Kitesurfing school vietnam – The harness
In our learning at Kitesurfing school vietnam – The harness is an important factor which can make our lessons more or less comfortable
Your harness can provide you support and reduce muscle fatigue, allowing longer and safer kite sessions.
Choosing a good harness will make your time in the water will be more productive and help you improving your kite session
Strapping yourself to the wrong harness will bring you pain and misery.
When choosing your harness, you need to pay close attention to the different types and sizes. You should find a comfortable harness that suits you and that supports your body well.
With your kitesurfing harness, your kiteboarding training and kite session will become a matter of balance rather than strength. The power of the kite is transferred through the harness into your body and this will allow you to easily offset its power.
That’s why the use of a comfortable harness that will fit your body and your riding style will allow the kiter to extend its kitesurfing session for a long time.
The two types of harness used for kiteboarding are: belt harness and pants.
Each of these harnesses has its ups and downs, let’s see a little more about each one.
The waist harness
The waist harness keeps your body around the waist and supports the lower back. It is a very simple harness; to put it on you, just tie it around your waist and tighten the spreader bar.
Advantages of the waist harness
Good amplitude of movement. This harness is not bulky and offers freedom of movement. More comfortable than some hips harnesses. The hip harnesses have straps that pass between the legs, if you are a guy, you know that this can be uncomfortable!
Disadvantages of the waist harness
The disadvantages of this type of kite harness:
They can get up on your torso, specially if you use a harness that is incorrectly adjusted. If you try to jump, as a result of pulling the kite up, the harness can slide upwards, this is uncomfortable, and the more the harness goes up, the further it is from the center of gravity in your body and this is exhausting.
If properly installed, the waist harness does not get up so much. Actually it will slide upon your torso if you are a beginner and you keep the kite in the upper part of the wind window, it that, the kite pulls up, allowing to your harness to get up to your armpits. That’s why most beginners prefer with hip harness.
The torso gets more work than with the hip harness. The waist harness puts pressure on the lower back. Some older kiters avoid this typ of harness because of this reason
The hip harness
This kitesurf harness reminds very much like a pair of shorts or a climbing harness. It has straps that pass between the legs and keeps the harness in place. It takes a little more adjustment to place it correctly, but that’s not a problem.
Advantages of the hip harness
The hip harness will not slide upwards. The straps of the legs prevent this harness from it. Good for beginners while learning. The harness does not slip and get up, which is much more comfortable.
The hip harness provides good leverage on the sail. For most people, this harness is positioned just at the center of gravity (hips or waist), which allows them to edge the board more easily and more aggressively than a waist harness.
The body rotates around its center of gravity (COG). For most people, their center of gravity is around the waist or hips. Because the hip harness is so close to the COG, it has no resistance when rotated. So for a rotating trick, a seat harness makes it a little easier! Comfort. Thanks that the hip harness tends to stay on place and do not slip are highly padded, these harnesses are very comfortable.
Disadvantages of the hip harness
They are voluminous. The hip harnesses are larger and bulkier than the waist harness counterparts. They do not look very stylish but are more ergonomic and comfortable.
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