Directional foot pad setup/riding on twintiip?

[Futahaguro]

So I would rather be testing out my question than typing it up but alas, I cannot at the moment:)

So I am a long, long time snowboarder and I have a directional binding setup, 18/10. I finally got a TT board and will try to get out some time but why does no one ride with a directional setup on a TT board? It almost looks like the bindings are built in such a way that it doesn't even work? I understand how riding a snowboard without a solid connection in the bindings would be impossible because of the pressure required on the edges but I can do it just fine on a wakeboard. So much so that I cannot ride fakie, on a wakeboard or a snowboard (unless my life depends on it). I know they sell boot bindings for kiteboards but I have heard about knee problems with those because of the pressure when you stuff the nose of your board when you wipe out, and I am a beginner in the water so it probably isn't a good idea. I also like the idea of ditching my board if necessary.

So anyway, do people like to carve toeside and does it work well? Do you ride for any extended period of time toeside?

Thanks.

[Matt V]

I started out duck stance snowboarding with the specific intention to snow kite. I also windsurfed which is better than being "beaten by a nun to get you to use your right hand to write with", for not caring about goofy/regular (port or starboard tack).

My suggestion to you would be just skip the TT and go straight to a directional.

Also, I would like to point out that you have been riding a directional snowboard. So a directional surfboard would be the logical step for you.

And, Just because the "strap bindings" on a TT kite board are set at a single angle, your foot is not. Rather when your left foot is forward, you will naturally angle it more when you sit back over your right foot which will be almost straight (more perpendicular to the board).

Strap/pads do not really lock you into a foot position like wake board bindings. So set your TT up duck stance, and glance down at your feet while riding. You will have more of an angle on your front foot than your back regardless of port or starboard tacks.

And lastly, while snowboarding, you weight the front foot save super deep powder. Snowkiting and TT water kiting has you weighting the back foot. Hard to compare binding setup when the physics are different. If you have been snowkiting with an alpine snowboard setup, then you actually have had the angle the opposite all along. In snowboarding, the weighted foot was turned out. In snowkiting, the weighted foot was perpendicular. You have been doing this all along and are already familiar with the extreme's. Now you just have to deal with the middle.

[Futahaguro]

Thanks for the post. I ended up getting a used Slingshot Glide 149x46 which I will set up with as little duck at first just to see what it is like. So it sounds like it is more like riding in deep powder, weight in the back so you don't stuff the nose.