Select to expand quotecammd said..
I know this goes against everyone's advice but I put my back foot in first, even before I am hooked in and planing. I have all my weight on my front foot, slip the back foot in the strap, hook into the harness then transfer my weight from my front foot onto the harness and bear away, the board takes off and you have all the time in the world to easily put you front foot in the strap without rounding up or getting catapulted.
You can get away with that when there is enough wind.
When the wind is light, its more efficient to use the front foot first method.
To do the back foot first method in really light wind, I had to put a lot of my weight onto the mastfoot through the harness/boom and keep the sail powered, so I could get my foot into the back strap with no weight on it and use it more as a hook than to put my weight on. Then to put my front foot in, I had to put most of my weight on the harness/boom and some of my weight on the back foot and get the front foot in quick.
In stronger wind you can keep almost all of your weight on the front foot and hook the rear foot in to prevent a catapult, then power up and lean on the harness/boom to get the front foot in.
So in really marginal light wind, I find its not just more efficient to put the front foot in first, its easier.
Select to expand quoteNotWal said..
^ Where's that?
Like joe windsurf says....... Pte Claire ( it's close to Montreal )
after the winter we've had, the ice must be 4 feet thick......
Select to expand quoteterminal said..cammd said..
I know this goes against everyone's advice but I put my back foot in first, even before I am hooked in and planing. I have all my weight on my front foot, slip the back foot in the strap, hook into the harness then transfer my weight from my front foot onto the harness and bear away, the board takes off and you have all the time in the world to easily put you front foot in the strap without rounding up or getting catapulted.
You can get away with that when there is enough wind.
When the wind is light, its more efficient to use the front foot first method.
To do the back foot first method in really light wind, I had to put a lot of my weight onto the mastfoot through the harness/boom and keep the sail powered, so I could get my foot into the back strap with no weight on it and use it more as a hook than to put my weight on. Then to put my front foot in, I had to put most of my weight on the harness/boom and some of my weight on the back foot and get the front foot in quick.
In stronger wind you can keep almost all of your weight on the front foot and hook the rear foot in to prevent a catapult, then power up and lean on the harness/boom to get the front foot in.
So in really marginal light wind, I find its not just more efficient to put the front foot in first, its easier.
^ +1....... the only time I'll put my back foot in first is when I'm really overpowered, to prevent catapult. Or, occasionally, when the wind gives up and I stop planning I'll get lazy and leave the back foot in hoping for a puff to pop the board up
Put simply, when you go for the straps and the board rounds upwind it's because mastfoot pressure has been reduced.
You have to fool the board into thinking you are not going for the straps, as soon as your board figures out you are going for the straps it's over.
Trick or fool the board by hanging off the boom with more weight and keep your feet and body movements quiet and sneaky and you can slip them in the straps without the board realizing what you've done.
When you are hanging off the boom the board can't detect what's going on. 
