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#Post#: 231--------------------------------------------------
Straps or no straps...especially for pumping
DIR By: Harri
Date: May 1, 2020, 7:09 am
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Do straps help for pumping in lightwinds? For example to „pull“
the board and get easier on the foil?
#Post#: 232--------------------------------------------------
Re: Straps or no straps...especially for pumping
DIR By: Dommo
Date: May 2, 2020, 12:59 am
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Good question Harri. I'm excited to hear what people have to say
about this. I just started flat water pumping a couple of weeks
before the lockdown but only dock starts with a modified
wakesurf board (fairly similar dimensions to a kitefoil board)
and that was strapless, so no experience while riding with a
wing yet. Will be the first thing I try when we're allowed back
on the water.
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Re: Straps or no straps...especially for pumping
DIR By: gmb13
Date: May 2, 2020, 8:59 am
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My option on the matter is that it is easier with straps, BUT
you pick up pretty bad pumping technique.
Most guys I know that learned to pump with straps and still go
strapped, have big problems pumping strapless , whereas guys who
perfected their pumping without straps can really pump long
distances with straps.
I personally hate straps when pumping as they limit you my
trapping your front foot in one position. I move trim the board
quite a bit with my front foot position when pumping, especially
in light wind take offs with the wing and I can get a lot more
out of the foil doing that.
I tell people to learn to pump without the straps first, and
then use them later if they want to. That way they will have
good technique.
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Gunnar
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Re: Straps or no straps...especially for pumping
DIR By: Dommo
Date: May 3, 2020, 12:48 am
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Hey Gunnar. I'm glad to hear you say you move your feet to trim
the board while winging. I do this when I'm downwinding (mainly
to apply more front foot pressure when flying down the face of a
bump) but thought it was bad technique. Thanks for clearing that
up :)
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Re: Straps or no straps...especially for pumping
DIR By: Harri
Date: May 3, 2020, 2:26 am
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Thanx for your replies!
I tried it yesterday with straps and it was not good for me as i
kitefoil strapless since 5 years. "Pulling" the board didn't
bring me earlier on the foil, maybe my fault. And i didn't like
the feeling of "locked" feet!
Back to the beach i dismounted the straps and tried not only to
stomp while pumping, also to push it a bit forward with the
backfoot. That worked good for me. I stay strapless;)
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Re: Straps or no straps...especially for pumping
DIR By: Dommo
Date: June 14, 2020, 3:05 am
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Been doing a lot of flat water pumping during the lockdown and I
can now say without any doubt that for flat water pumping I
definitely prefer no straps. Like Gunnar said, straps lead to
poor technique, and weirdly, using straps seems to reduce my
stability when flat water pumping rather than increase it
HOWEVER, for SUP foiling and wing foiling I still like to use a
front foot strap for the following reasons:
- Extra traction when taking off (especially necessary for me
when downwinding or trying to catch super small waves).
- When losing power from a wave or swell - just to help lift
the nose before it touches the water.
- When cranking turns on a wave!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sure as I get better I'll need them less and less, but I
don't think there's anything wrong with using them to learn - as
long as you don't get reliant on them.
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