Kush low as front footpad

Lemur

@lia I wanted to try the seat senors, but they looked a little wide, but I'll try them in the future.
Soldering isn't a problem, just do it quickly.
I have a XR footpad made with four 406 sensors and rode the last part of the year with no problems.
I have a Pint footpad made up with only two sensors and that worked great too.

Lia

@lemur My only issue with the seat sensor was the delay. Could only find them in China so took forever to show up.

Nice to hear the Pint can work with just 2, locally those 406's cost like £10+ each.

Lemur

@lia I got the 406s from Aliexpress @ approx $5 cdn each, but they also took long time to arrive.

NotSure

@lemur oh god i want this. i hate the stock pads with a fierce burning passion.

b0ardski

@notsure my passion may not be burning but after the cushy concave foot fatigue relief of fish bones under the rug I'll recreate it on Frankenboard.
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this pic was 2500 mi ago, it don't look that good any more but it's still working.

Lemur

@lemur
I installed the Kush low with fsr 406 sensors on my XR and tested it out on a long ride. It performed flawlessly, no false starts or ghosting.
It did take me a while to get used to the concave, it would be great if they can incorporate a "love hump" in the Kush pad. I think there is a company that made that style than OW.

b0ardski

@lemur said in Kush low as front footpad:

@lemur
I installed the Kush low with fsr 406 sensors on my XR and tested it out on a long ride. It performed flawlessly, no false starts or ghosting.
It did take me a while to get used to the concave, it would be great if they can incorporate a "love hump" in the Kush pad. I think there is a company that made that style than OW.

Did you make the toe hook?
landsurf platypus has the arch hump

Lemur

@b0ardski
Yes , I made that out of 1/4" abs and doubles as a float plate.
The toe hook really helps me on the heelside turns, I snowboarded for all my life and you really need to be locked in for the heelside carve, turn or slide.

NotSure

@lemur @b0ardski i have an old kush hi that i replaced with the airpad. could i use it to make one too?

Lemur

@notsure I went with the low because I wasn't sure if the sensors would conform to a deeper concave.
I think they might, I have a Kush Hi that I will try later.

NotSure

@lemur cool! the bottom isn't waffled like urs is. that concave front looks awesome tho!

edit: nevermind. i dunno i thought the lo was waffled for some reason.

b0ardski

@lemur said in Kush low as front footpad:

@b0ardski
Yes , I made that out of 1/4" abs and doubles as a float plate.
The toe hook really helps me on the heelside turns, I snowboarded for all my life and you really need to be locked in for the heelside carve, turn or slide.

thats why I made a toe hook and use a flightfin for the back foot.
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love the incorporated float plate
btw I had a Kemper bullet181 raceboard back in the day

Sirgu

Interesting project @Lemur
Eager on hearing from it how it goes in time being!

BTW ppl ... recently mr. Matt Hoover (from Land-Surf) have hinted numerous times in variety of FB groups recently that hes been working on FRONT PLATYPUS ;)

NotSure

@sirgu honestly its the sensor pad innovations that have me most interested. concave front foot pads sound really cool.

Sirgu

@notsure Understood.
As for myself .. aside the exitement on concaveness .. I do value the extra wideness that comes with Platypus. Although my feet are not that large (~10,5") dual platypus.jpg