hello
ive just started jumping, sometimes up and away,sometimes downwind and explode on the water 100miles an hour. Anyway im sure thats an edging problem just before take off.
I need help sticking to the board. sometimes a great jump is ruined by a foot coming out and i have to just wait to stack on what should have been a clean land.
toying with the idea of bindings but hear that blowing out your knee is common landing out of control with board on.
been told my straps are too loose but i need to grab the handle to reef board onto feet,maybe this means my straps are too tight.
one last thing do you roll your toes up to hang on or crunch them down into like a fist into the pad
All advice is good advice
Help!!!

Get some heel straps they work well. and your feet come out if you have a big crash.Liquid Force make them there around $20 well worth it.

Hi dan
I had the same problem on my old board even after i spent $70 on new straps .
IMO I think that it has more to do with the pads and angle of ones foot on the board than the straps. I was riding a Naish TTpro and the pads are flat, hard and $hit .But after some playing in the shed I solved the problem and in the process probably invented the best strap around.
I found that the material in the straps does not have enough elasticity so my feet kept coming out .
So i inserted two small pieces of foam/rubber under the neoprene on either side of each strap which conpresses when i insert my foot .You could stick the foam to the existing foam with (Selly kwik grip contact adhesive ) but i have not done this get . work amasingly well and is still posible to kick your board off if the $hit hits the fan. And cost about $2
send me an email if you want more info .

hey jags just missed your post because i was typing
thats an ace idea. im thinking something like wetsuit material
ill call that plan b if the looser straps doesnt work.
thanks

Hi Dan
Wet suit material wont work you need and closed cell foam ,i think that is want it is called , that compresses (is spongy )the foam i used i got from Clack rubber in Perth it is blue and is 13mm thick but will compress to about 3mm which gives you the support .The pieces where about 5cm across by 3cm .the material is similar to what they line the inside of wakeboard boots with but thicker and a little softer .

Think yoga mat material and you will be on the right track if that make any sense.

the difference between good strap adjustment and bad is usually about 3/4 cm and 17 mins and playing around with it as if your ankles depended on it.
don't worry about cockamamy foam stuff, learn to spend quite a few runs concentrating on adjusting your straps concentrating on width(board) and height (strap) adjustment.
formula 1 drivers don't make their race car seats fit by stuffing pillows around their body.

sorry jags i was just adding my two cents worth.
i was just drinking beer, adding a reply and a (i thought) funny comparison came into my perverted mind.
i have snapped bones in both my feet over the last couple of decades by forgetting to adjust my straps properly.
anyway black and white print is so impersonal, sometimes real compassion is lost. (or my one typing finger is getting tired).
so....spend time to adjust your straps properly. it takes time and a screwdriver.

Fo,

what type of pencil did you use. Your eyeliner??? BTW, you got another OTC (on topic credit). Well done. I see you are improving.

Rock on MOD

Moritz