Wing Foiling : Your First Jumps

[@avinashbikha]

Great topic! What about footstraps. Is that a half rear footstrap on the Apple Tree board? And related: how to setup footstraps safely if your gonna jump a lot? Tighter or loose footstraps. I read somewhere it's better to have footstraps narrow and high.

[@MACkiteboarding]

For sure AV17Nash, I prefer a NSI long strap in the front and foot hook in the back. It's just what works best for me. This allows me more flexibility on foot placement and easy exit during falls. Narrow straps, I find them hard to get out of in foiling falls and they lack any adjustment in stance placement or foot angle. - Tucker

[@wingfoilingsimssee]

Hi guys. I have these half straps as well. They’re from slingshot. Since I got hooked in normal ones and my ankle hurts since then (6 Months now!) I think the way tucker does it is great. Full on the front and a half strap on the back foot. 👌🤙🏼

[@MACkiteboarding]

@@wingfoilingsimssee Stoked you find it useful too. Not too many riders out there doing it that way yet. - TUcker

[@wingfoilingsimssee]

@@MACkiteboarding well. Seems like I learned it the hard way. Such a mast is a horrible lever in case you’ve been slipping too much forward into your straps 😖

[@bart-heinmolenkamp9267]

@@MACkiteboarding / Tucker, thanks for sharing your experience with straps. I just ordered the half straps myself to find out if it works for me. The thing I'm wondering if you don't slip out when you have a big jump? I will find out soon myself but it's good to be aware of if that can happen. Thanks!

[@steinerikgabrielsen2988]

Good tips! My first jump was strapless and by accident almost 2 years ago. I was pumping the transitions between waves and eventually was a second late rising over one swell - fortunately I was already in a rhythm for pressing the nose back down, so after a first flight the foil re-entered the water at the perfect angle and I pumped out of it. Then I knew I had to do it again on purpose. It helped that I'd been jumping strapless kitesurfing for years, and I instinctively pressed on my toes to keep wind under the board so it stayed with me, and I landed a little downwind.

[@MACkiteboarding]

That's great Stein. Guess that takes the nerves out of it, eh? -Tucker