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How wide is your stance?:-)

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Created by Johndesu > 9 months ago, 1 Jan 2022
Johndesu
NSW, 549 posts
1 Jan 2022 10:57PM
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Just wondering about the width of every ones stance when actually up on foil, mine varies around the 26" / 66cm mark (from rear foot over mast up to the end of front foot?:-)

Fishdude
283 posts
3 Jan 2022 12:12AM
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Johndesu said..
Just wondering about the width of every ones stance when actually up on foil, mine varies around the 26" / 66cm mark (from rear foot over mast up to the end of front foot?:-)

I suspect it changes, if surfing a wider stance may feel better but cursing on flatter water, narrow stance is more relaxed and just plane ol feels right to me. Maybe it's just a personal preference thing.

I just started using a friends 6' 6" Starboard wingboard who's straps mounting point are about 24" center to center. I'm no where near that wide with my stance while on the lake. I'm 6'4" (192cm) tall and I'm standing 19" (48cm) apart center to center.

I haven't checked but I think my stance is a little wider with shorter fuselage or a smaller stabilizer.

My stance is probably in that 24" range when I'm on my 5' 1" board, partly because I use the straps on that board and that's the placement. But mostly because for me slogging that short of a board, I need every thing I got too manage keeping that board level. Once up I feel little wider than I need to be for just carving up flat water. (It seem the wider I stand to more energy it takes) But I'm a older guy with lower skills who just likes cursing and carving especially in the winter time when the water's cold.

mcrt
611 posts
3 Jan 2022 6:28AM
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I am riding with feet around 60cm/24in apart.
176cm tall , 5.2ft Naish+Kujira 1210

Johndesu
NSW, 549 posts
3 Jan 2022 11:58AM
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Fishdude said..

Johndesu said..
Just wondering about the width of every ones stance when actually up on foil, mine varies around the 26" / 66cm mark (from rear foot over mast up to the end of front foot?:-)


I suspect it changes, if surfing a wider stance may feel better but cursing on flatter water, narrow stance is more relaxed and just plane ol feels right to me. Maybe it's just a personal preference thing.

I just started using a friends 6' 6" Starboard wingboard who's straps mounting point are about 24" center to center. I'm no where near that wide with my stance while on the lake. I'm 6'4" (192cm) tall and I'm standing 19" (48cm) apart center to center.

I haven't checked but I think my stance is a little wider with shorter fuselage or a smaller stabilizer.

My stance is probably in that 24" range when I'm on my 5' 1" board, partly because I use the straps on that board and that's the placement. But mostly because for me slogging that short of a board, I need every thing I got too manage keeping that board level. Once up I feel little wider than I need to be for just carving up flat water. (It seem the wider I stand to more energy it takes) But I'm a older guy with lower skills who just likes cursing and carving especially in the winter time when the water's cold.


Yes thanks guys my stance is exactly 24" center to center (just measured it) that is on my Naish 95L 5.7 wing sup - supping with a bit of extra raised deck pads/padding screwed into the foot strap mount/holes (sort of like a bit of a hook maybe) & a bit wider on my 127L 6.2 foil sup:-)

tomooh
275 posts
3 Jan 2022 4:23PM
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I am standing about 750 apart with the front foot going past the front of the deck grip on my naish hover 140 with a foil drive battery behind the back of the pad.



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