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About the hip-harness. It costs nothing and the patent is there just to stop industry stealing it. So images of converted old harnesses on our old website does make me loose any sleep. All you need is a little rope and the longest harness lines you can find. Your old board and rig really improves. And remember, seat harnesses are really bad. The hook is actually still to high. It should point exactly to Trochanter Major. Google it and good luck.
A bit more info? Maybe it has already been posted but I cannot find it. What do you mean by it costs nothing and you just need a little rope?
Well, rope is the only cost if you have a waist harness already that widens to you hip.
great, but maybe you can explain how it works? And how a regular harness can be modified? I can only find the pdf of the untranslated patent on your web site ...
>> maybe you can explain how it works?I cannot add images but her goes:
Yes, punch two holes lower back of a convex traditional waist harness , 4-5 fingers apart and two holes on the powerbelt. Use a downhaul rope through the holes in a figure of 8, with a knot or som ducktape between your legs. Rope is best because you actually do not want flexibility, believe it or not. You can punch another four holes to connect your hook to the powerbelt. The idiots designing harnesses still haven't figured this out yet and are selling you broad kiting hooks. Stay far away from those, use traditional skinny hooks, so you can bend over :) I even cut away fabrics on the lower sides to give my legs more freedom. If you are 175cm, use 34" lines. Above, use 26" etc...
Benefits:
The hipharness directs power directly to your upper femur (Trochanter Mayor) so load is not transferred down through your back into your legs. You are a truss system where you know save a joint by removing a beam and reducing two joint in this system to one. So power is transferred directly to your board and the board feels wider and more effective energy transfer from your rig. This is an advantage for shorter sailors. (I actuall dont give shXX about you longer guys).
Your hip is the hardest part of your body. Using a convex harness that only goes around your body, a line through Trochanter major, makes the harness kind of disappear. More free.
Lots of other stuff: hooked in while over white water, higher jumps, helth benefits etc etc. Fun fact here is that kiropractors and such are the last to understand its benefits. ;)
This took me longer to write than a convertion takes for you. So I expect that everyone reading this will have go. Remember do not let it slip over Trochanter major so tighten the ropes between your legs. And please refrain from inventing lots of arguments until you tries it.
