Always amazed by the knowledge and help from this site- and specifically the guns like the sailors above. Certainly food for though there. Cheers for the info.
Akim, yeah mate, stoked with the Carve -bare in mind 80 percent ocean blasting / 20 flatwater gps stuff. It has proved, to the best of my meagre ability, it loves bay / ocean swell gybes and jumps, and has taken me above 33 knots on the lakes. I'm sure it has more in reserve- just the pilot ain't the best at flying it...
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Front foot first work on wave boards and slowish Freeride boards, but on fast slalom and speed boards when you come out fast and planning, it is hard to keep the board balanced and driving off the fin if you put you front foot in first. The reason is that the centre of resistance is still well back on the board so to sheet in, rake the rig back and keep driving the fin you need the centre of effort (foot pressure) further back.
Yep, on my freestyle board and wave board I am always front foot first, mostly because I am not focusing on driving off a fin to create lift and speed against a cammed sail. I had a look at my go pro footage from LG to see what I do on slalom/speed gear, and on port tack I do a mix of front/back foot first depending on the strength of the gust I am driving into, but on Starboard which is my fastest tack, I am entirely back foot first. Even on my BIG Bird (Falcon 113 - 69 wide Slalom board) when aggressively pumping onto the plane, once the board rides up onto the sweet spot I flick the back foot in first to push against the fin and maintain pressure, and then the front foot. Feels natural, so natural that I had to look at footage to see exactly what I do. That was an interesting exercise.
Great advice gents... thanks for taking the time to reply. I've got lots of different techniques to try. Hopefully it won't take me too long to nail it. Thanks again, Nigel
