straps, ideally I would claim make use of the front band just in the beginning, get comfortable with the front band.
And then as soon as you fit with that said. You can add a back strap. As well as generally if you intend to jump, if you're wing, smacking, and also you wish to leap, pop over to this web-site you need to have foot bands on your board. Okay. So to take the foil off, same thing backwards, I just placed it inverted. I loosened up the screws. And afterwards I tighten them pull back, not also tight, however just so they can glide about in package.
Put them at the end of the box. Simply tighten them in on a bit, exact same in the back, take the foil off. Okay. So it's pretty important to keep these little screws tight in the board so they can't glide out. Okay. Next I'm going to go over how to attach these. Footsteps to the board. This is our blue planet luxurious foot shop.
It resembles a neoprene covered foot band. They're nice and padded. They have Velcro adjustability. So they're nice and also rigid. And you want your straps to stand up by them selves. The feet can slide in easily. Some of them really light-weight, slim bands can break down. And after that it's really difficult to obtain your foot in.
You have to discover the strap and also wiggle your feet in. So I like to utilize straps that have even more padding they're softer, easier on your feet. Much easier to slide in and out of and they stay