Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA197562392; Thu, 27 May 1999 23:19:52 -0700 Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: from zonker.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA039962386; Thu, 27 May 1999 23:19:46 -0700 Received: (from poulton@localhost) by zonker.hpl.hp.com (8.8.6/8.7.1) id XAA01952 for wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis; Thu, 27 May 1999 23:19:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 23:19:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <199905280619.XAA01952@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: releasable foot straps? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> I've heard of several people breaking their ankles while in the footstraps.
Been there, done that. I don't much recommend it...
> How does this happen?
> getting stuck on a shaky jump landing?
Mine was exactly that - a slightly off-balance jump landing in which I
landed and then fell over sideways towards the tail of the board. It
wasn't so much that my feet would not come out as that I had gotten lazy
about yanking them out as I fell.
The other footstrap injury I know of was Larry Dini racing, going fast
way off the wind and sticking the nose into some chop and the board
railed over to leeward. He was off the water for some months with
a sprain.
> I have been keeping the straps
> tightened so that my foot goes it to about an inch above the top of the toes.
> My foot stays in on most landings and doesn't slip through. How tight/loose
> should the straps be?
I think they should not let the ball of your foot pass the center of the
footstrap.
But more importantly is that once you know you're going swimming, yank
your feet out! 999 times out of a 1000, it will happen by itself.
But that other time makes for a hard time getting home.
Ken Poulton
poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
"Windsurfing is like comedy: timing is everything."
-- Ken Poulton
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