In addition to the classic variant - The sail, mast and boom are tied together with the harness to form a compact package and the board is carried separately on the other side - we recently saw an interesting alternative from British waverider Ian Whitaker. The mast halves are pushed through the loops and clamp the fork to the board, the sail is carried separately. We tried it out and show you how to pack your stuff in the gallery above!
However, this variant only works with smaller boards where the front straps are relatively close together. This works very well for waveboards, freestylers and freemoveboards, but freeriders and freeracers will find it difficult. This is because the fork must be wider than the distance between the loops in order to be able to be clamped. In our example with a large freemoveboard, straps mounted on the outside and a relatively wide fork, this variant just about fitted.
You should also make sure that the fork and board don't rub against each other too much, especially on the nose, which can cause scratches depending on the combination. Forks with a swivelling front piece are ideal. The advantages of this variant: the stuff is packed up a little faster than usual and the sail is not squashed.
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Tobias Frauen
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