With more than 20 years of windsurfing I also broke my foot with big jumping. Sometimes I think there should be an impact release option, like in skying on the footstraps, where you can regulate the tension. Thanks for the good tips
Thanks for the video. Adding to Fernando: regarding the distance between of the two screws of the same strap, I think it is a question of the individual foot width , and the adjustment of the velcro fastenings depends on the instep of the feet. Still, how fast you can get out of the straps in a dangerous situation depends on both parameters. IMO on one hand, for better control in the jumps the front straps should not be too loose, and for waveriding the back strap should be somewhat looser than the front straps, so that you can turn the back foot better. (I do not want to tell you pros how to do it, cause that is hybris, but I thought, that was missing in the video).
I have a Fanatic Gecko 105 & think it has been a great board for learning. Embarrassingly, it took me a couple of years before I realized that when adjusting the velcro of the foot straps to near their longest the outer cover can be made longer too by switching to the three holes at each end of the cover. When supplied the plastic inserts are put in the inner / shorter setting of the cover. With so much fantastic thought & technology going into the sails & boards etc it is a pity that no one has managed to invent safer foot straps that could break away before a foot is broken ; such as the ski binding that has done so much good in preventing injury. I don't have a solution either but what about looking at ideas such as attaching the foot straps to the board with neodymium magnets or maybe just velcro or snap fasteners or have a line in the plastic strap which could tear at a certain strain ? The board maybe only weighs 6 - 8 kg so for simply lifting the board off the water the usual plastic straps are massively too strong. A row of holes like in paper designed to tear is one idea but the outer cover would need attached to strap rather than board fixture.
Thanks for the great video! any hint about avoiding injuries causedby footstraps? I m about to learn wave sailing and big jumping, and digging the feet so deep in a big footstrap is scary as hell :)...maybe there are behaviours to avoid?
With more than 20 years of windsurfing I also broke my foot with big jumping. Sometimes I think there should be an impact release option, like in skying on the footstraps, where you can regulate the tension. Thanks for the good tips
Thanks for the video. Adding to Fernando: regarding the distance between of the two screws of the same strap, I think it is a question of the individual foot width , and the adjustment of the velcro fastenings depends on the instep of the feet. Still, how fast you can get out of the straps in a dangerous situation depends on both parameters. IMO on one hand, for better control in the jumps the front straps should not be too loose, and for waveriding the back strap should be somewhat looser than the front straps, so that you can turn the back foot better. (I do not want to tell you pros how to do it, cause that is hybris, but I thought, that was missing in the video).
I have a Fanatic Gecko 105 & think it has been a great board for learning. Embarrassingly, it took me a couple of years before I realized that when adjusting the velcro of the foot straps to near their longest the outer cover can be made longer too by switching to the three holes at each end of the cover. When supplied the plastic inserts are put in the inner / shorter setting of the cover.
With so much fantastic thought & technology going into the sails & boards etc it is a pity that no one has managed to invent safer foot straps that could break away before a foot is broken ; such as the ski binding that has done so much good in preventing injury. I don't have a solution either but what about looking at ideas such as attaching the foot straps to the board with neodymium magnets or maybe just velcro or snap fasteners or have a line in the plastic strap which could tear at a certain strain ? The board maybe only weighs 6 - 8 kg so for simply lifting the board off the water the usual plastic straps are massively too strong. A row of holes like in paper designed to tear is one idea but the outer cover would need attached to strap rather than board fixture.
Thanks for these tuning vids!
Thanks for the great video! any hint about avoiding injuries causedby footstraps? I m about to learn wave sailing and big jumping, and digging the feet so deep in a big footstrap is scary as hell :)...maybe there are behaviours to avoid?
Introduction song please ?