Pro Tips | Seat or Waist Harness for Windsurfing

[@wisecoonie]

It also depends on your morphology (body shape). I have quite a straight waist, I have nevertheless tried to use a waist harness (bought a very good one), but after only two attempts, I quit. The seat harness doesn't creep up on me like a waist harness, which just doesn't stay in place, how hard I tighten the straps up. I've done that to the point of hurting myself and then I gave up. Only the seat harness works for me.

[@PebblesChan]

I’m guessing that the waist harness ended up being an arm pit harness. 😝

[@schobihh2703]

That might be just bad harness technic. Long lines, low boom, loose harness. The back needs to be bend to a rounded back. That is the modern way. After I learnt it, never want to chance.

[@PebblesChan]

Bjoern Dunkerbeck still wears a seat harness for flat water blasting. I wouldn't suggest to him that he has a bad harness technique.

[@schobihh2703]

@@PebblesChan He wears also a Waist-Harness. Depending on the circumstances. For You to be clear. I never said that wearing a seat harness means bad technic. But not beeing able to use waist harness might be bad technic.

[@PebblesChan]

I did specify a circumstance - flat water blasting. For waves, foiling and toying about a waist harness or no harness is the go. There are waist harnesses that have leg straps for those who have big guts to stop it from riding up under the arm pits. Some look a bit like a diaper/nappy.