Foot hooks

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warwickl
warwickl
NSW
2360 posts
NSW, 2360 posts
19 Feb 2017 5:07pm
I would like to make a foot hook for kite foiling and my board has only single holes in line.

Any ideas how to make a simple hook so I can test if it will work for me?
DukeSilver
DukeSilver
WA
427 posts
WA, 427 posts
19 Feb 2017 6:58pm
warwickl said..
I would like to make a foot hook for kite foiling and my board has only single holes in line.

Any ideas how to make a simple hook so I can test if it will work for me?


I'm pretty sure that Plummet made one from a nylon chopping board cut to shape and then heated and bent into the required angle.
wombles
wombles
QLD
44 posts
QLD, 44 posts
19 Feb 2017 10:40pm
You can make one from a yoga block. Cheap, easy to make and work with. Met some peps who had them on their surfboards. Dont know if that will serve your purpose on your kite foil?
Plummet
Plummet
4862 posts
4862 posts
20 Feb 2017 12:05am

Steal a chopping board from the kitchen
cut with drop saw or jigsaw
sand edges
drill mounting holes
put in vice.
Heat with heat gun.
bend into shape
cut up an old wet suit to make it comfortable
install. job done.


castill0jf
castill0jf
VIC
563 posts
VIC, 563 posts
20 Feb 2017 4:49am
wombles said..
You can make one from a yoga block. Cheap, easy to make and work with. Met some peps who had them on their surfboards. Dont know if that will serve your purpose on your kite foil?


could be possible to find out the type glue they used?
wombles
wombles
QLD
44 posts
QLD, 44 posts
20 Feb 2017 5:37pm
No glue. Two holes were drilled into foam block to pick up foot strap holes in board. Then step drilled from top to fit washer size. Block / foot hook was then just screwed to board.
Kamikuza
Kamikuza
QLD
6493 posts
QLD, 6493 posts
20 Feb 2017 7:42pm
Pretty sure I remember reading on here there guy who made the Predator hooks still had some, even very recently...
kiteboy dave
kiteboy dave
QLD
6525 posts
QLD, 6525 posts
20 Feb 2017 9:33pm
Slingshot just came out with some too, might work out cheaper than NSI
www.slingshotsports.com/Foot-Hooks


kkiter
kkiter
NSW
452 posts
NSW, 452 posts
21 Feb 2017 7:59am
Kamikuza said..
Pretty sure I remember reading on here there guy who made the Predator hooks still had some, even very recently...


Predators are the go. From memory it was Strapped selling them.
ajs18s
ajs18s
QLD
60 posts
QLD, 60 posts
21 Feb 2017 7:12am
Skateboard shops.
strapped
strapped
NSW
171 posts
NSW, 171 posts
21 Feb 2017 11:50am
Still got a few left, PM me if you want some. Years ago I offered this to both the above companies and they weren't interested, strapless was the future I was told, yet lots of the words in their blurb were in my proposal. Both those products look like the prototype I made about 12 yrs ago. Both have built in the same flaws into their design as I did. The new ones I have made delete the problem of tearing inserts out, much more streamlined just need $$$ and time to make another go of it.
kkiter
kkiter
NSW
452 posts
NSW, 452 posts
28 Feb 2017 8:21pm
Predators from Strapped are the best. Far superior to the foot/sky hook ccopies.
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