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Aloha close friends! It's Robert Stehlik with Blue World Browse. Today. I'm going to speak about establishing your foil gear. It's a inquiry we get a whole lot: How do I establish the foil, where to put it, where to place foot straps, exactly how to position your feet on the board, what sort of board to obtain. I'm likewise mosting likely to talk about what sort of gear to use as a newbie.

And as a advanced foiler and also for different sports- this is my stand-up paddle foil board. Then I have a wing foil board and a vulnerable full board. I'm going to speak about the boards, make use of the foils used. And after that I'm likewise going to speak about foot positioning, exactly how to find out where to position your feet and also just how to connect a foot band to your board.

So this video is mosting likely to be a little much longer. We have a great deal of details on our site and on YouTube. So down below in the description, I'll put a great deal of links to various other videos and web links that will aid you further along the road. The last video clip I posted was an interview with Kane De Wilde as well as he has a lot of truly excellent understanding on foil setups and so on.

And also he claimed, he constantly likes to attempt lots of various configurations as well as identify what works as well as really feel it out. And that makes a great deal of sense to me. The even more. You can evaluate points the more, exactly how things work together as well as just how to maximize your configuration as well as having a great arrangement, especially the foil functioning well with your ability as well as just how you utilize it is very essential.

Having a good foil established up and also the ideal board as well as then a great wing, all those things with each other will immediately simply make you better right away. So these days I mostly right into wing hindering. This is the board I make use of one of the most here is my my four six by 78 liter wing foil board. What I speak about below today puts on all four sporting activities, consisting of susceptible browse hindering, wing hindering, as well as standup foiling.

I began hindering concerning five years earlier. As well as if you look back with the YouTube background of video clips, you'll see, I first began on an 8'0 Defend foil board that I just placed a Tuttle box right into which functioned well to start on and find out on.

And then afterwards I would certainly built a dedicated foil board. That was a 7'6. As well as pretty quickly I felt like it was also big and the tail was dragging and so forth. So I sliced off the tail just to see what happened and also made it right into a 6'11, and then that worked really well. As well as I found out, yeah, having that much shorter swing weight and also the much shorter board truly aids when you're hindering up on foil.

And afterwards I have actually been progressing gradually, been testing smaller sized and also smaller sized boards. And also currently what I utilize for wing hindering is a four 6, which is pretty little. And also for prone browse foiling I use a comparable length board. This below is a 3'10. I use this mostly for exercising my dock Begins, which I'm not great at yet, but servicing that, trying to dock start and pump.

And then for standup hindering, I utilize this board below. It's a 5 8 by 114 liter board for standing up falling. I just need extra security.

The wing master board is terrific for wing flooding, yet it's not secure enough for me to stand paddle on perhaps a lighter weight. A paddler with truly good balance could be able to stand paddle on this. Generally talking, this board is going to be also small for many people to stand up paddle for long. Something like this, the 5'8 Actually nice. Stand-up foil board likewise 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 security as you provide for standup and also jumping while you're standing up for getting going and wing foiling as well as standup foiling.

I advise getting a larger, secure board. So in our variety, we have the 6 '11 and the 7'6 Easy Foiler versions. Those are truly good boards for finding out just how to Stand up paddle foil as well as wing foil. And then as you improve and you fit standing and you can maybe change your feet around as well as do all the fundamentals on a larger board, then you're ready to go some to something smaller, maybe something similar to this five, 8 Carver foil board, or for a bit more advanced for, and these Wingmaster boards are remarkable. This is not going to be your first Wingfoil board, it's going take a larger board to initial learn the fundamentals on, as well as after that you can work your means down to a small board like this. For me, it was several boards in between. And also, clearly I have as a brand name and also I developed these boards. I do a whole lot of R & D and made a whole lot of boards gradually functioning my method down.

Possibly just like a couple of inches in a few liters each time. I didn't start on a huge board and finished up on this right away. There's a great deal of steps in between. And you do not need to take that several actions, however I would say between a novice board as well as the extremely sophisticated board, there ought to go to the very least 2 or 3 boards.

To get to that point where you can write a really tiny board. Do not assume you can simply start wing declaring on a little small prone board. This is it's possible. I have actually seen people do it prior to that are super talented professional athletes and already very good filers. I have actually seen people find out how to wing full on prone.

