Windsurfing harness

A trapezoid is a wide windsurfing harness system that is equipped at the front with a hook. It uses the trapezoidal windsurfing to relieve the muscles of the arms. To this end, the hook is hooked on the rope attached to the boom. Thus, a tensile force on the sail is applied to the body weight on the harness, the harness and the boom, which opposes the wind power. The boom is connected to the mast with a surfboard. By "hanging" on the boom, therefore, can be seen in the straps standing dosed give pressure on the mast foot and so the front part of the burden surfboard. This type of weight transfer through the use of a trapezoid allows the windsurfer better control over his surfboard and therefore higher sliding speeds.

The trapeze was invented in 1974 in Kailua, Hawaii. One of the first to recognize the advantages and used trapezoids, was the American Idol windsurfing Robby Naish.

Harnesses consist of various plastics. The most metal spreader bar is pulled taut with multiple straps on the trapeze, which is wrapped around the body. The harness hook usually has a quick release to the entire trapezoidal easier on and take it to.

Depending on the application and personal preferences of athletes seat harness, waist harness and chest harness is used, the latter are rare today. The keystone species differ in principle by the position of the hook to the body. The seat harness will be more likely used by the speed fanatics and waist harnesses from the tricksters amongst windsurfers.

Same Trapeze be used in the sports of kite surfing, kite-skiing, Kitesnowboarding and power kiting. Similar trapezoids are used in sailing dinghies and catamarans mainly by the bowman. However, these are known there as trapeze harness. The trapeze is sailing the rope.

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