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Wind-NC.com
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 980 Location: Formerly Cape Hatteras, now Burlington, VT!
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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While we're talking about it- 29 year old Ross Williams just won the Austria PWA Slalom event. What is the world coming to when some punk kid can beat the old guard heroes of our sport around the race course... using a WAIST HARNESS, nonetheless?!?!
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dsz
Joined: 31 Aug 1993 Posts: 193
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:52 am Post subject: |
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I tried a waist harness and it hurt my back when I windsurf so I have always worn a seat Dakine XTC type. When I started kiting I naturaly used a seat then a couple years later tried a waist and have never looked back. But when I sail, I still use a seat though. The pull must be different between the two sports. |
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Barnett
Joined: 11 Jul 2000 Posts: 116
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 11:26 am Post subject: |
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I found that when I had back problems, the worst thing I could do is drive. That was before I discovered empirically the use of my waist harness when driving (without the hook of course!). Wearing it cinched tight in the car would allow me to drive from Northampton to W Dennis and jump straight on the water after 3 hrs on the road without flinching....plus saves a minute of rigging time, during which (given where we live) the wind could die! |
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Barnett wrote: | I found that when I had back problems, the worst thing I could do is drive. |
That's yet another indication of the wide disparity in backs, rendering much harness advice moot. When my back went "out" (i.e., into spasms lasting days) and I couldn't walk upright (confirming the suspicions of many here) due to excruciating pain, nothing switched the pain off instantly and totally like getting into a driver's seat. I can only guess that that was (I say "was" because my back's cured now) because seats were designed for exactly my height. Whether the drive was from Hood River to the Hatchery or 1,000 miles, my back was in heaven in that position.
Whether it's harnesses, back problems, board selection, fins, sails, girls, or pizza, there's nothing like experimentation.
Mike \m/ |
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force5
Joined: 17 Apr 2008 Posts: 28
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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tom9167
Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 24
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:50 am Post subject: |
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how about the newest Dakine Sonic - combination waist and hi back seat harness w/o leg straps.
Anyone try these? |
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jp5
Joined: 19 May 1998 Posts: 3394 Location: OnUr6
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:04 am Post subject: |
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I like the way a seat harness with leg straps makes me feel down there...kinda like climbing the rope in gym class. |
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michelesmarty45
Joined: 15 Aug 2016 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:07 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | I also prefer a seat harness. My back is often sore after windsurfing but the thing that has given me the most relief is an inversion table. One to two minutes upside down decompresses the vertebrae and takes me from walking like Groucho Marks to upright and comfortable. I use a Teeter EP-550.
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Is it true that inversion table helps in pain relief? |
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techno900
Joined: 28 Mar 2001 Posts: 4161
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:01 am Post subject: |
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only if you stay inverted long enough to die. |
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dwr888
Joined: 24 Apr 2000 Posts: 17
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:59 am Post subject: |
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about 5 years ago I bought a pair of Kiteboarding Shorts w/ the harness built into them.
Although it seems that they would perform the same as a seat harness .. i have found it TOTALLY different. Massive control difference and big improvement on a harness. A good number that I have given the opportunity to or have suggested this seem to agree .. even my wife!
Might be worth honorable mention.
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