The boards, but if you're an average Joe do not even try it. It's going to be way as well hard to attempt to find out on it, little board. And also for me it wing for the important things I suched as to have a little bit a lot more volume. So I'm, my weight is 195 extra pounds. I'm 6'2" and also 195 pounds which is approximately 90 kilograms.

To ensure that equates right into 90 litres of volume to drift me. So the initial 90 litres of quantity will certainly drift my body weight. And after that of course you likewise need to include the weight of the foil and also the board itself. And also as well as primarily if you desire it to drift you, you require to have equal amount of flotation protection to your body weight. So the volume actually depends upon your body weight. And afterwards for a newbie, I advise obtaining a board that has enough volume 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 weighing hindering for standup foiling, you may get something even a bit bigger. Possibly for me, I would pick like 140, 150 liters and sufficient width and also size and security to be able to send out a paddle on and discover on. And after that as you improve with the harmonizing and also capturing waves as well as getting up on the foil, then you can move smaller as well as the foil does add stability to the board.

Having a foil board is mosting likely to be a lot more secure than a routine standup paddleboard, but it's a certain sort of balance that you have to obtain utilized to it. Doesn't. Simply instantly make balancing simple. It's simply a little hold-up, so it slows down the motion of the board a bit in that foil beneath.

It resembles having a keel under your board. Next let's talk about the foils themselves. I have actually been doing this a long time. I use quite a tiny foil currently for wing foiling, specifically like for waves and things like that, attempting to go much faster. This is an access high element facet for us.

The Axis 810, a wing span or 810 millimeters or 32 inches. As well as the projected area is 1022 square centimeters, that's about 158 square inches. So this is fairly a little front wing, but due to the fact that it's pretty high facet and it's really rather, has a fair bit of lift hydrofoil board and also a great deal of slide.

I really liked this, a front wing. Also I have a 760, which is a little a lot more surfy, which is also a actually great but also for starting on, When I started, I used a really big foil, the 2000 square centimeter foil. So when you're starting something like the Carver foil, We have the team plan at Carver for is a fantastic forum for understanding.

It's 2000 square centimeters. It's stable shows up at low speeds and flies out a bit reduced speed, however it just keeps gliding. If you're doing a change, if you filth it up a little bit, you've obtained method more time to glide out of the turn and keep up on the foil. And it simply raises much easier and lower rates.

So it's this much simpler to utilize a larger foil when you're starting. And also as you proceed, relying on the problems you're flying having a big foil is just makes everything a little easier. And also and it allows you to do more techniques as well as points like that. So these smaller sized foils are except everybody, however as you improve, having a smaller sized foil.

As well as a thinner profile, simply permits you to go faster, do tighter turns, be a lot more maneuverable as well as going much faster truly assists in the waves because a great deal of times when you capturing far from the outside, it's still relocating truly quick as well as you have to be able to stay on par with that fast relocating swell. And afterwards having a quicker, smaller sized wing, will this help you be able to stay on top of those waves versus if you're simply 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 little bit much more gradually. It's not a big deal. And after that it just offers you more time. To stay on foil, much easier to get up on foil and lighter winds additionally. So there's a lot of advantages of using a bigger foil. So when you're starting out, definitely get a bigger dimension foil something, 2000 square centimeters.

Or we also have 1,800 square centimeters, plus size, something like that. And then in regards to mass size, I such as to use a 90 centimeter mast. I have actually attempted much longer mass which's having a really lengthy mass behaves for downwinders it's like that, but it does make the whole point a bit much more tippy on the shorter mass.

You have to follow the waves backwards and forwards as the wave increases, you need to dip your nose backwards and forwards as well as longer. Mass enables you just to fly straight over to the smaller chops. That's nice, but I have a truly comprehensive video and also I'll put the link down listed below to that on picking the very best foil for your requirements.

So watch that also. That's some actually excellent info if you're unsure what kind of circulation you're mosting likely to need. And so on. So following, I'm going to speak about putting the foot on the board and also where to place 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.

As well as for that reason, I acquired this, the impact chauffeur, which is a truly nice tool to have truly makes it very easy to put the foil on and off. And for me, yes, I generally just maintain the screws in the board as well as I tightened them down, so they can not move. I just loosen up these four bolts. You do not want to leave them in the board loose because it can glide out.

