Looking at sliding a wingfoil harness hook onto my North waist leash to help save arms when going upwind, something like 'the nug' from Ride Engine or a Mystic wingfoil hook. Does anyone have experience with doing this and if so, does it pull the leash up too much bc of the upward pressure from the wing?
Could always use my kiting harness but its a bit bulky or buy a weightlifting harness etc, just trying to avoid spending $$ on a new piece of equipment.
Why not just try the harness you already have and see if you like it? I started with a windsurfing harness I had. then bought a wing harness. Now I put a hook on a pfd vest I wear. It's just an experiment.
I started that way with a homemade hook. It worked fine. My mate did the same thing and is still using his.
I made a wing waist harness based on the Dakine Solo. It was better and very comfortable.
I've sort of given up on the harness. It's only really necessary if you're doing long upwind runs. There's no need for a harness for general riding about where every gybe or wave ... or fall ... gives you time to rests. The harness loop can get in the way, particularly during tacks.
The real reason is I got catapulted into the wing a couple of times. The impact was unpleasant and it introduced a whole new level of ways to destroy a wing.
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Looking at sliding a wingfoil harness hook onto my North waist leash to help save arms when going upwind, something like 'the nug' from Ride Engine or a Mystic wingfoil hook. Does anyone have experience with doing this and if so, does it pull the leash up too much bc of the upward pressure from the wing?
Could always use my kiting harness but its a bit bulky or buy a weightlifting harness etc, just trying to avoid spending $$ on a new piece of equipment.
I've done this with the Ride Engine nug - works fine.
The ride engine nug is good for wider harness straps. I've broken one using it with big wings in heavy wind so now I always make sure to have a spare in my truck.
I occasionally slide a hook onto an AXIS waist leash, it rides up a bit then stabilises. One hook slides on, just about, another has too small a hole.
www.etsy.com/au/listing/4314135140/harness-hook-for-ozone-stash-and-other?ref=shop_home_active_2&logging_key=a6ec776f34c9527feacfc9ee17bb84b81814f899%3A4314135140
Sheps makes a good one.
