Hi,
This may sound ridiculous, but it sure is annoying.

The little toe of my front foot keeps getting trapped in the small gap between the foot pad and the strap of my kiteboard. The fit is so snug and it takes considerable effort to wriggle out after hops and jumps i.e the toe gets wedged in...

Has anyone else ever encountered this problem, or is it just me? I was thinking of stuffing something in the gap so that my little toe cannot get trapped. But what, any suggestions/thoughts?

TIA,
Bo

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Originally posted by HungLong

i think it you bo

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Damn, I thought it might be

Will try to help myself by putting a rolled-up bit of neoprene in the gap and see how I go.

Bo

Bo, thats sound potentially very nasty bro, twisting off the little toe AHHHHH, i find if i have my straps too tight i get foot cramps, anyone else find this?

Bo - you're not alone. Same thing happened to me the other day on a friends Underground FLX

Thanks guys. I folded up a small rectangle of old wetsuit material and wedged it in the gap. Tried it out today, riding off Pinnaroo Point, and -YAAY- my toe no longer gets trapped/pushed into the gap on impact after landing in a forward direction.

By the way, the board is an 2005 Addiction Cat 135 (Very nice board btw.) - If the Addiction designer reads this he may be interested in possibly making some corrective alterations to the footpads & straps, if it's not already been done in the newer models.

Cheers,
Bo

a really dedicated kiter would have simply removed the offending toe... non of this mamby-pamby padding stuff. What is the World coming too?

PS. if the problem comes up again, you can borrow my bolt-cutters.

The Toe-Cutter rides again![}:)]

I borrowed someone elses board today and experienced this for the first time myself. It was weird. No its not you toe that is the problem mate, its the foot pad. I normally wear booties and never have a problem. I also don't have a problem on my normal board. And you guy's are right, it could break your toe off and that would hurt but be the end of the problem.
Graeme

You can kite gls, of course you can.
strap the little pinky up you'll be right.