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Low Volume Board Sinker Knee-start
DIR By: gmb13
Date: July 15, 2020, 5:09 am
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Yesterday a lot of people asked me how I got up and foiling with
small low volume boards. So here is some raw video of the
technique I use. I am using the Indiana Paddle & Surf Co. 4'5"
40L Board in this video. I have even managed to start boards
down to 15 liters (North Scoop) with this technique. It is
important to note that this needs power in the wing and won't
work if you are underpowered. I am using the North Sonar 1650
and 4m WaspV1 in this video. Wind is about 23knots.
I hope you like it and will share it so it can help others get
going.
There will be a proper how to coming for this too so stay tuned.
HTML https://www.facebook.com/kitechino/videos/729268151231405/
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Gunnar
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Re: Low Volume Board Sinker Knee-start
DIR By: Wetstuff
Date: July 15, 2020, 4:34 pm
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Gunnar, Would you mind putting that on Youtube or Vimeo.
Zuckerberg will not allow us who do not bow to watch.
Jim
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Re: Low Volume Board Sinker Knee-start
DIR By: gmb13
Date: July 17, 2020, 2:35 am
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--- Quote from: Wetstuff link ---
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> Gunnar, Would you mind putting that on Youtube or Vimeo.
Zuckerberg will not allow us who do not bow to watch.
>
> Jim
>
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Hi Jim,
Here you go.
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GsAQWcMsCk
I did check just now and I can watch it on Facebook without
logging in.
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Gunnar
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Re: Low Volume Board Sinker Knee-start
DIR By: RussAndy
Date: July 22, 2020, 2:53 pm
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This is great input. Thanks Gunnar.
The key here is the moment you have both hands on the airwing,
and some element of power in the wing, its a gamechanger, you
are very stable, and can then standup ... a few pumps of the
kite to get your going and then you can standup once the foil
engages adding stability.
Once you are pointed downwind with the board, and your knees are
in a position where the nose of the board would lift if you had
nothing there, you have the wing pointing face down in the water
so that when you lift it it will hold wind, and have both hands
pushing down on the airwing you are stable. Not even I fall off
from that position, its pretty stable, most of my weight is on
the airwing. So the key challenge is how to get from that
position of two hands safely pushing down on the wing, to both
hands on the airwing with the airwing powered.
The way I think of this is to use the body and wing as a
counterbalance ... to use how forward I hinge from the hips and
how high I lift the wing with my arms, which has weight to
balance the tipping motion...
So I typically know I am not going to fall off the back of the
board because the wing has weight as a counterbalance so if I
feel myself going off the back I lean forward onto the wing, and
if I feel like I am going to roll forward I brace forward onto
the wing, then I put one hand on the nose of the board to keep
me falling off the back, at this point I am holding onto the
board for dear life, its the most unstable part of the sequence,
and then raise the airwing with the other, as the airwing
engages it pulls me forward and I can grab with the other hand
and I am stable.
If the chop is big, and the board is tippy you are either:
roll over the front as the nose sinks
or off the back as the tail sinks.
Falling of the front is avoided by pushing down on the airwing
with both hands.
Failloff of the back of the wing is avoided primarily by holding
onto the nose of the board, and by pulling the airwing out of
the water with your other hand or just lifting it.
So that is the balance, hinging at the hips, holding onto the
board, and lifting the wing until you can safely grab it.
Anyway, sounds a lot more complex and harder that it is. That
is the dance you are doing, trying not to roll over the front or
fall off the back, hinging from he hips, leaning back pulling
on the wing when the nose dips, and leaning forward onto the
airwing when chop lifts the back of your board.
P.S. Falling off the side is reduced by really leaning on the
wing, and having your knees apart. I have found this rarely
happens.
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