The mystery for jumping up curbs without bindings has been solved. Are you ready to fly?
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@michaelw said in The mystery for jumping up curbs without bindings has been solved. Are you ready to fly?:
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Why in the world was the board not designed like that! That’s a major game changer. Well done!
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@michaelw
WHAT?! Very cool. Are you preloading?
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@njacobs Preorder you mean? If so no not yet, but preorder will be soon enough... You will get an email with updates and inside release dates.
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@michaelw Did you test also with V1? - is it anyway possible, or is the sensor too far in the middle of the footpad?
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@polle Its possible, but your foot would only be on a small part of the sensor. When we get our convertible fender bracket maybe... We will see...
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Just finished the final prototype, Looks f%cking Beautiful!! You guys are gonna love it :-) Flying soon!!
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This looks fantastic - any other details you can let us in on? ETA? price?
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@sam Less than $100 is our goal. ETA is unknown. Hopefully by Christmas.
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You guys beat me to it. I have been in the process of designing this exact thing, after losing my footing too many times bouncing over tree roots. Mine was going to strap around the sides though, not requiring a fender. I love the name Flight Fins! Will be on the mailing list for sure.
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How are the wipeouts? It looks like you could still bail pretty easily if needed. Have you had any issues with your feet getting caught? I realize testing this would be a pain in the ass, as you'd need an unanticipated nose-dive or large obstacle to truly test it...
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@desperado We are doing fender and convertable version. I'm explain more later. Wipeouts are no more of a problem with Flight Fins... You never get caught. The Fins aren't even half way over your foot. Thats the beauty of it. Also, your feet tend to go to the outside of the baord when you take a dive so its much safer than having them on the outside as a more binding type locking in. Hope that helps!
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Also, you are only in the fins when you want to jump over something. The rest of the time they are out of the way and you can move your feet anyway you'd like.
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@michaelw Makes sense, that's what I was thinking. My idea of it was something that only really holds if you kind of grip it by pinching your feet toward each other, so if you need to bail you just jump off no problem. My day job is product design 3D modeling / analysis, would be happy to offer any help you might need in exchange for early access to product. Take my money!!!
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@michaelw I was inspired by the Lieftech board. It has bindings that you can easily step out of and I thought it should be possible to do something similar or even better with OW.
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@desperado I may contact you at some point. Thanks for the props and support.
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Final testing with the Fins over Thanksgiving! Just booked the airline flights... Very excited!!
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@michaelw
I'm pretty sure I'm more hyped for these than I was for the board itself.
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@flyingpapaya Dude! You and me both!! We are producing this product for people like you so thanks for the encouragement... Hope to get them to you soon :-)
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Couple things I notice in the video it looks like you have to keep your feed near or in the "fin grooves" near the center of the board but people like me like to go with a wider stance, would I be able to change stances at speed using this or would you have to get use to a narrow stance? Also will this will be backward compatible with the v1.
