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hobbsla
Since 28 Jan 2006
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Thu Jan 25, 18 2:00 pm Skimboarding with a seat harness? |
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Does anybody kite skim with a seat harness? Last edited by hobbsla on Fri Jan 26, 18 5:39 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Matt V
Since 26 Oct 2014
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Summer- OR Coast, Winter - My van near good snow
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Thu Jan 25, 18 3:30 pm |
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When I used to kite skim, I only used a seat harness. I was just learning kick flips on a real strapless kitesurfboard at the time, but I really do not think the harness hurts you for general riding. Board grabs can be slightly to significantly harder with a seat harness, but that is based on the individual body type and the type of seat harness.
It should be of note that I rarely used a waist harness, even back in my windsurfing days. Most of my waist harness use was with a kitewing on snow. _________________ MSN has temporarily removed commenting on our websites while we explore better ways for you to engage in discussion on the issues you care about. |
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Slappysan
Since 13 Jun 2012
309 Posts
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Fri Jan 26, 18 11:18 am |
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I ride almost exclusively in Dakine Nitrious shorts and log a lot of sesions on my finless skim in shallow water in the summer. I do find the seat harness makes grabs hard, but I am really inflexible so they would be hard either way.
I really love my LF Solo kites for finless skim sessions because it wont backstall when you reef on the bar and when you are landing tricks finless you need to reef on it to keep from falling more often than not.
I ride a full carbon Exile skim (5.6 lbs with full deck pad) 51" x 21" so it can stick to my feet without grabs in 14 knots quite well. |
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
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Portland
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