bobbi o wrote:Ron,can you explain,why your constantly tweaking the de-power when not in a race situ?
Hi Bobbi,
That's not me in the video, its Lee 'Pasty' Harvey from Cornwall in England, who is sponsored by North (I assume).
http://www.leepasty.co.uk/blog.html
I'm only at the stage of learning to ride a raceboard. At some stage, I may make a depower rope that I can reach easily to adjust the trim occasionally, but I dont expect to ever try to learn to trim with one hand while steering with the other.
As I understand it, steering with one hand while sheeting with the other is normal for sailors, so Johnny Heineken and Adam Koch as ex sailors are well used to it. The advantage is that they can keep the best stance to hold the most power and speed. Without the trimming rope, a rider has to lean in a lot to depower, so loses leverage and power. It would also tend to unsettle the board a bit. It would be something that would have to be practiced a lot in training until it could be done without thinking.
Like this.