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From the beginning Hala Gear set out to make the highest-performing inflatable SUPs on the market. We think one of the most important SUP performance characteristics is Rocker profile, and each of our four profiles is unique to the design shape (and intended use) of the paddleboard.
Hala Gear features a range of nose and tail rocker options to enhance your adventure wherever you paddle. We've finessed combinations of nose and tail rocker to help you put your center of balance where it needs to be to find the perfect mixture of speed and maneuverability on any water!
Hala's Progressive Rocker is designed to be playful in the waves and snappy along the flatwater sections of river. The nose rocker is punchy, the middle of the SUP is reasonably flat, and tail rocker gives you quick directional control. This paddleboard strikes the perfect balance between the sportiness of River Rocker and the speed of Glide Rocker.
Just Fly Sports: There has been plenty of speculation as to why athletes with externally rotated feet seem to be so fast, things such as getting to the big toe faster, or better glute activation, or a combination of the two. I notice lots of the very good jumpers in your videos have this foot configuration. What are your thoughts on why this condition is present in explosive athletes? Can an athlete have this and still have a good ankle rocker at all?
Just Fly Sports: Many coaches say that vertical jumping is more of a quadriceps oriented activity, while sprinting is more glutes and hamstrings. What is your take on the muscle contribution and engagement in these two activities?
Just Fly Sports: How important is a proper ankle rocker for sprint ability vs. jump ability? Do athletes who are better at jumping vs. sprinting (such as track and field jumpers) favor more of a heavy toe-rocker in your experience?
Chris: I think it gets down to how effective is an athlete to get his center of mass over his plant leg with minimal lateral movement. An externally rotated athlete can roll through the foot without his hips swaying to the side, he will go fast. The most efficient way to move, whether run or jump is for the ankle to rock through its full range of motion through the forefoot rocker while balanced on a stable tripod of the foot.
Chris: We do a series of jumps that I mention in my freelapusa.com article. We start with just an ankle jump. Athlete has hands on hips and bends at the ankle and jumps. The next set we will add some hip and allow the hip to bend slightly. Both of these exercises will go down and hold for a 2 count and explode up. On the third set the athlete will do a counter-movement jump. They will go down as fast as possible and reverse the movement and jump.
Chris Korfist has been coaching track for 22 years in Illinois. He has coached at Hinsdale Central, Downers Grove North and York HS, producing 59 All-state track athletes, 3 individual state champions, 2 team state champions, 3 second place team finishes, and 2 3rd place finishes. He owns the Slow Guy Speed School which is a gym that focuses on running and athletic development from which other All-state athletes have trained. He used to run the Inno-sport website and wannagetfast.com with Dan Fichter. He also had the opportunity to work occasionally with some Olympic sprinters and other professional athletes.
The Ethos is a Women's specific snowboard for riders who want to learn, grow, and reach the next level. The shape is built around Arbor's System Rocker design to provide an incredibly forgiving, easy to control, catch-free experience. Expect amazing value and the ideal platform for perfecting your turns and building confidence on the groomers, in deeper snow, at speed, in the park, steeps, or even the trees.
Grip Tech creates added heel and toe contact points that dramatically improve edge control on snow and ice. The design creates a more ergonomic and direct connection to the snow for substantially improved handling and response time. The Added contact points make it possible for Arbor to offer Rocker designs that hold an amazing edge and Camber designs that provide cleaner edge performance.
We use a unique shaping technique that replaces the single radius arc found in traditional camber or rocker with a more advanced parabolic profile. The design blends five separate radii together to create a parabolic arc which gradually reduces the amount of rocker or camber toward the tip and tail. In our System Rocker shapes the design lowers the leading edge to improve edge hold. In our System Camber shapes the design makes the leading edge less aggressive for smoother performance. The blended five radii design also drastically improves our ability to tune each shape in our line for ability level, target terrain and riding style.
The edge control created by Arbor's System platform allows us to add Fenders that slightly lift a board's leading edge off the snow. This dramatically improves turning, spins, float and tracking on cambered snowboards.
Unlike "early rise" or "rockered" nose/tail transition zone, Arbor's Fenders create smoother performance without shortening the camber section of the board. As a result, you get a clean ride without any loss of the pop or performance that comes from full-length camber. Today, we use Fenders on the majority of our System Camber designs.
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Do note that the Kickr Bike is not officially supported on the Saris MP1 by Saris, but it (just) fits fine. I have mine strapped down to the platform using included hardware in the Saris MP1. One strap over each rear leg and two over the front support arm (instead of using the riser block attachment). All the needed straps were included with the Saris MP1.
It is quite a big piece of kit, so make sure you have the space for it. It will render the Kickr Bike essentially unmovable (without a fair amount of effort), so you need a dedicated space for your trainer set up. It will also increases the overall height of your set up, in case you have limited headroom.
I was looking at the Saris, but apparently everyone else was too, and they are unavailable except at places that charge $400 for shipping or twice list price. Next best options appear to be the Realplate React or the Velocity Rocker.
I too ride indoors more than I expected too. I have a NEOBIKE which has no movement at all. I use it with a turborock rocker plate with sideways and backwards and forwards movement. It makes a huge difference to confort and not just to my butt, but lower back. I suspect using it helps my core and arms a little too.
Focusing on core work plus lateral and single leg moves via exercises such as single leg squats, lunges, bridges, side lunges and some of the balance drills in the various videos may help you. Cyclists and runners move in one direction versus some other sports where there is more side to side movement. That unidirectional movement is even more pronounced on a stationary trainer so doing these exercises can add strength that may help with longer trainer rides.
The KOM rocker plate is the perfect accessory to extend your indoor ride time whether you are dropping watts on Zwift, Trainer Road, or Wahoo SUF. With horizontal movement it decreases static pressure to your joints, creating a more comfortable...
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I do regular core strength exercises, but I have lost a lot of core strength this year during multiple surgery recoveries, and hoping a rocker plate would also help with that. As convenient and efficient as an indoor trainer is, some key skills are lost such as not having to balance and work my core, as well as pay attention all the time to avoid death by motor vehicle.
@CraigM Have you tried mountain biking or gravel? My strategy has been to stay away from the roads. I do my long rides outside which reduces those long sessions on the trainer. I am an all weather rider so will ride unless we have deep snow in which case I switch to Nordic ski.
Well this has been really helpful! It seems that there are several folks who have tried rocker plates and liked them, and nobody who has had a bad enough experience (or given the cost, even a so-so experience) that they would post about it. That says a lot.
I was struggling with saddle sores after 12+hr weeks on the trainer and needed a rocker which would not take up much room since my trainer is permanently parked in the family living room. This was the ticket for me. Just another one to add to the list.
The E-FLEX Plus for Wahoo smart trainers is better than any rockerplate. It has a much smaller footprint, is the only motion platform that allows the rider to totally control the rocking motion (eliminating wobbly & unpredictable action of...
When I upgraded from a Kinetic Rock & Roll fluid trainer to a Kickr core a couple of years ago I had the same issue and wound up building my own rocker plate using a sheet of 3/4" plywood and a hardware kit from Rockr Indoor training (
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