C1 hip pads

[andrew549]

What do people use for hip pads in their C1 if they use them at all as mine are frequently snapping and so after some ideas.

[TheKrikkitWars]

Slice a cheap plastic chopping board into strips and bend them to 90 degrees with a heatgun... Then drill a hole bolt them to the seat-bolt/strap holes and glue foam on to fit.

It's alright if it protrudes over the top of the cockpit rim a bit, but make sure that you smoothe off any rough edges with a hot blade as not to wear on your spraydeck.

[andrew549]

I've been using chopping boards and have managed to snap two of them when emptying by boat so was looking for an alternative

[TheKrikkitWars]

You're paddling a Session right?

I'm not sure if the cockpit layout (and your saddle height) suits this, but my Gus is a similar era of LL boat and I've had success glueing foam directly to the flat, vertical surface next to the seat bolts (where the J-shaped piece of metal that holds the liquid logic backbands up is positioned when the boat is set up as a kayak) and then covering with a layer of duct-tape to prevent it being accidentally torn off.

The other option is to cut off the block at the back of the saddle, and replace it with a much larger c-shaped bit of foam of the same height, chamfered down from full height next to your body, to cockpit rimheight at the edges (a "Hip Hugger"); If you have big feet, or your hips/thighs are close tothe full width of the cockpit, then this can be very difficult to do well.

Out of interest did the boards protrude up past the cockpit rim?

[andrew549]

Yeah I'm in a session my saddle height is 15 cm and I was thinking of cutting this down a bit as it feels a bit unstable in anything with much of a current, probably on 1 or 2 cm, the hippads stick above the cockpit by about 10cm but I should be able to cut these down as well. Do you have any pictures of the setup with a the c shaped back band/hip pad