Footstraps are .... overrated? - Strong Wind Foiling

This weekend was pretty windy. On the saturday I used my 8.0 and it was around 22-24 knots. I managed to hit e new foil pb of 26.1 knots but I did break the end of one of my battens in the progress so Sunday I had to use a small sail. I just went for a freesailing relaxed session but still pushed for speed at some points. I had the bright idea of foiling and gybing with my feet out the straps and came to the conclusion that it was much easier than I expected. I encourage you to try doing silly things like this in your own sessions as it can greatly improve your skills and is a great laugh.
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[@lhcoolbreeze5753]

Beautiful day for foiling!

[@EverRider]

Nice session. For me médium and high wind foiling is the best… chasing the speed once you are well set ! Even if i dont really like going without back footstrap For 85 wide board it seems that 25-30 knots is the max then a 75/78 wide board :)

[@IvanWindsurfing]

Normally I go in both straps all the time but I felt like messing around on this day. That’s interesting about he smaller board but I’ve never had the opportunity to test it out but I would love to get the opportunity.

[@WindsurfingNelson]

@@IvanWindsurfing My foil board is a Starboard iFoil100, 1m wide, 13.5 kg weight. After a long time training exclusively on that board I recently tried my Fanatic Falcon 136, a slalom board (82cm wide), upgraded with a foil box. Of course, this is not a foil slalom board but I thought I should stick with it before deciding to buy a dedicated foil - slalom - board. The Falcon is about 4kg lighter and thus easier to carry. However, even in higher winds sailing the iFoil feels easier for me no matter the footstraps.

[@IntertropicalConvergence-gf3bm]

Flat water ok … once the chop builds good luck buddy

[@유잭-k4r]

이게 세일링이지 멋집니다 ㅎㅎ

[@ollyc7023]

How did you get the board for free

[@IvanWindsurfing]

Warrantee claim, I had to trade the old one in

[@weetwiki]

nice vjdeo , congrats ! I think that rear straps in a freemove way like you do are useless , IMHO

[@IvanWindsurfing]

thanks! I actually have the footstraps in a race position as this is my racing board. I was just messing around on this day