Hi Matt, excellent solution! I already managed to twist my ankle badly during a flaka attempt (resulting in being a few months out of the game) so I definitely see the benefits of such safety system :) I'm sure you are already thinking about this: pre-installing your system in the board so it would be flush with the deck of the board?

@AustinActive

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Part of my design criteria was to keep the stack height above the board as short as possible. I didn’t want to be able to feel it with my bare feet. It took 5 prototypes to get there, but I can't tell it's there and I have an 8.5 foot. An unexpected bonus was for large feet. Some of my customers have a hard time with large feet in booties where the strap is too small, even at the max adjustment of the strap. The extra height above the board gives them more room to work with. The "in board" function would be cool, but I don't see myself making boards. Don't have that skill set 😁

Hey Matt what an interesting idea, can't believe you figured out how to engineer that! I haven't had a problem with my footstraps yet but in pushing my foiling to ever faster speeds - I have had some of the most violent "catapaults" of my life. The worst part is when my harness lines finally arrest my "flight" and my neck gets viciously whiplashed! ...it has made me think about break- away harness lines to save my neck. Could you adapt this technology for harness lines???

@AustinActive

Жыл бұрын

Hey fleet, thanks. I design mechanical systems and machine for a living, so I make things for my own needs and put them on line for sale. I think someone already makes a harness hook just for that situation. Probably search Seabreeze windfoil forum to find it. My break away foot straps have saved me several times that could have been bad. I was at max speed a couple days ago and hit a submerged anchor buoy line that hooked the lower wing and slammed me down hard. Luckily only my knee hit something (boom, mast, board,? IDK). Foot straps popped loose as designed 😅

Where do we look up the cost?

@AustinActive

Жыл бұрын

The web site address is Bartlettcomponents.com