I think Gwen from Gwen and Damien on YouTube did a video on how to do so. Been a while since I saw it though.
yeah, its possible no worries.
If a low-volume wing board then you might need a few more knots just to get up and going. I have done it heaps but i kind of prefer my semi-sinker just for the fact it gets up so much easier and really not much difference when on foil.
If you are going to do it on a prone then just practice sanding on your board in the water when not moving the same way you might start if tow surfing. I did a vid on this a long time ago
Yes I used to a lot on my 39l prone board. But stopped since getting a 55l. The extra flotation helps a lot and still feels like a prone board once up being only 4"8 long.
Knee start a 32 L board on a pretty light wind day, light wind for such a kit at least. Just need some patience - wait for a gust and then go. 631 cm2 front wing, others were on 2100 cm2 foils, or with really huge wings.
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You can also knee start a prone board:
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Cool, What size wing and do you remember the wind speed?
Select to expand quoteTaavi said..
Knee start a 32 L board on a pretty light wind day, light wind for such a kit at least. Just need some patience - wait for a gust and then go. 631 cm2 front wing, others were on 2100 cm2 foils, or with really huge wings.
Thanks for the vid, What size wing and do you remember the wind speed?
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You can also knee start a prone board:
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I've done basically the same start on a 40L kite foil board. It's easy if there's enough wind.
There's a bit of tweaking to get the balance right so that the nose is sitting up when you start to move off. I do a modified stinkbug where I go from sitting to having the wing in flying position with one hand, and the other hand controlling the nose of the board.
There's a bit of tweaking to get the knee position right so you can angle the nose up enough to drive forward, not fall off the back, and not sink the nose. On my board I had my knees a fair way forward and to stand I had to put my front foot in front of the straps. Once up it was easy to ride in the straps and everything was as easy as a normal board.
The attraction of a short light board is that the connection to the board is so direct. You think "turn" and you've carved a gybe and out the other side before you know it.
I got skunked once when the wind was too light and there was a risk I could get stuck out too far. I sit sailed a fair way downwind and walked back.
