I am looking at traction pads for my board, what do you use and why?
I find most pads hilariously expensive, are they worth it? Where do you buy from in europe (don’t want to wait two months for chinese shipping)
Do you like the tail kick traction pads? Could give some added grip compared to simple flat ones but would like to hear from the surfers what they think. Might also help with consistent positioning of rear foot…
I bought a regular black diamond traction pad off eBay from a seller that had a warehouse in the US. It was cheaper than AliExpress and it took only a week to arrive! If you are in the US, that’s the way to go! Otherwise you can check out seadek: https://www.seadek.com/retail-items/sheet-material.html . This is a more high end/high quality solution but the prices are still reasonable in my opinion.
I don’t know. with efoiling you have loads of time to place you foot and also aren’t turning nearly as hard. I also fine my stance is very different on different boards, evem foil boards. Behind the boat on the wake my feet are in line with one another. On the efoil they have a very different stance.
Cork works decent from what I’ve seen on surfboards. If you wax it it’ll get real slippery, so never wax it is what one guy told me.
I see these on instagram foil boards. https://www.ovhdsurf.com/product-page
The hexagons. The reviews I hear say when you’re pressing down they’re sticky, but when you are just sliding your foot over them standing up or changing foot position they slide easily.
Then there’s Viskus. It looks like it replicates a good wax job. I’m not sure how it doesn’t just rip off your skin instantly. But maybe it’s way softer than I’m imagining.