Strapped white water Sup

[fredi]

Does anyone has already tried white water Sup with straps? I think that it could really help.

[CLTSUP]

Howdy Fredi- feet in straps and shooting rapids = bad idea.

Kinda the same scenario as an underwater foot entrapment,except you're doing it by your own will. A rough wipe out in class 2 or higher could lead to entrapment, and or ankle / foot torquing. resulting in a variety of orthopedic mishaps.

There was an attempt on a roto-molded whitewater SUP (can't remember the brand) called a boof buddy, kept your foot from sliding forward taking drop and boofing rocks, yet the sides and back of the retainer  (C shaped)was open to easily free your foot when you fall. Cause your going to fall.

My 2 cents YMMV

[2Rivers]

Does anyone has already tried white water Sup with straps?

Howdy Fredi- feet in straps and shooting rapids = bad idea.

There was an attempt on a roto-molded whitewater SUP (can't remember the brand) called a boof buddy, kept your foot from sliding forward taking drop and boofing rocks, yet the sides and back of the retainer  (C shaped)was open to easily free your foot when you fall. Cause your going to fall.

Corran Addison is the brainchild of the foot hooks (Boof Buddy) for WSUPing. I have his 1st generation Soul Firestorm plastic WSUP that has a front foot hook. The 2nd and now 3rd generation models have front and back foot hooks for added performance. Soul also has a newer model with hooks called the B-Smack.

Riot (formally Corran) also makes a plastic WSUP called the Streetfighter that has a front foot hook as well.

I'm currently not using the hook because I'm not at that level yet. Like stated - straps and rapids = bad idea, but hooks make it much safe

[fredi]

Yes I was thinking about security as well. But I though that since kayakers are much more slotted to their boats than us (they have the whole legs inside), maybe we can take that risk: removing a foot from a strap is easier than removing his legs from inside a kayak.

I cannot figure what hooks are. Do you have a picture?

[supuk]

This is the hook on my firestorm , the method of fixing is shocking and it pops off very easily the hole thing is pritty disapointing with a lack of thought and poorly made and glad I didn't pay much for it!

[fredi]

Thanks for the photo Supuk. This hook is interesting.
But I wouldn't have placed the hook (or strap) in the center of the board.
I would have put one on the left at 1 foot ahead of the center of the board, and the other one on the right 1 foot behind the center of the board (for a regular stance, for goofy invert left and right), to allow having a nice "kunfu" stance.
The hook on the photo seems made for a surfing stance, which perform very bad in white-water (except river wave surfing).

To illustrate the "kunfu" stance: