Im always loosing my board, specially when i load up for jumps. Im not sure this is servear lack of skill or a gear issue. My straps tend to loosen heaps when wet.
Currently im riding this board as seen http://force.net.au/kiteboards/fly.htm
the board is pretty sweet but im not sure about the straps.
Any hits and tips on settign up foot straps for max grip would be greatly appreciated or any experiance with my board.

Where should the foot strap sit on your foot?

How tight should they be?

Are heel straps a good idea? sounds like it for someone who battles as much as i do with keeping my board on.

Cheers

^^ im not that cheap, i think ill give some proper ones a go. i figured my foot shape might be a factor.

Hi Lex123,

We solve this issue for heaps of people at the beach who also have the same issue. You need the footstrap to be as narrow as comfortable, NOT as tight as possible.

Think about it, if the footstrap keeps your foot in through downward compression, when you impact a piece of chop, the footbed compresses releasing the compression holding your foot in place.

If the footstrap is tighter on the sides of your foot and just snug over the top, then you rely on kinking your feet, front foot at 45 degrees to centreline of the board and back foot at 90 degrees to the CL of the board. If your footstraps are ducked to around 22 degrees this will allow your foot to lock in place tight as, and still be easily able to get out by aligning them with the strap.

This only works on boards with multiple inserts allowing the straps to be set wider or narrower.

Have a go, I'm sure it will sort your issue out. If not, you need some lux footbeds and some new footstraps.

Good winds,

Kitehard said...

. If your footstraps are ducked to around 22 degrees this will allow your foot to lock in place tight as, and still be easily able to get out by aligning them with the strap.

right on

that is the key "Duck Stance"

Just recieved a pair of Dakine Raptor heel straps from the ever helpfull KP. They are awesome, im yet to test them in the water but i can feel how much of a diffence they make specially with the advice from Kitehard as well. When your not using them they sit out of the way ontop of the straps.

Highly recomend them.

Does the water wear out the edges of your board??





of course not ,but if you check out a board after it is a couple of seasons old you can easily see dammage caused by sand and rocks on your healside edge.
i`m just saying if you have 2 healsides your board will wear evenly!