And afterwards if they quit while you're carrying the board and 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 claimed, the mass plate that has, that allows you to move the screw onto it. And afterwards I such as to just tighten them down. Okay. Little bit, obtain them all in area.

Once they're all positioned, after that you can crank them down. You absolutely wish to make certain they're tight on there since you do not desire these screws to relax while you're riding.

Now I got the full on the board. As well as the next question is exactly how do you place the foil on the board? Which truly, it truly relies on the foil itself as well as the board, the dimension of the board Kindle while came up with a good approaches. Have a excellent starting factor of where to put your foil. And that's simply, if you lift up the entire arrangement from the thickest factor of the foil, the think is pointing to the first regarding a 3rd back on the account.

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 gravity of your entire system is straight underneath the facility 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 also far ahead, you're mosting likely to have to place more weight on the back of, on your back foot. If your feet are as well far back, after that you need to lean a lot 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 then if it's additionally the center of mass of the whole system, it'll simply feel way more balanced. The weight of the system as well as the facility quantity all cancel that truly helps. And also this is basically true for all sides boards, that whether it's a big standup foil board or a smaller prone board that canceling is a truly great beginning point on where your foil will certainly work best and where you can stand and capture the wave as well as in the ideal location, or remove and also put your feet in the best location.

Essentially where the quantity as well as the weight of the board as well as the weight of the entire system. Every little thing is nicely balanced out. Kay. Next allow's speak about your foot placement. So my feet are about just as balanced out in between the front and also the rear of the center of lifts. If you predict the facility of checklist of the front circulation in between your feet, it's mosting likely to be basically in between your feet.

As well as some individuals have their back foot further ahead, but then they additionally moved their front foot for their back. So if you have a smaller sized stance or broader position, if you place your back foot better back, you require to put your front foot even more onward. So you constantly wish to locate that balance. If your stance is as well far ahead, you're mosting likely to constantly have aching a aching back leg.

Cause you're always leaning back at greater speeds to simply manage the foil you're going to or pumping and so forth. And also it's mosting likely to place a great deal 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 little hip activities contributed to manage the elevation of the foil. So that's actually crucial to have the facility of lift of the foil beneath the board bounce in between your 2 feet. And also ideally before you place foot bands on your board, You want to find out without foot bands where your feet are, typically perhaps take some video clip with a GoPro or something like that to identify where do I place my feet on the board. When you starting, I don't advise utilizing foot straps. Our boards have this little arch bar right here that's right over the mask to ensure that it gives you a great, tactile feel for where your back foot is. And after that the front foot, normally I oriented with this logo design of the blue planet logo a 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 bit off sideways. Your back foot ought to also be similarly off sideways. So whether you're on the center line or a little off center, you just wish to make certain that your body weight mores than the center line of the board.

Or else you're mosting likely to tilt the board and with a wing, occasionally you can get away with both feet being off to one side when you're powered, yet after that as soon as you release the power as well as you're just on the foil, after that the board. Intending to tip over, like if you, both of you feed off also away 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, trigger you leaning against the rope. But as soon as you let that rope go, you need 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 mosting likely to topple. It's best to start riding your board without foot straps, figuring out the placement where you put the feet, and then once you know where to put your feet, another good way to transition to foot straps is using 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 sort of wedge your feet versus it. And that's practical without having your feet in the straps or needing to glide your feet into straps and so on. The foot hooks are a good step in between no straps and going straight to straps. And then when you wish to start using bands, ideally I would certainly claim make use of the front band only in the beginning, obtain comfortable with the front band.

And after that when you're comfortable with that said. You can include a back strap. And generally if you intend to jump, if you're wing, flailing, as well as you want to leap, you have 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 the screws. And after that I tighten them back down, not too tight, yet so they can glide about in the box.

So place them at the end of package. Simply tighten them know a bit, same in the back, take the foil off. Okay. So it's rather important to maintain these little screws tight in the board so they can't slide out. Okay. So next I'm going to look at just how to connect these. Footprints to the board. This is our blue world luxurious foot store.

It resembles a neoprene covered foot strap. They're nice and also padded. They have Velcro adjustability. They're nice and stiff. And you desire your bands to stand by them selves. The feet can slide in easily. Some of them truly lightweight, slim straps can collapse. And then it's actually tough to obtain your foot in.

You need to locate the strap as well