Hi all,
Please help to figure out a problem.
I am 186cm tall and I wear 32/34 -jeans. (meaning I am on a tall side)
Weight 80kg.
I ride foils for over a year now and feel very comfortable with the foil I ride.
I had it connected to a surfboard before and rode it strapless and kind of got used to a nice relaxed stance which is about 45-50 cm distance between legs.
I have a really big problem with straps position on one of my new boards.
The smallest distance I can get on the board between back and front straps is about 60 cm.
This distance makes me VERY uncomfortable and tired very quickly. The board is also very unstable and hard to ride.
As soon as I move my foot out of the front strap and put it behind the front straps, things magically change. I am relaxed and the board rides beautifully. The comfortable distance for me between back and front strap seem to be abut 45cm.
Questions:
1. What is your distance between straps that you find comfortable?
2. What does the increase in distance between straps do ? (I am being told that this large distance was intentional design and it meant to make the board more stable!! ). I find the opposite to be true..
3. Is my stance totally screwed up and nobody should ride the way I feel comfortable?
4. Is there a hidden benefit which I don't understand yet, for such wide stance and I better get used to this wide stance if I want to progress with hydro-foiling?
Any other comments ideas in relation to where straps should be and for what purpose are welcome.
Thank you all for help.
-D.